Position: Senior Associate

Organization: Swaniti Initiative

Location: Maharashtra

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Job summary:

Swaniti Initiative is looking for an enthusiastic and curious professional, who is eager to contribute to the government system by providing research inputs and help reengineering the schemes and programs that contribute towards mitigating issues of labour migration and unemployment. The work will be focused around need assessment, situation analysis, data analysis, brainstorming with relevant stakeholders and collaborating with the allied departments of the Government of Maharashtra. The associate may get an opportunity to make focused interventions in the government systems. S/he will be acting as a resource person for the project team and several departments of the government and will report directly to the State Project Manager of Swaniti Initiative. The position provides tremendous opportunity to get exposure to multiple domains while working with the allied departments of the government.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the SPM to manage the project and the team’s performance
• Conduct field visits, collect data, interview stakeholders and work with government functionaries
• Manage the relations with the senior office holders in Government in close coordination with SPM
• Support team members in carrying out the deliverables of the project
• Develop insights by collecting and analysing data from primary and secondary research and assist in formulating corresponding strategy for execution of the action plan regarding the aforementioned targets
• To develop insight papers for government agencies, partnering organisations and the funding organisation especially on the best practices, scopes and gaps in the improvement of the state
• Act as a catalyst for the departments of the state government or between non-government agencies
• Represent the organisation on relevant platforms.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Masters in subjects like Labour Studies, Development Studies, Economics, Regulatory Governance, Public Policy, Rural Development/Statistics etc.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in any project where analysis of large scale data was a core component 
• Candidates having experience of working with the government will be preferred
• Proficiency in data skills, presentation skills and 
• Excellent communication skills and writing abilities to draft policy memos, proposals and project reports etc.

Skill and aptitude required: 

• Data management and analysis skills
• Critical thinking ability 
• Problem Solving skills
• Proficiency in MS office and Data Analysis tools
• Documentation skills
• Presentation skill
• Team player
• Problem Solver
• Systemic thinker