Programme Associate

Purpose

India's agriculture sector (crop, livestock, fisheries, and forestry) accounts for 13% of total greenhouse gas emissions. With ambitions to achieve net zero by 2070, the agriculture sector is to play a crucial role in the journey, balancing food and nutritional security while being the major driver of land-use change. Consequently, strategizing for mitigation from the AFOLU sector by accounting for population -growth, urbanisation, agricultural expansion, and forest conservation, necessitates micro analysis of demand and supply side interventions alongside India's macroeconomic trajectories

Keeping this complex challenge in mind, CEEW seeks to hire a suitable candidate for the Programme Associate position in the Sustainable Food Systems team to expand its capacity in developing Integrated Assessment tools for informing mitigation oriented policies for the AFOLU sector. We are looking for a detail-oriented and ownership wielding researcher with a hunger for impact and the ambition to ensure a sustainable net-zero, nature-positive food system

s.The successful applicant will assist the team members in undertaking robust quantitative analysis. In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined below, the Programme Associate should be prepared, as and when necessary, to take on additional responsibilities and respond to events and developments that cannot be anticipated easil

y.

Job Duties and Accountabilit

• ies

Lead the allocated project(s) under the programme end-to-end. This includes, but not limited to (i) framing the research questions, (ii) identifying the target audience (states, industry, ministry), (iii) developing the strategy, (iv) conducting literature review, (v) collecting data from secondary as well as primary sources, if needed, (vi) performing necessary analysis, employing diverse qualitative and quantitative research methods, (vii) developing an outreach strategy, (viii) strategic dissemination of the research and (ix) assessing the impact crea

red.

Sele

ctionEduc

ationStrong academic credentials, Master's degree preferably in economics / environmental economics / statistics, or in related fields such as energy economics, development economics, public health, public po

licy.

Work Experience and Key Skill Requir

media.

Other

tarter.

If you are passionate about evidence-based policy research for food systems, we would like to speak to you. If you can conceptualise and communicate clear research on the issue, then we would definitely consider hiring you! If you can collaborate closely with others to make this happen, you are probably the candidate we are loo

king for.

CEEW operates in a dynamic environment and the candidate will be required to show flexibility in undertaking a variety

of tasks.

ompensationCompetitive compensation – commensurate to the experience and matching the best of standards adopted by industry or other similar organisations for sim

ilar roles.

Applica

ur interest.

Skills Required

Project Management, Econometrics