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Role: (Associate) Director, Policy Engagement
Who we are:
Prosperiti builds state capacity to increase economic freedom in India. We are on a mission to catalyse a series of 1991-like reforms at the state level so that entrepreneurs can create more jobs and workers can earn more. Persuading states to embark on this prosperity journey requires identifying what needs to change in regulation, building consensus on brick-by-brick reform, and making progress iteratively. We need deep knowledge combined with rolled-up sleeves. This is the promise of what we do.
What we do:
We produce insights on state-level regulation, identify opportunities for reforms, help build policy consensus, and assist in implementation. We release issue-specific State of Regulation reports and bi-weekly broadcasts (insights and explainers) to help states make informed decisions. In partner states, we provide design, drafting, and execution support for accelerating regulatory reforms. Of all the areas that states regulate, for the near term, our focus is to reform labour regulations and building regulations.
Who we work with:
We have thus far supported three state governments in their journey to prosperity. In Punjab, we have worked with the government to draft state labour Rules and introduce revised building regulation standards. In Uttar Pradesh, we are assisting the Department of Labour to introduce reforms to Factories Act, Shops Act, and Contract Labour Acts. In Tamil Nadu, we assisted the MSME department to draft a chapter on ease of doing business for the Expert Committee MSME Report. We have also provided research input to the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) on labour regulations.
Our leadership and supporters:
Our Co-founders are women leaders with strong relationships in the public policy, media, and philanthropic communities in India and the international liberal network.
● Bhuvana Anand, Co-Founder: 18+ years in better regulation, governance, public finance, and political economy. Career and affiliations across research and development organisations including Centre for Civil Society, DFID, JPAL, Deloitte's Emerging Markets Group, UN, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship Ease of Doing Business Task Force (India).
● Baishali Bomjan, Co-Founder : 20+ years in business development, strategy, communications, organisation development, and media. Career and affiliations across Indian and international organisations including the Centre for Civil Society, Asia Centre for Enterprise (Atlas Network), India Institute, Centre for Indonesia Policy Studies, and Agaati Foundation.
We are supported by mission-aligned philanthropic foundations and individual patrons including The Convergence Foundation, The Nudge Institute, and The Tree of Life Foundation.
Who are we looking for:
The incoming (Associate) Director will be a leadership hire at Prosperiti, and will build and run our policy advisory practice. This individual’s primary role is to persuade and help states to reform regulations for job creation.
This is a persuasion/sales role with a difference. The (Associate) Director will lead the charge on persuading states to reform regulations in at least two of India’s toughest issues: labour and land use. S/He will develop collaborative working relationships with the leadership of partner states, design engagement strategies to maintain reform momentum, and support government departments to carry reform ideas to action. The role requires agility, patience, and enthusiasm. It also requires intellectual curiosity, a reading habit, and sound knowledge of India’s political and administrative systems. Finally, the role also requires the ability to coach and manage young analysts, to continue our quest for a collaborative, antifragile, and high-learning environment in the organisation.
What you will do:
Here are 5 things you will do:
Government partnerships
- Lead and engage reform discussions in current partner states (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana)
- Onboard new partner states through formal MoUs and execute co-created reform agenda with government leadership
- Engage the union government departments like MoHUA, Niti Aayog and DPIIT through lesson sharing and state convenings
Policy persuasion
- Design engagement strategies such as capacity building workshops
- Secure buy-in from all levels of government leadership on reform proposals
- Meet department functionaries at high frequency to maintain momentum
- Support the file process within departments to ensure that we convert discussions into action
- Understand emergent pain points in our focus areas and apply our research to deliver policy improvement
Ecosystem engagement
- Establish and maintain meaningful interactions with industries and industry bodies that will lead to collaborative reform influence and initiatives
- Organise/co-host consultations with industry and mission-aligned civil society organisations for thought leadership and for identifying roadblocks to prosperity
Media
- Communicate research findings across old and new media platforms
- Engage editors and senior journalists in category A national/regional media
- Share Prosperiti's work in events and conferences to enhance reform salience
Talent and institutional development
- Coach and upskill team leads and analysts through show and tell and immediate tone-neutral feedback
- Monitor commitments across projects/states
- Identify new engagement opportunities
- Optimise resources, manage budgets, and ensure value for money in all transactions.
What do you need to know about us:
Qualifications and hard skills for the role include training in economics and/public administration, and experience in engaging with research based policy advisory. Obviously, we are looking at experienced folks for this role (10+ years of experience). We expect that serious experience working with governments, either inside or alongside, will be critical for success in this role. In addition, a basic grounding in liberal philosophy (why economic freedom matters) will help us align at the starting point. But, at Prosperiti, culture fit is a priority. So instead of an education/experience wishlist, we are sharing our principles, values, and skills maturity matrix. We are looking for folks who can reflect honestly on each of these and see if the mutual fit is right.
Our principles
- Nothing persuades like the truth.
- Eternal vigilance is sine qua non for liberty.
- Democracy is government by discussion.
- To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
- You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.
- Our values
- Work for a cause, not for applause.
- Knowledge first. Facts over opinion.
- Mutual enrichment over crude competition.
- Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
- Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
Our Skills Maturity Matrix: https://shorturl.at/lD469
For a meaningful conversation about baseline and growth areas, we have developed a skills maturity matrix. All our colleagues use this as a reflection, benchmarking, and evaluation
tool.
What’s our offer
- Opportunity to conceptualise, fundraise, and drive one independent passion project which falls within Prosperiti’s mission
- Potential stakeholder seat in the organisation after successful completion of at least 3 years where the individual has demonstrated commitment, capability