Senior Researcher

Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a non-profit think tank with thematic focus on school education, urban livelihoods and governance, seeks a Senior Researcher. 

Role:

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Role Overview:

The Senior Researcher will shape research goals, ensure research outputs inform policy making, develop outreach products and represent CCS at various forums.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop new knowledge and evidence in the thematic areas of CCS focus 
• Conducting research: Everything from conceptualisation to executing primary and secondary data based researches to writing papers and publish in credible peer reviewed journals etc 
• Disseminating research: Dissemination of researches to different targeted groups to communicate outcomes using various media etc 
• Managing research: Building the efficient mission-driven team and stakeholder engagement etc 

Qualifications & Experience

• PhD in Law, Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Social Sciences or related fields with 6-8 years of experience in research management.
• Proven record of primary and secondary research.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in public policy research and team leadership.
• Experience presenting findings to varied stakeholders.
• Demonstrated record of research publications in high-quality journals
• Prior experience in CCS thematic focus areas will be preferred