About the role

In this four year program, starting in 2021, Political consultants will be part of multiple project teams working on various aspects of the political consulting work. They will be a part of multiple election campaigns and will work on some of the most challenging policy and governance problems facing the country.

During campaigns, political consultants interact closely with political leaders and organizers at the constituency, district, state and national level. While this is an interesting proposition and comes with enormous exposure, it also raises expectations of maintenance of confidentiality, display of exemplary client management skills and most importantly, of performance.

Position requirements

The role requires intelligent, passionate, and self-driven professionals with a clear understanding of working in the consulting industry. The candidate should possess excellent problem solving, team leadership, client leadership, thought leadership and communications skills and should be able to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding work environment.

In addition to this, the candidate would also be required to:

Contribute ideas and strategies towards the roll-out of campaign initiatives

Possess the ability to project-manage campaign initiatives end-to-end

Undertake research and present findings towards formulating on-ground initiatives

Possess high-quality problem solving, analytical skills and the ability to propose practical solutions for issues

Have a strong bias for action and ability to deal with ambiguity

Desired qualifications and experience

In order to be eligible to apply for the Political Consultant position in GILP, you need to be from the top engineering, law, commerce, science or arts colleges in the country.

You should be currently in your final year of a graduate/undergraduate course (3, 4 or 5 year integrated programs) at such a college and graduating from your course in 2021. Post-graduates are not eligible for GILP.

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