Associate Principal- Government

Position**: External Consultant/** Associate Principal**
- Location**:Delhi**
- Nature of employement**:Contract** **1 year ( Open to extension)**

**We**Partner** to deliver social impact at scale**

Sattva Consulting is a global impact consulting firm from India. Since 2009 we have been engaging with communities, business and government to achieve societal impact at scale.

We believe that Civil society, Business and Government all have a critical role to play in building an equitable and sustainable world, and we actively partner with all stakeholders to enable impact through our advisory & orchestration services, knowledge and data platforms which we have built as public goods for the ecosystem and collaborative solutions and partnerships.

**Foundations Business Unit**

Sattva has ongoing work with several leading Global, Regional, Domestic Foundations and Multilateral organizations to create evidence and curate dialogue for policy action. Sattva’s Advisory practice enables foundations to amplify their influence and impact through ecosystem engagement and policy research and advisory. We build strategic influence backed by data and research, enhance portfolio performance for funders, engage ecosystem through convenings, knowledge creation and dissemination, facilitate collaboration between funders, implementation organizations, and facilitate policy research, advisory and policy engagement and communication with Central, State and District Governments.

Sattva has experience in a range of ecosystem and policy advisory work - thematic and landscape studies, narrative building, policy analysis and briefs, government engagement and facilitating partnerships— supported by leading foundations. Sattva has created strategic partnerships and influence by building data and evidence backed advisory, key stakeholder relationships in education, gender equality, healthcare, water and sanitation, and financial inclusion.

**The Opportunity**

**Key responsibilities**

At Sattva we believe in outcome-orientation in everything we do. The key responsibilities for this role include:

- Work with the client's leadership in evolving the design of the program with a specific focus on the engagement with the industry.
- Establish the operating model for the profram to engage effectively with Industry
- Engage industry partners to establish collaboration models as part of the program and ensure clear commitments to outcomes
- Establish ongoing models for engagement with the industry partners to ensure consistent progress on the initiatives
- Own and execute key deliverables including industry convenings, commissioned research and flagship implementation initiatives
- Support the program as per the needs of the project beyond these specific areas of work

In your role, you will
- Collaborate closely with diverse stakeholders, contribute to research-based insights, manage program initiatives, all aimed at solving problems and achieving project goals.
- Take overall accountability of success through active listening, problem solving and providing strategic inputs which align with their vision of high impact on the ground and the ecosystem
- Develop, manage and grow working relationships with key stakeholders
- Influence decision-making and action at the senior levels of our industry partners and the client to enable positive and sustainable impact
- Ensure strong project management, team management and overall quality of delivery of projects
- Demonstrate flexibility and agility that is necessary for success in a new and emerging initiative.

**Key qualifications and experience**

We are looking for individuals who align with our mission of alleviating poverty in our lifetime and have:
18-25 years of work experience in leading government consulting and advisory engagements- Strong experience in handling senior government officials. Preferable if you already come with a strong network in central and state governments.- Masters degree in research/development/public policy/ business or development management- Experience in consulting, problem solving, managing teams, creating knowledge products, ecosystem engagement and policy- Strong business development skills with deep experience and interest to engage in sales calls, developing and owning proposals, pitch decks and pricing- Knowledge of the development landscape in India and around the world, including an in-depth understanding of the roles of various stakeholders (government, academia, international institutions, foundations, non-profit and corporate organizations).- Expertise in designing and implementing advisory projects, data analysis, synthesizing evidence and building narratives to further policy engagement- Proven leadership in a high paced multi stakeholder client-facing impact organization with deep thematic expertise in Health or Livelihood/Skilling or Education.- Experience in leading workshops, facilitating participatory knowledge creation- Published written or vi