Fellow - Social Impact and Livelihoods

About Kshetra Consulting

Kshetra Consulting (a subsidiary of Kshetra Research Initiative) is a not for profit, non-partisan public policy, development consulting , risk advisory firm committed to strengthening Indian development landscape and driving transformative change. Our work spans across health tech, capacity building, rural development & gram panchayats, governance frameworks, ESG, sustainability, digital transformation, and inclusive development. We partner with governments, policymakers, bureaucrats, public representatives, changemakers, development partners to deliver impact-driven solutions in governance, public health, energy transition, and digital innovation.

Our team brings deep expertise in deep-down grassroot implementation, action based research, analytics, portfolio management, policy analysis, project management, media communications, campaign support, develop high impact products— enabling leaders to drive socio-political and developmental change, public impact, grievance redressal through AI, policy & governance surveillance. tourism growth and investment promotion-circuits.

Over 500+ young professionals have emerged as a promising associates, managers, project heads in consulting, business, heath, legislative assistants, personal advisors, officers on special duty, governance and political spectrum. We have reached around 1 crore households across different geographies cutting across different states. From our offices across few states, our partners, collaborators, managers, fellows, employees, community volunteers, consultants in coordination with government offices have worked on relentless problem and provided tangible implementation initiatives and collaborated to make people and resource centric decisions.

Roles and Responsibilities

Contribute in creating presentations, presentation decks, policy briefs, strategic presentations, impact assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders. Minimal 3.5/5

Support end to end design and execution of governance, social impact campaigns, narratives, ensuring alignment with policy objectives and necessary protocols. Minimal 3/5

Lead field-based coordination with local administrative bodies & healthcare institutions to facilitate training, digital training and onboarding, capacity-building of frontline workers ASHA, Anganwadi, health facilitators. Minimal 3/5

Undertake full ground immersion in assigned district to capture community needs, evaluate systemic gaps, and translate grassroots insights into meaningful policy and programmatic interventions and convert to meaningful presentations as per given comfortable timelines. Minimal 3/5

Work with organisations working on socioeconomic groups and understand symmatries of demographic data to generate actionable insights that guide program strategy across domains such as health systems strengthening, ESG integration, digital transformation, water, governance etc Minimal 4/5

Tech-driven governance tools, electronic health records, ESG compliance platforms, RT monitoring dashboards, tailored for government, institutional ecosystems. Minimal 3.5/5

Develop and implement scalable, cross-sectoral interventions in health, energy, and technology, in collaboration with project managers and policy experts. Minimal 3/5

Stakeholder mapping and engage with key players across government, civil society, private sectors, ensuring alignment, coordination, and fast tracked execution of all project components. Minimal 4.5/5

Core understanding on central government schemes & re-directed state government schemes in implementation, not in theory. Minimal 3/5

Fundamental understanding on regulatory practises, legal frameworks & compliance, protocols, dialogue, risk mitigation, government and corporate escalation matrix, systemic design, Minimal 3.5/5

Fundamental to sound understanding on data analytics : SQL, Python, Dashboards, data governance, web design, Saas, SAP, Power BI, Agile Project Management, technology integration to processes. Minimal 4/5

People Strategy, Skill Mapping, Process -Mapping, Understanding of resource grouping, cross functional governance, KPIs, Platforms of Monitoring & Evaluation, - Minimal 4/5

Location: On-site fellowship in districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur district with Satara as central point of location in the state of Maharashtra. 5/5. Non-negotiable on location criteria.

The candidate whose first month performance is extra-ordinary and at par level will be exempted and facilitated for hybrid mode depending upon the need and timelines.

Requirements:

Students & phd researcher currently enrolled in graduate and postgraduate in Development Studies, Political Science, Economics, Public Health, Diploma in Health Business, Entrepreneurship Management, Social Work, Mental Health & Psychiatry , Agriculture & Economics, Business Management, Data Science, AI, Gender Studies, Human Resource, MBBS, BAMS, Biotechnology, Acrchitecture

Interest and passion to work along with government systems or in evolving project settings with grassroots-level interaction, travel to dynamic field environments.

Designing multiple operations on manifold agendas with KPI Surveys to collect citizen-level data and institutionalize feedback mechanisms.

Analytical knowledge in consulting, Health tech, public policy, development collaboration , multi-stakeholder engagement, resource sharing and engagement, governance initiative, capacity building

Willing to relocate to the job location and explore new geographies

Strong Microsoft Office Suite(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Python, Power BI, Dashboards) : Minimal of 4/5

Excellent Documentation skills : Reflection, Presentation, Aesthetics, Graphs, Numbers etc

Work independently & collaboratively in a team environment, strong organizational, multitasking, problem-solving abilities.

Candidates willing to work remotely would be considered for Unpaid Fellowship and training for the candidates will be facilitated by experts in this domain with 3-15 years of experience in political consulting, fin-tech, research, politics, policy, development studies including thematic verticals such as HR & Operations, Strategy Management, Client Relations etc

Internship- Fellowship Experience in Consulting experience, immersive internship module experience Government Domain, Social Impact Space.

Operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment by managing multiple deadlines, tasks, and priorities efficiently. We look for people who are smart, can pull sleeves if needed, curious, mindful but sensible, adaptable and creative in their approach.

What We Offer:

Selected candidates will be provided with daily meal facility and a shared accommodation within km radius of office premises. The provided accommodation will be equipped with basic amenities.

All field travel and stakeholder engagement activities will be facilitated and coordinated by the organization in accordance with project requirements.

Work with high performance teams who have considerable and proven track records.

Exposure to government institutions, understand functionalities of a mechanism similar to set up of parallel bureaucracy to enhance public service delivery, accelerate sectorial grievance redressal,

Worth remembering experience in terms of contributions in sectorial components such as financial literacy, health promotion, governance outreach, consulting, understand development consulting orgs.

Deep down aesthetics of community engagement in combination with social work

A position for self assessment before you finalise your career destination

Opportunities, scope and future in Public Policy, Politics, Consulting and leadership space.

The practice provides experience working with various sectors such as, Transport, Social & Health care, Education, Urban & Infrastructure, Economic Development Advisory , Water waste & Sanitation, Power & Utilities and Public Finance & Management.

Reach out to or Jagatsa in case of any genuine queries