Location: Bangalore Engagement: Full-time, 12 monthsLink to Apply: https://forms.gle/RAnr7raAKvUyNE3S7
SELCO Foundation is a not-for-profit that works to develop holistic, place-based solutions for sustainable development. It focuses on bridging gaps in energy access, health, livelihoods, and education, especially for underserved communities. Through grassroots innovation, systems thinking, and long-term partnerships, SELCO works to build more equitable, inclusive, and resilient ecosystems.The Systems Thinking Fellowship is hosted by SELCO Foundation as part of its commitment to nurturing ecosystem-level leadership for long-term change in the social sector.
The Systems Thinking Fellowship is a 2 year-long program for mid-level leaders in the Indian social sector. It is designed for those managing programs, teams, or partnerships often navigating complex, interdependent challenges with limited tools and support.The fellowship helps participants develop a systems thinking lens, test new approaches in their contexts, and build the capacity to lead change that is long-term and collaborative. It focuses on shifting how leaders think, decide, and act.Anchored in three core modules: Sector and Ecosystem, Organization and Community – and Self and Practice, each module blends residential intensives with field-based experimentation.This fellowship represents a commitment by organizations to invest in the leadership of their emerging second line in not just for internal strengthening, but to contribute to deeper, more connected impact across the sector. Fellows co-create a year-long thesis project along with their organization, aimed at applying systems thinking to a live, complex challenge within their work.
You will be responsible for implementing the day-to-day flow of the Systems Thinking Fellowship — ensuring the program runs smoothly across its various phases. From supporting residential modules to managing logistics, backend systems, and fellow coordination, your role is to translate plans into timely execution.You will work closely with the Program Manager and play a key role in making sure participants feel held and the program delivers with consistency and quality.
You are someone who gets energy from making things run well — not just ticking boxes, but creating experiences that are on-time and well-organized. You’ve likely worked in operations, events, or backend program teams before and are comfortable keeping track of multiple moving parts. You don’t mind repetitive tasks when they serve a larger purpose. You bring a strong sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and clear communication and you’re looking for work that gives you exposure, learning, and room to grow.
This is not only a delivery role it is also a significant learning opportunity.You will have access to internal learning modules, peer discussions, and masterclasses led by leading practitioners working at the intersection of sustainability, equity, and systemic change from across the world.You will engage with curriculum design, field-based application, and ecosystem actors and experiences that offer depth and perspective rarely available in early-career roles. You will be part of the core team implementing a first-of-its-kind fellowship focused on systems thinking in India’s social sector.The exposure you’ll receive across strategy, leadership, systems thinking, and real-world impact offers a learning curve that is comparable in richness to a social sector MBA, that is grounded not in theory but in practice.If you are looking to build a long-term career in impact work, and want to deeply understand how change actually happens, this could be a strong foundation.
If people come to you because you can get work done on-time, you will do well in this role. If people rely on you to get work done, you will do well in this role.