Are you a law graduate/ legal professional looking for job opportunities as an Associate- Public Policy? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
About:
Founded in 2011, Chase India is South Asia’s leading research and public policy consulting firm. They help clients create business impact, mitigate risks, drive social change and form long-standing collaborations with advocates and key stakeholder groups.
They guide the private sector and not-for-profit organizations through the ever-changing policy and regulatory landscape. Their in-depth sector and policy knowledge make them well-placed to serve as trusted advisors to their clients in sensitive but crucial matters such as government engagement, creating social impact and planning strategic communications campaigns.
The team at Chase India comprises functional and sectoral experts who have extensive experience working with regulatory and industry bodies, government organizations, academia and media. Their team has vast experience of working across federal, state and municipal levels.
Chase India is a sister consultancy of Avian WE, itself a group company of WE Communications, one of the largest independent communications agencies in the world, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Role:
Associate- Public Policy
Location:
New Delhi
Qualifications:
- An eagerness to learn: Most critically, what they’re looking for is someone who approaches new topics with curiosity and is willing to put in the effort to learn (in which they’re there to support them).
- Flexible: In line with their values, they’re looking for someone who is nimble enough to adapt to changing circumstances and work in a fast-paced environment. More likely than not, their work may require you to multi-task between multiple clients.
- Ownership: You’re someone whose first instinct is to say, “Don’t worry, I got this” when given work. This doesn’t mean that they expect you to know everything in advance, but they’re looking for someone who is willing to take responsibility for the work and make sure it’s completed.
- High Emotional Intelligence: The job requires you to interact with a number of different stakeholders from colleagues to clients to internal teams and other external partners. As such, they’re looking for someone who is able to empathize and understand each stakeholder’s needs and context to come to a solution.
Skills
- Verbal and written communication skills: As the work entails documenting and creating communication material, you’d be expected to be someone who has a natural flair for the same.
- Research, analytical and organizational skills: As research forms the basis of their advocacy strategy, you’d be expected to be able to have strong research and analytical skills.
- Documentation and presentation: You would be expected to be proficient in documentation and presentation with working proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Professional Qualifications:
1-3 years of work experience is a must. Additional experience in one or more of the following would be preferred, but are not prerequisites:
- Prior work in public policy or consulting would be preferred.
- Past experience working with a think-tank, Member of Parliament or CSO would be beneficial.
Educational Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Law, Communication, Political Science or any other related field.
A master’s degree is a plus, but not a requisite.
Responsibilities:
This is the firm’s junior-level position wherein, the Associate, Public Policy will support the team lead and other senior staff in ideating, strategizing, and executing advocacy strategies (including logistical support), and supporting on campaign and programme implementation, client servicing, and other client deliverables.
In this role, you’ll be expected to present during client calls, and occasionally, front-client engagements. Their aim at this level is to help you get a deeper understanding of public policy and the various tools and advocacy strategies implemented so that you can slowly start thinking through complete strategies, and lead execution at the next level. While there will be a lot of support, guidance, and mentorship from senior colleagues, they do expect you to take ownership of the work assigned to you and proactively think about ideas and processes to ensure the success of their clients.
The focus and mix of the work vary based on the needs of each client, but the work largely comprises of the following:
• Research: Research and intelligence form the basis of their advocacy and communications strategy.
While they largely do secondary research, certain projects may require us to gather intelligence and / or analyse primary data as well. Occasionally, they may work closely with research agencies to direct and coordinate reports.
• Stakeholder Identification and Outreach: Given that they have to build alliances and supporters, a lot of their job involves liaising with stakeholders and creating and managing partnerships. In this role, you would be expected to help identify and facilitate outreach to this end.
• Programme and Project Execution: As an associate, you’ll be supporting in the execution of various programmes and projects, which includes overlooking the coordination and tracking of programs and projects.
• Communications and Advocacy: Lastly, one of the key aspects of their work is to design and execute complete advocacy strategies that may encompass various programmes, communications, partnerships and other methods to achieve their ends.
Tracking policy and regulatory updates: You will be responsible for tracking news and updates on areas of interest to your client, and flagging them on a timely basis.
• You will also be responsible for creating daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly trackers for your clients (based on their needs).
• You will be expected to keep a close eye on ongoing discussions in parliament and the public sphere (don’t worry – they’ll help you understand how to go about doing this in the most streamlined manner).
Research and documentation: Support the team in conducting research as per the needs of the client. As mentioned above, this is largely secondary research and the depth of research will vary per client and project.
• You may also be required to create meeting notes and other standard documents such as briefing documents for meetings.
• You will also be expected to actively prepare and edit communications, presentations, and other documents required for fulfilling client deliverables, as required.
Coordination and logistics: You will be expected to take charge of coordinating with stakeholders and clients.
• Events: In case there are client events taking place, you may have to coordinate with speakers to ensure their availability and participation.
Stakeholder Management: A key aspect of work is building relationships and working with multiple stakeholders.
• Initially, senior colleagues will help you with understanding how to navigate the stakeholders and build relationships with them, but eventually, the expectation is that you will start taking more ownership of this activity and will build your own independent relationships with them.
Client Management and Deliverables: You will be expected to support the management of the client and their expectations.
• Managing client expectations: While a senior colleague will be the final point of responsibility, the idea is to give you the exposure to learn to deal with clients.
• Understanding the client’s business and needs: You’ll be expected to understand the client’s needs and actively contribute to giving ideas towards their objectives.
• Execution of Deliverables: We believe that each colleague should take ownership of their own work.
Thus, you’ll be expected to manage your time (with ample support in the process from senior colleagues) and take ownership of the work assigned to you. On occasion, you will also be expected to support your colleagues (on the same and other clients) with the execution of their work.
New Business Development
• Proposals: Supporting senior colleagues in building ideas and proposals for pitches to potential clients.
• Case-studies: Supporting the team in compiling and updating credentials and case studies on a timely basis.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (click here)
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