Block Lead, EIP, Livelihood Program

The/Nudge Institute; Tripura; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The/Nudge Institute is partnering with the Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission (TRLM) to promote the Graduation Approach for extremely vulnerable households in Tripura. A State Project Management Unit (SPMU) supports TRLM’s Tripura - Samaveshi Aajeevika Yojana and CM-NDA implementation.

The role is based at the TRLM blocks and reports to the Program Lead. You will work with block officials, mobilize women into SHGs, and facilitate livelihoods, entitlements, and financial access while ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience in government projects or schemes.
• Strong analytical and reporting abilities.
• Ability to coordinate with multi-stakeholder teams.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply the values and spirit of The/Nudge Institute and SRLM.
• Identify and engage vulnerable women in designated project geographies.
• Mobilize women into hamlet-level groups and SHGs.
• Support selection, placement and capacity building of community cadres.
• Facilitate access to entitlements and social security schemes.
• Plan livelihoods and enable access to formal credit and loans.
• Strengthen community institutions for long-term impact.
• Ensure activities align with Project Implementation Plan and SOPs.
• Collect, process, and report program data.
• Develop case studies and knowledge content.
• Build relationships with grassroots stakeholders for collaboration.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Government experience

Field operations

Business development

Communication skills

Data analysis

Documentation skills

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 contributing member to the economy:

• Enable govt to adopt by providing research,design, and implementation support
• Continue to implement on its own to iteratethe 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 Institute is partnering with the Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission (TRLM), Rural Development Department, Government of Tripura, to promote the adoption of the Graduation Approach (Economic Inclusion Program) for supporting extremely vulnerable households in achieving sustainable and dignified livelihoods. As part of this partnership, a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) has been established at TRLM, Agartala, to support the Government of Tripura in designing and implementing the Tripura - Samaveshi Aajeevika Yojana (TR-SAY) & Chief Minister's Nabadisha Abhijan (CM-NDA). This position will be based at the concerned blocks of Tripura, work closely with block officials of TRLM and will report to the Program Lead.

What will you do ?

• Understand and practice the values and spirit of The/Nudge Institute and the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM).
• Identify and select vulnerable women in the designated project geographies across the state.
• Mobilize vulnerable women into hamlet-level groups and Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
• Support the selection, placement, and capacity building of community cadres from local villages/Gram Panchayats to provide intensive handholding and facilitation support to targeted vulnerable women and their households.
• Facilitate vulnerable households' access to eligible government entitlements and social security schemes by leveraging convergence platforms, including community cadres, community institutions, social capital, block-level line departments, and internal convergence mechanisms within the SRLM.
• Facilitate livelihood planning for targeted households and support them in accessing formal credit and loans through community institutions to establish and strengthen livelihood activities.
• Strengthen the capacities of community institutions and community cadres to ensure the long-term well-being of vulnerable women by fostering community ownership through the communitization process.
• Ensure that all project activities are implemented on time and with the highest quality, in accordance with the approved Project Implementation Plan (PIP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Package of Practices (PoPs), and Community Operational Manual (COM).
• Ensure the timely collection, entry, processing, analysis, and reporting of program data.
• Develop case studies and contribute contextualized content to strengthen the program's knowledge management initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with grassroots stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration.

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 Nudgestes to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

Required Skills

Problem-Solving Government experience field operations business development Communication Skills Data Analysis Documentation Skills better, together