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Associate Manager Urban Policy

Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

5 - 10 years

7 - 12 Lacs

new delhi bengaluru

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gis service delivery basic data analysis organizational development manager program management transition research analytics secondary research

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Job Description

The Policy Insights (PI) team forms the core thought leadership backbone for Janaagraha, bringing insights from research into public domain and advising the programmatic activities of various program teams within the organization, including Municipal Finance, Civic Participation and Advocacy agendas. With strengths in Field Research and Secondary research across Municipal Law, Policy, Practices and related areas, PI works towards policy reform in urban development through research and thought leadership. PI also incubates newer areas of intersectional work before they mature into programs for reform design and implementation. This position Associate Manager, Urban Policy holding key aspects as outlined below and reports to the Senior Manager, Policy Insights at Janaagraha.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

As part of the Policy Insights Team, the Associate Manager Urban Policy will take forward the evidence-based policy reforms mission at Janaagraha in key areas of urban governance (what we refer to as city-systems ) which includes
- Setting the agenda of city-systems reforms and evidence building in areas of Municipal Laws Policies affecting different areas of planning, decentralisation of powers and devolution of 3Fs and empowering Cities; Participatory democracy, Hyper-local governance, transparency and accountability; Organisational Development and other areas impacting capacity of city systems
- Support Janaagraha s work with CAG, Niti Aayog etc and other outreach to the ecosystem and Research Roundtables; and represent Janaagraha at similar high-level events at Centre, State and with eco-system partners including government, funders and CSOs
- Break new ground with urban policy insights on rural-urban transition and convergence including urbanisation trends, census, intersection of economic growth and urbanisation, governance of land, spatial analytics, exploring the intersection of health, climate, and gender with city systems framework, governance and district linkages, and such other catalytic policy agendas.
Organisational and leadership areas:
- Write regularly in different formats providing voice to PI teams work
- Work closely with Directors and Senior Managers to identify and implement transformational urban policy agendas

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Relevant Master s degree (preferably related to Urban Governance, Urban Policy, Development studies) with 5+ years overall experience in policy research on urban and local governance and policy, or urban development programs, preferably with leading organizations.
Robust understanding of urban policy and governance in the Indian context is necessary and will be basis of consideration
Knowledge of
urban governance mechanisms

,
urban finance, decentralisation, local government elections and public service delivery models
Basic understanding of research methodologies, involving public datasets and/or field surveys preferably in urban development.
Published work in urban policy or governance.
Experience in
data-driven decision making
Familiarity with tools like
GIS

, urban simulations,
or participatory planning methods.
Team and program management experience of leading complex multi-stakeholder projects and diverse teams is desired

KEY COMPETENCIES

Passion for deep secondary research and policy reform
Attention to detail across policy research, data analysis and writing
Ability to communicate Janaagraha s Policy reform and insights work across a variety of stakeholders and formats.
Good command over written and spoken English is necessary and further Indian languages desired.

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