About Purpose: 

Purpose builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world. We use public mobilization and storytelling to help leading organizations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most. To do this, Purpose brings together world-class talent from the world of creatives, content development, storytelling, campaigning, grassroots organizing, and political strategy to build new creative campaigning models. Guided by smart political strategy and powered by new technologies for participation, our work reframes issues, engages new audiences, shifts public discourse, and ultimately drives targeted action that shifts decision-makers and creates lasting impact.

Join the team that helped make projects like this , this and this possible.

The Role

This project is centered on working with and for some of the most marginalized communities in the city of Bengaluru. The right candidate will have some experience of either working with these communities or living amongst them. The individual in this role will have to approach issues within the community with high levels of sensitivity and thus must be well equipped to communicate and engage with the communities as required.

In terms of responsibilities, the person in this role will support on-ground campaign execution for the project. This may include:

• Coordinating with project partners and identifying new partners/vendors as needed
• Being present at events and helping with logistics and coordination
• Stakeholder engagement - This could include securing meetings with decision makers and others; creating collaterals required for such interactions and developing text and translation support as required
• Participate in scheduled brainstorming and ideation meetings with the Purpose team to bring insights from the field, partner conversations and wider ecosystem to the project
• Support in Identifying opportunities to showcase the project and identify platforms for representation for the communities we work with
• Keeping strong and regular channels of communication open with the Purpose team at all times. This will include weekly calls with the internal team and weekly calls with the partners.
• Maintain and record ongoing activities and share back with the team (photos/videos/other important data that may be useful from a reporting standpoint). This will include working closely with the Impact, Monitoring and learning lead on the project to document accurately.

Qualifications:                                                                      

• 2-3 years of experience working with grassroot communities and organizations. Located in Bengaluru itself.
• Kannada Fluency
• Ability to write/speak in basic English is preferred

Details - Contract Duration: January 2024 - June 2024 5 days/weeks                                                                  

If these are the things that get you up in the morning, we want to hear from you! Please submit your resume and a cover letter that gives us insight into your passion and qualifications for the role.

Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the charge and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.