Block Lead, EIP

Keka Technologies Private Limited; Meghalaya; On-site; INR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

The/Nudge Institute in Meghalaya partners with government bodies to implement the graduation approach for 4000 ultra-poor families, prioritizing single distressed mothers.

This Field Lead role involves pure fieldwork with district teams, mobilizing women into SHGs, coordinating with block staff, and ensuring timely, high-quality project execution.

You will help access entitlements, build community cadres, and document learnings while upholding The/Nudge values and local language clarity.

Qualifications

• Must have working knowledge of English and local language (read, speak and write).
• Preference shall be given to women candidates, candidates from ST, SC social categories and belonging to the state.
• The candidate must have her/his own bike with a valid driving license as it is a field-based job.

Responsibilities

• Pure fieldwork in close coordination with the District and Block Project Managers of MSRLS, district and block staff of various line departments of the State Government, local community leaders, and community institutions of MSRLS like CLF, VO, SHG, Community Cadre and Gram Panchayat.
• Selection of vulnerable women in identified geographies in Meghalaya.
• Mobilization of such vulnerable women into small groups and SHG.
• Selection, placement and capacity building of community cadre from local villages/ gram panchayats to provide tight handholding and facilitation support to the targeted vulnerable women/ families.
• Facilitate such vulnerable family’s access to eligible Government entitlements and social security schemes through various convergence platforms like community cadre, community institution, social capital, block level line departments, internal convergence within the MSRLS etc.
• Effective livelihood planning for these families and facilitate them to access and avail formal credit/ loans from the community institutions to start the livelihood activities.
• Capacity building of the community institutions and community cadre for the welfare of these vulnerable women in long-run.
• Ensure all project activities are implemented on time with utmost quality as per approved Project Implementation Plan (PIP)/ SOP/ PoP/ COM.
• Timely collection/ entry, processing and reporting of data
• Develop case studies and add content/contextualisation to the overall knowledge management component of the program
• Good stakeholder management at the grassroots level

Job description

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals, and youth across rural development, agriculture, skilling, and economic inclusion, in partnership with 15+ central and state governments.

Our economic inclusion journey towards serving 25 million Indians spans 10 states and currently reaches over 1.5 million people. Through our incubator, accelerator, and grand challenges, we have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs, including Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees, Earthshot Prize winners, and nationally recognized changemakers.

Founded with the support of 130+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates, and 15+ foundations, The/Nudge is working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime."

What are we solving for ?

We are solving for households in poverty who are also financially and socially vulnerable through a targeted, multi-faceted, and sequenced model called the graduation approach, which has demonstrated that we can durably pull households out of poverty.

At The/Nudge Institute, we are in the process of catalyzing the propagation of the same. Our purpose is to contribute to making the most excluded individuals a contributing member to the economy:

• Enable govt to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
• Continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
• Enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building support
• Continue to generate data on 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.

Position Overview:

The/Nudge is working with the Meghalaya Government Innovation Lab and Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS), Government of Meghalaya, to help increase adoption of the graduation approach/ economic inclusion program by targeting 4000 ultra-poor/ poorest of the poor, mainly single distress mothers through community institutions.

Block Lead : To be placed in Mawkyrwat block,

What will you do ?

Pure fieldwork in close coordination with the District and Block Project Managers of MSRLS, district and block staff of various line departments of the State Government, local community leaders, and community institutions of MSRLS like CLF, VO, SHG, Community Cadre and Gram Panchayat.

• To understand and practice the Spirits of The/Nudge Institute and MSRLS
• Selection of vulnerable women in identified geographies in Meghalaya
• Mobilization of such vulnerable women into small groups and SHG
• Selection, placement and capacity building of community cadre from local villages/ gram panchayats to provide tight handholding and facilitation support to the targeted vulnerable women/ families
• Facilitate such vulnerable family’s access to eligible Government entitlements and social security schemes through various convergence platforms like community cadre, community institution, social capital, block level line departments, internal convergence within the MSRLS etc.
• Effective livelihood planning for these families and facilitate them to access and avail formal credit/ loans from the community institutions to start the livelihood activities
• Capacity building of the community institutions and community cadre for the welfare of these vulnerable women in long-run (enhance community’s ownership through communitization process)
• Ensure all project activities are implemented on time with utmost quality as per approved Project Implementation Plan (PIP)/ Standard Operating Procedure (SoP)/ Package of Practice (PoP)/ Community Operational Manual (COM)
• Timely collection/ entry, processing and reporting of data
• Develop case studies and to add content/contextualisation to the overall knowledge management component of the program
• Good stakeholder management at the grassroots level

Who are we looking for in this role?

Preference shall be given to women candidates, candidates from ST, SC social categories and belonging to the state.

Must have a working knowledge of English and local language (read, speak and write). The position is transferable at any point in time to any District/Blocks within Meghalaya with at least 15 days of notice.

• Candidates from development sector/ rural development / poverty eradication / livelihood promotion / tribal development educational / work experience backgrounds or any administrative experience.
• Candidates with internship / work experience working in block / district-level positions in National Rural Livelihood Mission/ State Rural Livelihood Missions in Institution Building, Capacity Building, Social Inclusion, Social Development, and Livelihood promotion
• The candidate must have her/his own bike with a valid driving license as it is a field-based job.

Preference will be given to local residents, especially women candidates, and candidates belonging to ST, SC social categories and any other marginalized communities.

What’s in it for you?

• Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
• Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
• Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
• Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

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.

Required Skills

Communication Skills Compliance Problem-Solving field operations data driven government liaison