Open Positions – Invest India

Invest India is India’s national Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, a not-for-profit joint venture between the Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce Industry, State Governments, and three Indian Chambers of Commerce, i.e., FICCI, CII and NASSCOM. Invest India’s primary mandate is to promote India as an investment destination and facilitate investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses throughout their investment lifecycle in India.

1. Associate/Assistant Manager – National Single Window System

National Single Window System (Investment Clearance Cell)

Several schemes and initiatives have been launched by the Govt. of India with the aim of improving India’s investment and business climate. One such flagship initiative is the ambitious Investment Clearance Cell (ICC), announced by the Union Finance Minister in her Union Budget 2020 speech. The vision is to setup a single window for investors to provide end-to-end facilitation, beginning with all approvals, licenses, clearances etc. Subsequently, Invest India, under guidance of DPIIT, took up this ambitious project as the executing agency, and started the process of developing the National Single Window System (NSWS) digital portal to this end.

The trial version of the NSWS portal was launched by the hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry recently. With the successful launch of the trial version, the team is now working to stabilize, enhance and scale the platform. To this end, the team is looking for professionals at the Associate level to be part of the NSWS core team at Invest India. Specifically, professionals interested in building and scaling new services and products and contribute to national advancement.

The NSWS team operates in a dynamic, fluid, and fast paced environment, requiring each team member to be flexible and take up roles depending on the evolving project requirements and lifecycle. In general, each team member has the opportunity to take up varied responsibilities, with the aim to learn and grow. At the minimum, an Associate/Asst. Manager is expected to execute the following basic responsibilities.

Job Description , Roles And Responsibilities

Day to day interaction with stakeholders and users of the platform:

• Own stakeholder user journey and experience, ensure smooth functioning of platform for users of various authorities across central ministries, departments, and state agencies
• Work with Nodal Officers and technical teams of the authorities to onboard additional authority approvals and systems on to the NSWS
• Explaining the project, its context and value proposition, understanding stakeholder perspective, needs and constraints, mutually prioritizing and planning execution, handholding through implementation

Analyzing And Documenting Requirements Of Various Stakeholders And Users

• Understanding and documenting the requirements, business logic, suggestions and recommendations and constraints of the various stakeholders and users
• Maintain stakeholder and functional level consolidated requirement documents

Collect Relevant Data And Report Timely And Insightful Information

• Create, implement, and run reporting to provide effective management information
• Seek timely decisions and resources, including status of various stakeholders, status of project, constraints, risks, opportunities and decisions required
• Drafting presentations, briefs and talking points

Conduct end user research and analysis

• Understanding needs and requirements of end users (investors, entrepreneurs, businesses)
• Working with industry associations and individual businesses, organizing and running webinars, workshops, seminars etc., collecting and analyzing feedback on user experience, functionality, features etc.
• Secondary research to identify coverage gaps, best practices etc.

Marketing and Promotion of NSWS

• Building and running mass and targeted promotional campaigns to rapidly scale NSWS usage
• Leveraging in-house channels and partner channels like industry associations and government authorities

Skills And Qualifications Required

• 1-3 years of experience, preferably as a business analyst or operational consultant
• Bachelor’s in engineering / technology / science / economics / business / commerce, master’s in science / engineering / business administration or related fields added advantage
• Fluent in English with good written and spoken communication skills
• Fluent with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PPT, Word etc.)
• Basic IT knowledge and application to business (preferred)

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2. Manager – Maritime Desk

Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency under the Department of Promotion for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It hosts teams working with various government initiatives such as Make in India, Startup India, AGNii, and PMG.

The candidate will be responsible for monitoring and management of various projects and initiatives/reforms under the National Infrastructure Pipeline, Project Development Cell, Investment promotion, Sagarmala, Maritime Vision, FDI, Coastal shipping, Sagartat, etc. The broad scope of work will be as follows: –

• Collect data of all projects under operation as well as under implementation from all major ports and other implementing agencies. Review the progress updates provided by implementing agencies/ports and seek clarifications, if required.
• Identification of various issues causing a delay in project progress and escalating the same.
• Examination of all project issues from contract/legal/finance/project management perspective and prepare a draft of requisite communications
• Prepare presentations on project status/data, as required. Also Prepare monthly expenditure plan, monitor expenses, and bring deviations to the notice of senior management for further action.
• Assist in the appraisal of all new project proposals/initiatives including financial analysis, project concept review, etc.
• To assist in RFP creation, vendor research and selection, contract negotiations, and transition management
• Identify sources and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches, and position papers.
• Provide administrative support in monitoring budget preparation and the finances of programs/projects.
• Prepare all documentation/reports for all schemes/projects of ministry.
• Advice on long-term and short-term strategies to enhance the investments in ports and new avenues in ports. Also, to assist in implementing the said strategy.
• Analysis of different operating parameters of ports and develop a strategy to improve port performance/efficiency.
• Monitor all the projects under implementation at Major Ports.
• Assistance in-Building a strategy for promoting investments in the ports & shipping sector.
• Increasing visibility of India at international levels and strengthening maritime relations
• Identifying new potential foreign investors and approaching them in a focused, structured manner for investments in the Shipping sector
• Organize Industry stakeholder forums by connecting with relevant domestic and international stakeholders. Promotion of investible projects and enhancing the visibility of these projects in the investor fraternity.
• Identify sources and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches, and position papers.
• Provide administrative support in monitoring budget preparation and the finances of programs/projects

Educational qualification-

• Experience in Maritime sector Ports, Shipping, Waterways, Logistics sector sectors preferred.
• B-tech and Masters degree from a reputed institution (preferably IIM/IIT)
• Minimum 5 years of full-time work experience at a leading Corporate/Consulting firm.
• Knowledge of Public-Private partnerships and policies in India and globally.
• Ability to work in teams and independently take responsibility for delivering key results.
• Strong Communication, Research, and Analytical skills

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