Assistant Lead

Hiring For “Assistant Lead– Knowledge and Behavior Change”

About Jan Sahas

About the organization Jan Sahas, established in the year 2000, is a not-for-profit grassroots organization committed to promoting the development and protect the rights of socially excluded communities with a special focus on girls and women through eradication of all forms of bondage including manual scavenging and caste-based prostitution; empowerment of adolescent girls and women to end violence and gender justice, skill development for dignified livelihoods and social entrepreneurship; legal aid for access to justice and reform in the criminal justice system; land and agriculture development; develop barefoot lawyers to build victim or survivors as leader and empowerment of communities through capacity and organization building. With our national office in New Delhi. We are currently working in ~100 districts of 13 states in India. To know more please visit: https://www.migrantresilience.org/.

About the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC)

Jan Sahas established the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) in 2020 to fix India’s broken social protection delivery systems, ensuring the resilience and dignity of migrants. Led by Jan Sahas, MRC is a collaborative with EdelGive Foundation, Global Development Incubator, and currently 11 CBO partners. MRC builds on Jan Sahas’ two-decade-long experience of working with migrants to implement a two-pronged strategy: First, direct implementation where we work to implement last-mile delivery systems, ensuring the most vulnerable migrants have access to existing protections. Second, systems change, where we partner with governments - particularly food and labor departments in states - to
strengthen infrastructure and implementation, as well as with industry where we work with investors and real-estate companies to improve incentives and accountability towards worker welfare.

In the last two years alone, we have scaled our work to nearly 100 districts across 13 states alongside 11 partner organizations. Together, we have facilitated social security benefits for over 2.3 million migrant workers, unlocking over $100 million in government spending and equipping migrants with cash transfers, insurance, rations for their families, and other life-changing benefits. We have successfully enabled redressal for more than 18,000 workers, including rescuing over 1,400 from forced labor. We have also laid the foundation for systems change work, establishing partnerships with four state governments and engaging ten large companies that are already paying to facilitate benefits for over 12,000 workers on-site.

About the position

The Assistant Lead for Knowledge and Social Behavioural Change at the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) is a pivotal role dedicated to enhancing the resilience and well-being of migrant communities through strategic and evidence-based approaches. This position focuses on the development of knowledge and implementation of Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) strategies, aimed at promoting positive behavioral changes within migrant populations. This role emphasizes knowledge creation, ensuring the production of high-quality knowledge products including reports, policy briefs, and other demand-driven curated products for MRC that align with the requirements of various verticals including programs, government relations, and industry partnerships.

The Assistant Lead will focus on delivering tangible outputsthat drive positive change for migrant communities, using research as a guiding tool. While they may conduct some need-based formative and qualitative research to understand behavioral drivers and barriers, much of their work will involve applying existing research and behavior change models to design effective knowledge products and SBCC content. The role includes managing knowledge repositories to ensure that insights are readily available and actionable, analyzing the existing monitoring and evaluation data to measure the impact of SBCC initiatives, and emphasizing continuous improvement and real-world results. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in social sciences or public health, experience in SBCC, and a passion for turning research into practical, sustainable solutions through collaboration and partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Knowledge Management
• Develop demand-driven knowledge products for MRC while creating and managing tacit and ******** knowledge, including report generation, documentation, best practices, and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge repository to support MRC.
• Curate and update databases of resources such as webinars, podcasts, videos, and peer-reviewed articles, focusing on best practices in service delivery.
• Contribute to the development of basic and advanced training modules for internal capacity-building programs.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions and workshops for staff and partners, including the development of podcasts featuring expert interviews and migrant stories.
• Develop practical toolkits and guides for migrant support in areas such as legal assistance, financial literacy, healthcare access, industry partnerships, and community integration.
• Support the development of tech platform toolkits to facilitate social security access.

Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC)
• Possessing a socio-emotional understanding of behavior dynamics can act as barriers and drivers to change.
• Generate insights and recommendations for SBCC strategies and materials guided by formative research, interactions, and data-driven evidence.
• Design and implement SBCC strategies and materials tailored to migrant communities to promote positive behavioral change.
• Design and conduct qualitative studies, including focus groups, in-depth interviews, and participatory research methods as needed.
• Support in analyzing the impact and effectiveness of SBCC initiatives and use the M&E findings to refine and improve ongoing SBCC strategies.
• Conduct reviews of literature and best practices to inform the development of new knowledge and SBCC products.
• Work closely with internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure the successful integration of SBCC strategies into broader efforts.

Qualification and Experience

Education: Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, Communication, Development Studies, or a related field.

Experience
• 4 to 5 years of experience in SBCC, knowledge management, or a related field
• Prior experience with social and behavioral change communication in the context of vulnerable populations is highly preferred.
• Proven experience in conducting formative and qualitative research.
• Demonstrated experience in generating knowledge products including academic/white papers, blogs, op-eds, infographics, etc.
• Expertise in working with behavior change models is highly preferred.

Skills
• Strong analytical, research, and writing skills with proficiency in qualitative data analysis.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary, multistate, and multicultural environment.
• Proficiency in using M&E tools and methodologies is preferred.
• Proficiency in using MS Office.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Experience in vendor management, project management, and stakeholder management.
• Strong experience in ideating, planning, and executing strategic events is a bonus.
• Experience with qualitative data analysis software such as Nvivo, and Atlas Ti is considered an asset.
• Experience in working with Canva is a bonus.

Other: Willingness to travel as required.

Compensation and benefits

Annual CTC: Commensurate based on skills and experience

Key benefits:
• Health insurance
• Term-life insurance
• Employee Assistance mental health program
• A total of 30 days of Annual, Casual, and Sick leave.

Application process -

Apply now by completing our Google Factsheet form:https://lnkd.in/gQ2v-PAe

and attach their CV with a cover letter addressing “why you believe you are the right fit for “Assistant Lead– Knowledge and Behavior Change role” (300 words max) to be considered eligible. The full process includes 1 assignment and 3-5 interviews with leaders in the organization.

Your applications are greatly appreciated, and we will review each one as it is received. .

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