Website Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP)
About us
The Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University is India’s first academic centre focused on enabling strategic and robust philanthropy for social impact. It strives to provide civil society with evidence-based research and knowledge products to grow scale and impact, convening platforms for norm-setting and collaborative learning, and leadership development programmes that strengthen capability and sustainability.
Job Description
The Research Team at CSIP is looking for a motivated Senior Research Associate with quantitative research skills to help us expand our research on philanthropy and giving in India. The candidate should have the flexibility to work on multiple projects, the ability to work in a fast-moving and dynamic environment, display a natural aptitude for primary and secondary research, and be excited to join a young and dynamic team.
The Senior Research Associate should have a Master’s degree in a social science subject that includes quantitative methods and 3+ years of relevant work experience. The candidate should have experience working with large datasets, be comfortable undertaking large-scale primary surveys, and be able to creatively consider novel sources of data in philanthropy and giving — an area of research with limited availability of data.
The candidate should have excellent written communication skills required for high-quality research reports, academic papers and other publications.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out tasks such as creating bibliographies and literature reviews.
- Identify relevant data and datasets for projects.
- Collate and analyse primary and secondary data using relevant software independently.
- Support the research team in creating and designing in-house research projects from start to finish.
- Support the team in writing reports, research papers and long-form articles.
- Support the team in Identifying and engaging relevant stakeholders for executing research programmes.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of the development sector and its challenges in India.
- Experience in undertaking research on the social sector in India.
- Extensive quantitative and qualitative research skills.
- Significant experience in undertaking quantitative research.
- Ability to work remotely and manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
- Enjoy working in a dynamic and expanding team.
- Be willing to travel to project sites.
- Right to work in India.
Benefits
Competitive, based on experience.
To apply for this job please visit csip.zohorecruit.in.
