Position: Junior Associate

Organization: Pratham

Location: New Delhi

The minimum expected responsibilities under the role are as follows:
Program Review / Program Support
• Ongoing coordination and documentation support: This will involve facilitating and documenting the communication between state/program and central teams with respect to emerging needs and demands at any point of time through proposals, reports, and planning. The Junior Associate will also continuously collaborate with relevant teams across the organization (content, M&E, finance etc.) as required to ensure smooth operations and timely implementation.
• Program tracking and reporting: Planning will need to be followed up with regular tracking of progress against the plan. This will include special focus on programmatic data and analysis.
Donor Management
• Proposal creation: The Associate will be responsible for the creation of proposals for new potential donors. This will include defining objectives, conceptualizing models of implementation, designing implementation timelines, budgeting, designing reporting cycles, etc. in discussion with Program Management team members and program/state heads.
• Regular reporting and communication: The Junior Associate will contribute to the creation of regular reports on progress of the project and engage in periodic conversations with the donor on program updates and future planning.
• Other functions: This includes facilitating visits for donors and any other form of communication with them.

Desired Qualifications and Experience

Required:
• 0-2 years prior work experience in a similar role in private sector firms, NGOs, or foundations
• Willingness to travel regularly and extensively in rural areas of India, with limited amenities
• Ability to build rapport with people from various academic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to communicate in Hindi or at least 1-2 other regional languages
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Ability to work well in teams and on tasks ranging from simple to complex
• Ability to adapt to dynamic contexts and scenarios
• Self-motivation and pro-activeness
• Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative to support processes in an unstructured or ambiguous environment
• Keeping oneself constantly updated on the broader educational context in assigned states and in India
Preferred:
• Exposure to the non-profit sector through previous experience or otherwise
• Coursework in international development or management
• Experience living and working in a developing country