Praja Fellowship

Praja Fellowship

Mode: 

Offline (In Lucknow, in office of Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Office, Sector 7 Gomti Nagar Lucknow 226002) 

Duration: 

Full Time (30 hours a week) Paid Fellowship * Duration is calculated based on hours: 30 hours per week for 8 months extended up to 10 months. 

Activities:

 a) Research Works: 

• Study of Government Acts, Schemes and Policies
• Conducting research (on-field and secondary) to enrich the insights on the municipal finance, urban governance reforms, corporation procedure rules.
• Assisting in Municipal Finance and Urban governance research to Urban Development Department, Uttar Pradesh and Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Uttar Pradesh
• One-on-one interactions with various government departments and meet admins for various research related works and clarifications.
• To assist and work on data processing like - data Collection, data entry, data checking and translation
• Analysis of data - report writing and content writing
• Research Dissemination for their outreach; designing, writing and publishing of report.
• Dissemination of the report to Media and Media calling for press conference
• Attending the press conferences/ state consultation/ roundtables
• Travel within the city and if necessary, outstation as required for the research purposes.

b) Outreach Works: 

• To conduct one-on-one advisory consultation with administration and Elected Representatives of city and state government
• To collect queries from the administration and elected representative make data sets for answering these doubts with the help of Praja team
• Enable ERs to understand the Municipal Corporation Act and other issues through Workshops which may involve travel to different cities (along with other Praja team members)
• To help the Elected Representatives framing of questions/letters
• To plan and organise Capacity Building workshops for elected representatives with the help of Praja coordinators
• One-on-one advisory consultation with Administration to disseminate reports (Urban Development Department, Uttar Pradesh, Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Uttar Pradesh and other Urban Local Bodies in Uttar Pradesh)
• To plan and organise Capacity Building workshops for Admins with the help of Praja team
• To disseminate Praja’s reports with Citizens (Youth and CSOs)
• To reach out to colleges for promotion of Praja’s different activities
• To plan, organise and deliver the capacity building workshops in colleges and CSOs
• To plan and coordinate Prajatantra- National Youth Festival

c) Reports: 

• Fellows have to report in Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Uttar Pradesh office regularly to coordinate with Praja team
• Maintain weekly schedule and keep the coordinator informed throughout the week
• Status for each meeting (if any) to be shared with Praja team and with timely updates on the field progress for the day
• Timely weekly and monthly report submission
• Prepare and submit meeting report
• Prepare and submit Travel report timely
• At the end of the fellowship contribute to the Fellowship Compendium

Eligibility:

• Passionate about democracy and urban governance
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Creative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Basic proficiency in MS-Office (Excel, Word and Power Point)
• Accessibility of personal computer or laptop and vehicle to travel to office regularly

Other Points: 

• Fellows will be a part of several Capacity Building program for self-learning, Fellows will have to attend Weekly, Monthly and any other meeting arranged for you.
• Fellows will have to be present physically for the Prajatantra grand finale that would also involve travel and stay for the event.
• As you know Praja is working in different cities of Uttar Pradesh, Fellows will also assist the person responsible for these cities.
• Fellowship involves extensive travel and Praja encourages usage of public transport.