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Consultant - Research Assistant

  • Full Time
  •  On-Site - Delhi / NCR
  • 12 months
  • Project posted on: 2/08/2023

Consultant - Research Assistant

  • Research and Academia
  • Basic scientific research
  • Data management/biostatistics/documentation
  • Epidemiological/public health research

On-Site - Delhi / NCR

Full Time

12 months

 2/08/2023

Assignment Details

Our client, a leading Non-Profit Organization, is looking to engage with a Research Consultant who will play a pivotal role in driving and leading research projects in collaboration with renowned academic and research institutions worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:-

1. Research Project Leadership: Take charge of research projects, overseeing their design, resource assembly, and implementation. Collaborate with experts and team members to ensure successful project execution.
2. Team Development: Strengthen and mentor the client team, nurturing younger colleagues and sharing your expertise to enhance the organization's overall skills.
3. Project Management: Handle project management tasks, including financial planning, accounting, fundraising, and reporting to donors and stakeholders.
4. Output Creation: Produce academic and practical outputs, such as journal articles, blogs, practice inputs, and policy contributions.
5. Collaboration: Engage with external stakeholders, central functions, and state teams as required to foster collaborative efforts and knowledge sharing.

Location: Noida, On-site
Capacity: Full time
Duration: 1 year

Skills Required

- Ph.D. in Economics or any other social science discipline from a reputable institution (Candidates who have submitted their Ph.D.s may also be considered, provided they agree to provide the degree within a reasonable period as per the University's rules)
- 5+ years of relevant research experience (concurrent with, prior to, or after attaining the Ph.D. degree) in the social sector with a solid understanding of development in the field and the world of research.
- Possess expertise in survey methodologies, descriptive and inferential statistics, and econometrics.
- Proficient in working with statistical software like R, SPSS, or Stata.
- Experience in using online search techniques to source data, datasets, academic papers, and reports.
- Possess expert-level knowledge of socio-economic datasets, including NSS, Economic Census, Agriculture Census, and Education Datasets.
- Capable of producing high-quality and readable strategy notes, research summaries, report summaries, and deep analytical notes.
- Demonstrate creative thinking abilities and the use of various analytical tools and techniques for high-quality data analysis.
- Understand Indian government policies, programs, and budget at the Union and State/UTs levels.

About the Client

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Industry

Development/Not-for-Profit

Minimum Experience:

4+ years

Additional Skills:

  • NSS
  • Academic Writing
  • SPSS
  • Statistics
  • research project
  • PhD
  • descriptive and inferential statistics
  • survey
  • Analytical
  • journal articles
  • Economic Census
  • research
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Politics and sociology
  • Academic Research
  • research summaries
  • Policy
  • Stata
  • Statistical Software
  • datasets
  • R
  • data analysis
  • blogs
  • Agriculture Census
  • descriptive
  • survey methodologies
  • data
  • analytical notes
  • Writing Skills
  • inferential statistics
  • Online Research
  • Project Management
  • analytical tools
  • strategy note
  • econometrics
  • Literature review

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