Website The Nudge Institute

About The/Nudge

The/Nudge is an action institute working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. We partner with governments, markets, and civil society to build resilient livelihoods for all. We are a collective of some of India’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across the industry, academia, government, and development sectors.

Who are we solving for in End Ultra Poverty program?

We are solving for bottom :6% of population in India which is tucked away and invisible to the outside world on the edges of remote villages, geographically isolated, social and financially excluded, and economically excluded. Both markets and government are unable to meaningfully support this segment.

A typical ultra poor household in India may have following indicators:

annual household income of less than INR :34000
tied to unpredictable wage labour
living on less than 2 meals a day
ownership of little or no land or productive asset (like livestock, bicycles)
no savings (spend 80% of income on food)
little or no access to social entitlements

Women in ultra-poor households are especially vulnerable but are also a vehicle for change.

How are we solving Ultra-Poverty In India?

End Ultra Poverty (EUP) program is solving for households in ultra-poverty through a targeted, multi-faceted and sequenced model called the graduation approach which has demonstrated that ultra-poverty can be conquered.

At The/Nudge we have been piloting this program for the past 2.5 years and are now scaling the program with government and NGOs. EUP project focus areas area:

continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
enable more NGOs to adopt through technical and capacity-building support from The/Nudge
enable govt to adopt by providing research, design and implementation support
continue to generate data on ultra-poverty and evidence on graduation approach to nudge governments to adopt at scale
build technology solutions for NGOs and governments to adopt and implement at scale & with quality.

What are some of the principles/approaches we use to solve problems?

First principles thinking
Human-centered design (thoughtful, action-oriented, experimental & iterative process) with a gender lens (unbiased and reflective approach)
Systems thinking (analytical, stakeholder-oriented and holistic)Strategic planning (result oriented, logical and coherent with clearly defined outcomes, grounded on the current realities)

What will you do in this role?

Research:

on the nature of and definition of ultra-poverty in multiple contexts of India
on the outcomes of the graduation approach and its variations with internal and external partners
on the beneficiary and socio-economic conditions in multiple geographies

Support Technology, Monitoring & Evaluation of the implementation

for improving monitoring and decision-making using technology
for improving the tracking of program progress

Product Design:

for experiments that solve key questions in scale and quality of graduation approach
for livelihood contextualization for multiple target audiences and socio-economic situations
for tech solutions that improve the effectiveness/ efficiency of the technology team

Apply if you have:

graduated in any stream with 2-5 years of relevant work experience in research and product management
willingness to stay and travel in deep rural areas in multiple states and designated districts/block/panchayat
written and spoken fluency in Hindi and English
meaningful research or product skillset

Must have:

demonstrated a growth mindset – learning continuously, improving, updating knowledge
excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
great analytical skills and problem solving skills

We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.

To apply for this job please visit thenudge.freshteam.com.