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

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.