Academic Fellow I Intern I

About the Role

• Academic Fellow / Intern supporting consulting and advisory projects for foundations, civil society organizations, and development initiatives.
• Can be undertaken as part of an academic curriculum for highly structured colleges.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting projects through research, data analysis, and policy review.
• Assisting in designing establishments and preparing templates, content, and programming with strategy and engagement.
• Focusing on proposing coordinating partners.
• Documenting project progress.
• Supporting training and capacity-building presentations.
• Collation of through process, leadership, knowledge products requiring high articulation and analytical standards.
• Learning from field realities.
• Participating in internal discussions and reviews.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Projection of data pointers and research insights to document projects and facilitate a visualized view.
• Support for consulting and management consulting boards for problem-solving, strategy formulation, and client-focused advisory work.
• Drafting page templates for organizational functional elements, reports, industry pointers, and stakeholders.
• Experience or strong interest in capacity-building with civil society, foundations, or development sector stakeholders.
• Background or strong interest in public policy, governance, development studies, economics, social sciences, or related fields.
• On-site in Satara/ Hyderabad/ Remote work options available.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• AI with data analysis tools is an advantage.
• Academic experience, internships, or project work in consulting, research, or development sectors is mandatory.
• Deep Design Thinking skills.
• Articulation of thoughts to a page template.
• Client thinking.
• Industry-sector-based knowledge.
• Structuring of content for development consulting organizations.
• Understanding the working methodology of consulting organizations, partners, industry partners, frameworks, and the economic aspects of project proposals.
• Attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Background or strong interest in public policy, governance, development studies, economics, social sciences, or related fields.
• Academic experience, internships, or project work in consulting, research, or development sectors is mandatory.
• Deep Design Thinking skills.
• Articulation of thoughts to a page template.
• Client thinking.
• Industry-sector-based knowledge.
• Structuring of content for development consulting organizations.
• Understanding the working methodology of consulting organizations, partners, industry partners, frameworks, and the economic aspects of project proposals.