National Policy Researcher

Qualifications

• Master s degree in Business Administration (with a focus on Business, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or Finance) or Masters degree in Humanities/Social Sciences/Social Work from tier one college with impressive grades.
• The person should have a deep understanding of Indian Culture and governance, the complex social issues that face modern day India, with a good historical perspective.
• Proven track record of successful social research and fund raising activities, public relations, volunteer coordination, donor relations and organizational development functions.
• The role will require some travel in order to work with and forge partnerships with organizations working in similar areas.
• MBA or Masters in Humanities/Social Sciences/Social Work from tier one college with impressive grades
• The ability to clearly articulate the mission, vision and goals of a social service agency
• Ability to analyze complex problems, and visualize operational and program implications in a variety of situations, experience in research and data analysis
• A high level of integrity, energy, initiative, and creativity
• Experience in community outreach programs and previous work with similar non-profit organizations
• Has strong interpersonal and organizational skills with a proven ability to troubleshoot and work in a team and to lead a team.
• Has the ability to make fast decisions and to work in a self-driven fast paced environment.
• Willingness to work also in evenings and weekends as the job may require.
• Native level fluency in Hindi is a plus, but not required

Job Responsibilities

• Policy Researcher s duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Social and Policy Research: Create, edit and publish research papers, develop publications, reports, presentations for international conferences and journals
• Social and Policy Research: Review the social research reports created by our interns, edit them and collaborate with various central ministries to make them available to them
• Social and Policy Research: Work with the management to organize high level national seminars and workshops on social issues
• Social and Policy Research: Work on our Parliamentary bill research and create extremely high quality memorandums to be presented to Parliamentary Committees
• Research Development and Implementation: Work independently to plan, manage, and implement activities in these areas:
• Research Development and Implementation: Involve in the hiring process of interns.
• Research Development and Implementation: Handle all aspects of Rakshak Foundation s prestigious Internship program
• Research Development and Implementation: Handle events organized by the foundation
• Research Development and Implementation: Research and evaluation of social issues
• Research Development and Implementation: Grants and donor management
• Research Development and Implementation: Establishing / maintaining relation with other organizations and corporations.
• Research Development and Implementation: Identifying opportunities for marketing programs and services and implement promotional activities
• Research Development and Implementation: Track relevant activities in social research space done by other organizations
• Research Development and Implementation: Able to think creatively and broadly to conceive, enable and implement a project
• Research Strategy and Planning: Develops and leads the strategy of the organization within the broad context of the local and national landscape to implement strategic and operational decision-making
• Research Strategy and Planning: Takes a leadership role in implementing the development of goals, objectives and operational plans for the organization.
• Research Strategy and Planning: Leads, motivates and develops staff and board so that they are passionate about what Rakshak Foundation has achieved and are committed to working effectively towards continual improvement
• Research Strategy and Planning: Participate in long- and short-term program development and planning.
• Supervise project staff, interns, and consultants who will assist and/or carry out these activities
• Negotiation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with universities, other non-profits, corporate entities for Raksh s initiatives
• Adhere to the organization s administrative and recordkeeping guidelines to support accurate bookkeeping and documentation of activities
• Develop and effectively manage timelines to ensure timely completion of program deliverables.
• Monitor program activities to ensure quality and accuracy of work outcomes.
• Ensures that organization has the appropriate resources to operate efficiently and effectively
• Identify partnership and funding opportunities and promote relationship-building and manage relationships with other organizations, agencies, and/or individuals
• Develop and disseminate programmatic and marketing materials.
• Candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment background check. To be considered for the Rakshak Foundation team, working positively with other staff and other local professionals and community members is a must.

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