Senior Associate Quality Economic Inclusion Program

About The/Nudge:

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 LOreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

What are we solving for?

In Economic Inclusion Program (EIP), we are solving for households in poverty who are also financially and socially vulnerable through a targeted, multi-faceted, and sequenced model called the graduation approach, which has demonstrated that we can durably pull households out of poverty.

At The/Nudge Institute, we are in the process of catalysing the propagation of the same. Our purpose is to contribute to making the most excluded individuals contributing members to the economy:

• Enable the government to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
• Continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
• Enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building support
• Continue to generate data on poverty and evidence on the graduation approach to nudge governments to adopt at-scale
• Build technology solutions for NGOs and governments to adopt and implement at scale & with quality.

Position Overview:

Drive quality monitoring for the Economic Inclusion Program across states - ensuring data and process integrity, enabling insights, and continuously improving systems through automation.

What will you do:

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead quality monitoring across states; ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely feedback.
• Analyze field and program (MIS) data to identify quality gaps and recommend actions.
• Collaborate with state teams to align on quality frameworks and reporting formats.
• Build and refine data tracking systems, dashboards, and automation (Google Sheets, Apps Script, SQL, etc.).
• Generate actionable insights and “what next” recommendations.
• Develop and update SOPs, checklists, and validation mechanisms.

Apply if you have:

• 4+ years of experience in monitoring, data quality, or program operations (preferably in development or government programs).
• Strong analytical mindset and comfort with Sheets/Excel/SQL or visualization tools.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to automate repetitive work.
• Skilled at stakeholder alignment and structured problem-solving.
• Detail-oriented with strong execution discipline.

What’s in it for you?

• Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
• Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
• Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
• Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

You can learn more about what we do and how we do it through this deck.

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.