Senior Associate, Indian Administrative Fellowship, Bangalore

Location: Bangalore

Duration: Fixed Term Contract till 31st August 2026

About The/Nudge Institute:

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 L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime.

About Indian Administrative Fellowship:

The Indian Administrative Fellowship is an initiative of The/Nudge Institute to accelerate the adoption of technological innovation by leveraging the strengths and capabilities of visionary civil servants across public systems and senior socially conscious and spirited executives from the corporate sector (Fellows) to deliver transformative positive impact. Each Fellow brings strong experience in leading transformational initiatives anchored in technology, strategic acumen, entrepreneurial drive as well as execution capability to steer large-scale multi-stakeholder programs. Fellows are assigned to work with civil servants (Secretary or above) for 18-month full time cohort engagements on designing and delivering interventions at the intersection of technological innovation and resilient livelihoods. Currently, the Fellowship is in progress with the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt of India and Govt of Karnataka. Recently, we completed a cohort with the Govt of Punjab.

We are looking for highly energetic, meticulous, diligent, passionate, and high ownership team members. The team is outcome-focused and committed to supporting India's governance ecosystem through the fellowship and the person would be extensively supporting the team with mission-critical operations support through the fellowship lifecycle.

You will flourish on this team if you are: collaborative, analytical, results-driven, self-starter, love to continuously improve, and have fun while working hard.

Apply if you:

• Are a graduate/ postgraduate and a professional with 5+ years of overall work experience.
• Are a high-performer with a successful track record in driving through tasks end-to-end and multi stakeholder relationship
• Can stretch beyond the call of duty, are a self-starter, motivated person responsible for outcomes
• Are proficient on MS Office especially Excel, preparing reports and presentations
• Have systems orientation and can think through process flows, IT systems, and technology platforms
• Are having good spoken and written skills in English

Based out of Bengaluru, you will :

• Support senior Fellows to deliver their projects with departments, working alongside them on project activities and coordinating interactions with Govt. stakeholders.
• Conduct primary and secondary research as required to suggest policy measures as a solution, and support for execution.
• Support Fellows with data analysis, solution design, documentation, presentation, and reports.
• Coordinate and manage external stakeholders like Govt of Karnataka officials to ensure smooth operations through the fellowship lifecycle.
• Support cohort activities such as impact assessment, reporting, facilitating Fellow interactions, and feedback collection from GoK.

Qualifications and Skill:

• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Ability to work and problem solve under uncertainty
• Excellent interpersonal skills and great written and oral communication skills
• Strong passion for social impact
• High emotional quotient and ability to handle different stakeholders

Good to have:

• Prior experience of working with Govt or Govt Programs
• Proficiency in Spoken Kannada

We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply. Please visit The/Nudge Institute career page to apply online