Public Policy Expert

Location : Mumbai, Maharashtra

Type : Full-time, FXTE

Joining : Urgent, within 1 week

Role Overview :

Palladium is seeking a dynamic and experienced Public Policy Expert to support apex housing authority of Maharashtra in designing, implementing, and evaluating housing-related policy reforms, including rental housing governance, legislative amendments, and stakeholder engagement. The expert will play a key role in shaping inclusive, sustainable, and data-driven housing strategies for Maharashtra.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead policy research and drafting for policies related housing legislation.
• Develop frameworks for rental housing governance, including digital platforms, grievance redressal, and eviction protocols.
• Prepare policy briefs, consultation papers, and presentations for senior decision-makers.
• Support implementation of the MMR Growth Hub strategy, focusing on housing, inclusivity, and sustainability.
• Analyse legal and regulatory overlaps and recommend harmonisation strategies.
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations, workshops, and public engagement processes.
• Act as the primary interface between Palladium and government stakeholders, ensuring that project objectives are aligned with client priorities, policy frameworks, and institutional mandates.
• Navigate administrative processes, build consensus across departments, and manage reporting, timelines, and compliance. Facilitate high-level meetings, workshops, and inter-agency coordination to support seamless execution.
• Monitor policy impact and recommend course corrections based on feedback and data.

Qualifications & Experience :

Preferred Skills :

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include : (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.