Postgraduate ConsultantIndia

Maximize your potential. Tackle the worlds toughest problems.
Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.

Note:

• This role is an 810-week internship program one of the primary paths to full-time employment for Postgraduate Consultants at Dalberg Advisors.
• Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having or obtaining the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.
• Offers are non-transferable to other regions or countries (even within APAC). A two-year cooling-off period will apply before candidates can pursue opportunities at other Dalberg offices.
• Your application must include a resume and an assignment.
• The hiring team will be reviewing your application post the requisition closes on November22 and should they find your background fit for the role; they will contact shortlisted candidates latest by the endof November.

ABOUT DALBERG

We are a global group working to build a more sustainable planet and inclusive societies where all people can thrive. As a diverse purpose-driven community of professionals it works in collaboration with local communities and global networks to create bold and equitable solutions and develop the next generation of impact leaders. Dalberg brings together strategy and management consulting equity-centered community design data research implementation and communications to achieve its mission of solving the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change. We are from everywhere at home anywhere - an African and American company as much as an Asian Latin American Middle Eastern and European one.

Dalberg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to practice transparency and openness while maintaining independence of thought whether its how you identify where you come from the languages you speak the person you love or the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe understood nurtured and encouraged to grow.

As a team of 610 people from 55 countries speaking over 90 languages collectively with 48% female leadership team Dalberg places diversity equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients partners and communities.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants Dalberg operates from 25 worldwide locations. For more information please visitDalberg.

ABOUT DALBERG ADVISORS

Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals.

ABOUT YOU

You aspire to become a leader in global development by tackling global issues from malnutrition to climate change to economic inequality ensuring no population is left behind. You enjoy working hard and collaborating with teams across continents and cultures. You are a problem-solver and excel at clear strategic thinking and quantitative and qualitative analysis and you want to hone these skills and put them to work transforming organizations advising investors and shaping new initiatives. You are an entrepreneur that is ready to jump in and help us take our firm to the next level. You have been a top performer in your previous career. You are passionate about development.

Dalberg has a global footprint with consultants that live and work around the world creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa Asia Europe and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground-level insight with experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the worlds most pressing issues.

Typical qualifications for a Postgraduate Consultant:

• Full-time graduate student pursuing an MBA MPA MPP and/or other similar degrees with expected graduation dates of May/June 2027 or May/June 2026for one-year graduate programs
• Excellent academic record
• Experience working in a leading international management consultancy firm financial services firm or similar type of private sector experience; or experience working in a strategic role for a high-performing social or public-sector organization
• Strong analytical abilities both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner both written and oral
• Demonstrated ability to bring big ideas to life build impact-oriented enterprises and lead teams to accomplish ambitious goals
• Understanding of the political and cultural environments of international organizations or environments
• In addition if you have skills or abilities in the following areas please be sure to let us know in your application:
  • Fluency in spoken and written languages other than English
  • Experience with financial analysis excel STATA
  • In-depth knowledge on specific topics related to Dalbergs work
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate new programs ideas or initiative

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW

You will drive the creation of innovative and results-oriented solutions for Dalbergs clients helping us change the development landscape around the world. Dalberg Postgraduate Consultants take ownership of key aspects of the clients challenges initiate critical and creative thinking on these strategic issues lead research and complicated analyses and contribute to developing our relationships with clients.

Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating a macro-economic plan for the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate industrial growth designing a major foundations strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in addition Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the worlds largest public freely available dataset on national digital ID in India and have previously traveled for work to a mine in a jungle in Indonesia to refugee camps in remote parts of Kenya and to the border of Nepal looking at trafficking transport chains.

Dalberg is a platform for change. Our staff is empowered to start new programs institute best practices and develop traditions that will define the Dalberg experience for years to come. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our addition to providing training management-level advising and mentoring we empower Dalberg Postgraduate Consultants to learn by doing engaging them as full members of project teams from day one.

The Dalberg Postgraduate Consultant Program which is 08-10 weeks starting June 2026 is one of the primary paths to full-time employment for Postgraduate Consultants at Dalberg Advisors. As a Postgraduate Consultant you will get the opportunity to better understand what it would be like to work at Dalberg full-time and we will have the opportunity to get to know you. Postgraduate Consultants will be considered for full-time offers to join the firm after graduation. Please note that applicants must be enrolled in a full-time graduate school program with an expected graduation date of May/June 2026 or May/June 2025 for one-year graduate programs.

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS

Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators designers and creative problem solvers thinkers and doers who supply new ideas drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities governments and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank UN agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP and government agencies such as the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology USAID and Indias NITI Aayog.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunities for this role are in Mumbai and New Delhi. You must have authorization to work in the country to which you are applying.

Please submit your application at our Career Centreby11:59PM EST on Saturday 22nd November 2025

Your application should include a resume and anassignment

Resumenoting current SAT/ACT and GPA or British Class system and/or ECTS Grading as applicable and current university transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable). In addition to your resume and transcript please submit the following assignment:

Assignment:As part of our application process we invite you to submit 01 (one) page slide deck in either PPT or PDF format (file size not exceeding 25 MB).

Identify a significant development priority within your community / country that aligns with your vision of a better tomorrow. Present your perspective on this issue in the form of a newspaper article drawing on relevant research data or examples to support your perspective and reasoning.

Your article should aim to convey:

• Why this issue matters to you personally
• Why do you believe it demands attention
• Potential change or intervention for this issue

Your assignment will be assessed on:

• Originality & Insight: Freshness of idea and depth of your perspective on the issue
• Structure & Clarity: How well your thoughts are organized and presented
• Written communication & Creativity: Clarity of writing & presentation of your creativity

Important: Applications without this submission or exceed more than 01 (one) page submission will be automatically disqualified.

Location preference: Please select the first location preference for which you would like to be considered and have the requisite authorization to work.

All offices will extend offers to candidates looking for full-time positions at the office where they complete their internship.

Offers are non-transferable to other regions or countries (even within APAC). A two-year cooling-off period will apply before candidates can pursue opportunities at other Dalberg offices.

During the same recruitment period please only apply for one position at Dalberg. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to interview by video. Interviews will test consulting skills through case questions and discuss the candidates interests and experience.

Dalberg values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age gender race religion background or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.

We have also pledged to three commitments for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across the firm:

1. COMMITMENT 1: We commit to publishing internal Dalberg DEI reports annually to hold ourselves accountable report on progress and share lessons from our regional DEI plans.
2. COMMITMENT 2: We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.
3. COMMITMENT 3: We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm

Owing to the large number of applications we receive; unfortunately only successful candidates will be contacted