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Organization Design and Development (OD&D) Fellowship – India

Deadline: 13-Apr-2024

Do you know someone passionate about OD&D (Organization Development and Design) and eager to contribute to CSOs (Civil Society Organizations)? Encourage them to apply for the 2024 OD&D Fellowship!

To address the dual needs of enabling CSOs to design and develop into purposeful organizations and building a cadre of OD&D professionals for the development sector, Wipro Foundation launched the OD&D Fellowship in 2020.

Be a catalyst for your nominee into their journey into Organization Design & Development by nominating them for the Wipro OD Fellowship. Provide an opportunity to:

  • Develop perspectives and capabilities to understand and engage with organizations in a dialogic manner
  • Partner with leadership of a nominated CSO to diagnose organizational challenges and design solutions
  • Be a part of and build a community of OD professionals in social sector ecosystem
Benefits
  • Work closely with a CSO on a year-long OD&D journey;
  • Work in partnership with an OD&D Fellow nominated from the CSO;
  • Develop capabilities to diagnose organizational issues and challenges;
  • Build capacities to design organizational structures, processes and strategies to meet organizational needs;
  • Participate in open online sessions of a ‘Community of Practice’ (CoP) on OD&D,
  • comprising of Fellows from current and past cohorts. This will provide the space
  • to practice and engage with OD&D ideas during and beyond the Fellowship;
  • Participate in regular formal learning sessions on organizational design and development themes and questions;
  • Enhance confidence by participating in and facilitating workshops and webinars for organizations around OD&D themes and topics;
  • Build strong relationships with other OD&D Fellows, practitioners and other members of the CoP for continuous support and learning;
  • Co-create and implement, along with the partner CSO, intervention ideas and peer-reviewed intervention designs;
  • Have access to OD&D knowledge and resources (case-studies, tools and frameworks, etc.), including opportunities to work with and develop tool kits with CSOs;
  • Earn a certificate.
Expectations from OD&D Fellows
  • Deep interest in the domain of OD&D with willingness and curiosity to learn and explore different tools and methods;
  • Commitment to building a career in the development sector;
  • Committing at least eight (8) hours per week to complete the Fellowship’s engagements;
  • Willingness and ability to travel (10 days across the year – six days for two face-to-face workshops and four days for a field visit);
  • Minimum 5-7 years of work experience in HR/ OD&D/ L&D/ Capacity Building spaces;
  • Shared understanding with reporting manager/team (in case of working professionals) to ensure support for participation in the Fellowship program (in terms of freeing up bandwidth to complete Fellowship
  • requirements);
  • Reasonable proficiency in English, since readings and conversations are typically in English, as we cater to Fellows from across the country;
  • Have reasonable experience of facilitating group conversations (in the form of workshops/ trainings/ meetings/ sessions)

For more information, visit Wipro Foundation.