Research Intern- Sustainable Food Systems

Job Summary

India stands at a complex challenge of ensuring universal nutritional security for an increasing yet largely deprived population in a rapidly changing climate. This needs action beyond producing more food we need to evolve what we eat and how we produce, process and distribute our food.

Sustainable agriculture practices and systems (SAPSs) offer a potential pathway for sustainable agriculture in India. While practices like Natural Farming (NF) have received political traction in the last coupleof years, thereare voices that caution a more pragmatic approach, as well as thosewho question the idea of a transition to natural farming.There is an urgent need to assessthe strengths and weaknesses of these emerging SAPS, and identify the opportunities and threats based on evidence and experiences from the ground. As a part of this we are now working towards robust evidence building, and helping embed metrics in the data collection systems, and monitoring and evaluation for programmes, that can then enable a holistic and multidimensional approachtowards evidence and success.

CEEW seeks to hire a suitable candidate for an Internposition in the Sustainable Food Systems team to expand its capacity to conduct research and drive change. We are looking for a detail-oriented researcher with a hunger for impact and the ambition to make our food system sustainable.

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

Responsibilities and Duties

• Independently manage allocated work-streams on qualitative and quantitative applied research on varied food system issues. Such workstreams include but are not limited to (i) identification of optimal research question(s), (ii) designing the research approach/framework (iii) systematic literature reviews (iv) conducting stakeholder consultations, (v) conducting the relevant analyses using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative tools (e.g.MS Excel, STATA,etc.), and (vi) presenting the analyses in a coherent narrative in different formats

Selection Criteriaand Key skills

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Public Policy/Development Studies/Economics/Social Sciences/Food systems/Agriculture or any otherrelevant field relevantfor food system transformation.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Python / STATA / R Studiois preferred
• Analytical skillsand knowledge of mixed methods qualitative and quantitative research methods, relevant for impact evaluation
• Familiarity with food and agriculture issues,policy areas and consumer trends
• Strong communication skills for effective, efficient, and adaptive verbaland written communication and active listening
• Ability to use MS Office application suite

Personality

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to adapt to a new environment and deliver under tight deadlinesin a professional environment
• Striving for rigour in research and quality in work output
• Ability to effectively work in a team while driving researchwith minimum assistance, when time demands independently.
• Ability to dig deeperinto details, whilealso keeping a sense of the broaderobjectives and big picture
• Willingness to learn, grow and developa personal and professional front, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment

CEEW operates in a dynamicenvironment, and the candidate will be requiredto show flexibility in undertaking a variety of tasks.

Compensation

Competitive compensation commensurate to the experience and matching the best of standards adopted by industry or other similar organisations for similar roles.

Application Process

CEEW is an equal opportunity employer, and the selection process does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, or caste. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested applicants are advised to apply at theearliest possible.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your interest.