Job Opportunity for Junior Researcher at India Water Foundation

IWF welcome bright and committed individuals interested in pursuing a career in research, consultancy and intervention activities and provide opportunities that promote career growth and development of employees. It also provides global exposure to its employees through its international projects, events and workshops with an experience of minimum 2 years.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The roles and responsibilities of the candidate would include a wide variety of activities including but not limited to:

• Analysis and quantification of policies related to development and climate change including impact assessment of aforesaid policies
• Socio-economic analysis of energy consumption pattern in India including distributional impact of policies as well as their impact on socio-economic indicators like inequality, poverty, unemployment, etc.
• Development of alternative energy-economy-environment pathways for India while balancing India-s development aspirations with climate change obligations
• Interacting with clients, and other stakeholders at the national and sub-national levels
• Coordinating project activities
• Publishing of reports, articles, blogs and journal articles, and presentation of results to a wider audience including stakeholders, policymakers and academicians
• Organizing internal and external meetings, stakeholder dialogues, workshops and other dissemination events

Essential Skills

• Strong academic record with master-s (or above) in Water Management/ Environment specially in ecosystem restoration or any other relevant field
• Proficiency in quantitative and statistical analysis inclination towards conducting both qualitative and quantitative research
• Ability to handle, analyze and synthesize large datasets
• Good communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strict deadlines and delivering quality output
• Two years demonstrated experience of working with limited supervision
• Understanding of India-s energy sector and policies especially power sector is desired
• Willingness to learn new research and project management skills
• Experience with risk and impact assessment is preferred