Job Opportunity for Project Manager, Think Tank at Selco Foundation in Bangalore, India

## Project Manager, Think Tank (Systems’ Designer)

**Selco Foundation** is an open source, not for profit organisation that engages in field-based R&D and ecosystem building for deployment of clean energy solutions that alleviate poverty in tribal, rural and urban poor areas. The organisation works in collaboration with practitioners in the social sector, energy entrepreneurs, NGOs from various developmental sectors and educational institutions to link the benefits of sustainable energy to poverty eradication. 

**Job Location:** Bangalore, India

**Experience Required:** At least 5 years of experience in service design.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Plan and manage design research activities collaboratively with implementation teams, bringing in experts as needed.

* Plan and execute system mapping, stakeholder journeys, scenarios, and service specifications for chosen programs.

* Conduct landscape studies that identify gaps in the ecosystem and its impact on the sustainability of impact created on the ground.

* Develop frameworks and tools that improve program design by adapting design research, systems design, and service design tools, specifically oriented to delivering sustained impact for the social sector.

* Anchor and deliver on new and innovative ways to communicate systems thinking and ecosystem building activities across the sector.

* Conduct regular team meetings internally to identify opportunities for improved systems thinking application.

* Design and plan for regular blogs, newsletters, and updates to inform the sector on the Organization’s key learnings.

* Keep abreast with trends and narratives emerging in the sector.

**Qualifications:**

* At least 5 years of experience in service design.

* Demonstrated an in-depth understanding and application of service design tools. Experience in the social impact space is preferred.

* Keen interest in systems thinking concepts.

* Strong communication skills, both written and oral.

* Ability to grasp audience sensibility and calibrate communications to resonate with different target audiences.

* Ability to process complex information and break it down for easy consumption.

* Open to thinking creatively on communication of critical information to further application of systems thinking.

* Willingness to learn, grow, and develop at personal and professional fronts, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve.

* Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.

* Willingness to travel.