Research Associate (Climate Change, Urbanisation and Sustainability)

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About the Organization

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) is an independent public policy organization known for providing informative and insightful ideas to accelerate India's inclusive development. Established in 1981 with the motto of "linking India with the world," it has grown to become one of India's most well-known policy research think tanks in the areas of Agriculture, Climate Change, Digital Economy, Economic Growth, Jobs and Gender, and Trade, Industry and Investment. While serving as a trusted advisor to the governments, corporates, multilaterals and foundations, ICRIER continues to function as a bridge between the academic world and the policy arena.

Job Description

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), an autonomous, policy-oriented, not-for-profit, policy think tank based in New Delhi is looking for a Research Associate for its Climate Change, Urbanisation and Sustainability team.

The team consists of seasoned professionals belonging to a variety of disciplines, covering multiple facets of this broad theme. The team is engaged in cutting edge research employing General Equilibrium Models (GEM), energy systems models, waste models etc. to tackle core energy and environmental issues. It offers its research services to different government ministries for shaping their negotiation stances at multiple forums such as the G20, UNFCCC etc.; and also provides timely insights into some of the key questions that the country is grappling with.

Job Responsibilities

The Research Associate will support the team with various environmental, and climate change projects. S/he will also support the thematic lead in client management and other similar managerial activities as a part of this role.

The work compromises the following activities:

• Research and Knowledge generation: The candidate will work in a fast-paced environment and assist the team with various research projects. S/he will be responsible for data collection, cleaning, and analysis. Research work may involve primary or secondary research, and the candidate must be comfortable with both. The collected knowledge will need to be documented in the form of reports/working papers/policy briefs/strategy papers/op-eds/journal articles depending on the need of the project.
• Stakeholder Management: Management and interaction with stakeholders are critical aspects of the job. The candidate must be comfortable with networking and interacting with stakeholders regularly.
• Project Management: The candidate is expected to help the team with managing the project and organising events, stakeholders’ meetings, roundtables, etc. The project management activities also include dissemination activity underlined in the project.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Typical requirements include the following:

• An M.Phil. degree or MA/ MSc. (Economics / Statistics / related fields) with 2 years of work experience in policy research from a reputed University. Advanced quantitative skills are sought. Prior experience of working on econometric or statistical models (specifically optimization models) is required. Candidates with additional experience or training in environmental or energy economics or natural resource management would be preferred.
• The candidate should have excellent programming capabilities. S/he should be comfortable working on Stata, R or Python. Expertise in GAMS is an additional merit.
• As collation of data from multiple sources would be required, experience in handling large unit-level government data (ASI, NSSO Unit-level surveys, Census, etc.) is required.
• Good research and writing skills.
• Willingness to travel for survey, stakeholder meetings and other work-related engagements

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