Samagra - Senior Associate/Consultant/Senior Consultant

Sr. Associate/Consultant/Sr. Consultant

ABOUT US :

- Samagra is a mission-driven governance consulting firm. We co-work with the bureaucratic leadership across states on long-term systemic transformation programmes cutting across governance domains. Since our inception in 2012, our mission has been 'improving the quality of life of citizens through better governance' through our work.

- We combine a top- down management consulting approach for problem structuring with a bottom-up understanding of the governance ecosystem for designing solutions, while leveraging data and technology to enable implementation of our solutions.

- Our programmes are state-wide systemic transformation projects across different domains such as education, health, agriculture, employment amongst others and are typically 2-3 years in duration. During the course of a programme, we work closely with the state government on in-depth diagnosis of a problem statement followed by intervention design and end-to-end implementation.

The following features are a common thread across all our programmes :

- Holistic systems thinking approach

- Solution design for scale from the start

- Combination of administrative and technical initiatives

- Clearly defined goal and metrics to measure impact

- Strong pull from the state leadership

- All programmes offer the opportunity to work and interact with the top bureaucratic and political decision-makers in government along with other relevant stakeholders such department officials, funders, researchers, NGOs, citizens etc.

ABOUT YOU :

- You are looking to make a meaningful contribution to India's development journey by tackling the most complex social problems it faces today.

- You can picture yourself in a team of 3-5 working in state capitals with government leaders, supporting them with important strategic calls and hands-on implementation to create visible change on the ground.

- You are adept at structured problem-solving and are able to persevere until impact is achieved.

ABOUT THE ROLE :

- On a programme, Sr. Associates/Consultants become initiative owners from the get-go.

- Initiatives are mini-projects within the overall program. They are provided support and guidance from the program leadership.

Typically, their responsibilities would include :

- Developing deep understanding of problem statement (primary and secondary research)

- Driving problem-solving to design effective and implementable solutions

- Managing end-to-end implementation of assigned initiatives

- Engaging with govt leaders, non-profit partners, funders, domain experts, beneficiaries

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR :

- Strong problem-solving with an on-ground implementation lens

- Excellent record of leadership in academic / professional setting

- Knack for analysis ; qualitative and quantitative

- Strong communication skills - oral and written

- Ability to establish strong working rapport with the government

- Drive to take things to their logical end

- Resilience in the face of set-backs / bottlenecks

- Willingness to travel