The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.
Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.
Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and LOreal, we are contributing 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 have been piloting this program for the past 3 years and 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.
Key Responsibilities
You will play a pivotal role in strengthening organizational learning, capturing actionable insights, and catalyzing people-centric improvements across programs. You will be working closely with the Strategy & Operations team and People & Culture (P&C).
Learning & Development
- Identify core learning needs across different teams by engaging with program and function leads.
- Design and implement learning plans that are aligned with program objectives and individual development goals.
- Collaborate with the P&C team to roll out and institutionalize training interventions (e.g., onboarding, refresher modules, leadership training).
- Set up systems to measure the effectiveness of learning interventions track participation, feedback, behavioral change, and skill improvements.
- Establish mechanisms to integrate field learnings into L&D design, ensuring relevance and applicability across contexts.
- Work closely with project leads and field teams to extract operational insights, implementation learnings, and innovative practices.
- Build documentation frameworks that make these insights easily accessible and transferable to other geographies or teams.
- Synthesize and package learnings in formats that support decision-making (e.g., playbooks, case studies, briefs).
- Support teams in running After Action Reviews (AARs), learning circles, or retrospectives to institutionalize continuous reflection.
Program Excellence Initiatives
- Conduct structured assessments (e.g., surveys, interviews, capability audits) to identify needs related to team performance, well-being, and engagement.
- Collaborate with P&C and other relevant stakeholders to conceptualize program excellence initiatives based on identified needs.
- Draft requirements documents, concept notes, and implementation roadmaps for new people-focused interventions such as peer learning systems, feedback mechanisms, or incentive structures.
- Support the Program team throughout execution - providing content, facilitating sessions, or helping refine approaches based on real-time feedback.
- Track progress and outcomes of these initiatives, ensuring they lead to measurable improvements in team performance or satisfaction.
- Ensure alignment between strategic program goals and people practices.
Qualifications and Skills Required
- Experience: 8 12 years in program management, people development, organization effectiveness, or a related field.
- Preferred Background: Experience in learning & development, coaching, org effectiveness, or HR strategy in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Skills: Strong facilitation, documentation, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Tools: Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel, PPT), documentation tools, and collaboration platforms
- Mindset: Self-driven, reflective, growth-oriented, and collaborative.
- Bonus: Experience working in the development sector or with nonprofits with emphasis on learning and development.
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