About Civis
Civis, a non-profit organization, with support from Manupatra, is launching a fellowship opportunity in Mumbai for fresh law graduates who wish to pursue a career in public policy in India.
Civis has developed a platform that enables citizens engagement, in our democracies, by creating a channel for constructive dialogue between citizens and the Government on draft laws and policies.
Through Civis, individuals in India can understand an upcoming law or policy and share their feedback on this law, this feedback goes straight to lawmakers. This crucial step of consultation allows for participatory design of policies, increased trust and dialogue.
Civic Innovation Foundation believes that laws that are drafted for the people, should be drafted by the people.
Civis works across two verticals:
- On national level policies, through their website.
- At the grassroots with urban local bodies, and non-profit partners.
On their online platform, Civis :
- Aggregates all open laws seeking feedback.
- Simplifies these laws in easy to understand language.
- Translates them into local languages.
- Reaches out to individuals and gather inputs on these laws.
- Analyses and shares citizen’s feedback with the Government – building Government capacity to run effective Consultations, and gather actionable insights.
About the Consultatio Fellowship
Consultatio Fellowship allows one recent law graduate the opportunity to work with different verticals at Civis and gain an in=depth understanding of public policy in India, while being a part of a developing eco-system that promotes citizen engagement in law-making.
The Consultatio Fellowship of 2023-2024 is supported by Manupatra, a leading legal-tech company that specializes in designing and developing technology products to simplify operations for legal professionals.
Roles & Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Consultatio Fellow are as follows:
- Facilitating and managing public consultations on draft laws and policies on the platform, for specific campaigns and other methods to ensure maximum feedback points from citizens are gathered.
- Ideating and promoting new methods of encouraging citizen participation in lawmaking process, both online via the platform, social media and other tech tools and offline through physical feedback gathering.
- Leading and managing teams of volunteers and interns to facilitate the public consultation process for Civis, by simplifying policies and ensuring they are accessible and understood by citizens.
- Working with the Governance vertical to build partnerships with public officials and institutions and promote the public consultation process.
- Working with the Outreach and Communications team to ensure wider reach of public consultations and spread awareness on a wide range of civic issues including co-creating laws with governments.
- Working with the product team to assist in functioning of the platform and find innovative solutions for feedback gathering.
Eligibility
- Law degree is essential
- 0-2 years of experience, preferably in policy analysis
- Experience with editing law reviews/journals/magazines preferred
Required Skills
- Ability to understand and learn a content management system for our website
- Demonstrated interest in furthering civic-engagement and participation amongst communities
- A strong interest in mobilizing students for college clubs/societies is preferred
Duration of Fellowship
One year full time in-person fellowship, beginning June 2023.
Stipend
INR 40,000/- per month
Deadline
Applications are open till May 6, 2023
Location
Mumbai, India
How to Apply?
To apply for this fellowship, please fill out the application form linked at the end of this post.
In case of any queries, write to info[at]civis.vote or call +91 89769 26914
Click here to apply.
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