Research Assistant (Operations Area)- 1 Year Contract

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Research Assistant

Job Purpose

Job Responsibilities:

The incumbent will be responsible for the research and administrative activities of Project Necessity Circularity. S/He will be working closely with the research team, which will be anchoring this project.

The aim of the project is to carry out research on the necessity-circularity in the low-income informal economy sectors that are involved in recycling plastics and other commodities.

Research Role

● Design and conduct a research project on necessity circularity and other analysis related to research

projects.

● Design and administer questionnaires for carrying out qualitative studies along with the research

team

● Conduct semi-structured interviews with key participants in the chain by travelling to relevant sites

where the various supply chain actors are situated.

● Collect data, synthesize, analyze, and produce or help in producing frameworks and conclusions.

● Contribute with original written material to collate the results of the analysis and help write

scholarly products like whitepapers, journal articles, working papers, academic cases, press articles,

and presentations.

● Collect, manage and analyze data using a variety of tools and sources like Excel, Atlasti / Nvivo, R.

● Support in decision making on progression of research project and methodologies.

● Participate in internal /external networks for the exchange of information and to form relationships

for future research collaboration.

● Schedule relevant meetings associated with the research project or related activities.

● Manage coordination and follow-ups to ensure adherence to project timelines.

Qualification:

Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in a research focused role.

Skills required:

• Knowledge of management research and literature review techniques
• Be familiar with qualitative research and methodologies
• Knowledge of questionnaire design, conducting interviews and focus group studies, surveys, secondary sources of research, and databases
• Data Compilation, Analysis and Presentation skills
• Report Writing Skills
• Knowledge of research referencing styles (desirable)
• Good Interpersonal skills -
• Good written and verbal communication (English)
• Good with MS Office tools.

Important Note:

● The role is a contract role for 12 months (extendable) starting July, 2025 and offers a fixed salary component.

● Role involves travel to sites for research purposes. Actual in-city travel for research purposes only, will be reimbursed at actuals, subject to institute limits.

Interested candidates with relevant experience are requested to share their profiles at navin.poojari@spjimr.org