Research Analyst Powering Livelihoods
Research Analyst Powering Livelihoods
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Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW) New Delhi
Research Analyst Powering Livelihoods
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The Council not only does worldclass research but also strives for impact at scale. In fact this new position is in our quest to translate our research into action and impact. If you are passionate about improving incomes and livelihoods in rural and periurban India social entrepreneurship technologies for impact and working with startups investors and financiers while playing with numbers occasionally we would love to hear from you!
Position offered: Research Analyst
Team: Powering Livelihoods
Job Location: New Delhi India
Job Duration: Fulltime
Reporting to: Programme Lead
Purpose: CEEW seeks to hire a suitable candidate for the position of Research Analyst within the Powering Livelihoods (PL) vertical of the Sustainable Livelihoods theme. Lack of access to reliable energy is a barrier for households communities and enterprises to reach their desired potential. Powering Livelihoods a USD 3 million joint initiative by CEEW and Villgro aims to transform the rural economy with the penetration of clean energypowered livelihood solutions. It supports enterprises deploying cleanenergybased livelihood solutions for undertaking largescale commercial deployments.
With the vision that within the next ten years Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) will be an integral part of all rural productive use applications this programme seeks to ignite the transformation a few enterprises at a time. The Powering Livelihoods programme will bridge the commercial valley of death by providing financial and capacitybuilding support to enterprises with fieldtested technologies to undertake commercial deployment of their solutions. The scale of these deployments will be large enough to demonstrate commercial viability and make the key stakeholders take notice. Supporting commercial deployment will drive enterprise growth enabling them to establish their business model demonstrate a track record of operations and build a wider pool of investible opportunities in the sector.
As part of the Powering Livelihoods team at The Council the individual would be involved in the crosscutting themes of energy access and rural livelihoods with the aim of supporting entrepreneurs in commercialising their clean energy solutions for livelihood applications. The candidates primary role would involve undertaking market research studies on fieldtested DREpowered technologies that can enable livelihoods. The role would entail engagement with multiple stakeholders of the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem viz. entrepreneurs investors financiers incubators and accelerators and other market enablers. Candidates must possess strong analytical abilities (including logical reasoning critical thinking information gathering analysing and visualising) strong communication skills and a zeal to learn and create impact. Familiarity with startup and social enterprise ecosystems rural consumers and markets rural livelihoods and the MSME sector would be desirable. The role would involve frequent travel to smaller cities and rural areas to collect data and engage with enterprises and the rural population.
In addition to the duties and responsibilities below the individual should be prepared to take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary.
Job Duties and Accountabilities:
Primary Responsibilities
Undertake market research for DREpowered livelihood solutions supported by the Powering Livelihoods programme.
Undertake primary (includes travel to the field sites) and secondary research to estimate the market opportunity and understand prospective customers and their ecosystem.
Engage and interact with key stakeholders to understand their roles and influence on the market characteristics.
Prepare research outputs such as market research reports and databases including market potential size etc.
Secondary Responsibilities
Support the team in developing concept notes for consultations with government stakeholders engagement with ministries and capacitybuilding engagement with financiers; contribute to writing highquality research reports; and regularly generate other knowledge products such as presentations memos blogs and policy briefs for different audiences.
Participate in relevant conferences workshops and training programs as necessary to communicate research findings and gain insights on new research in focus areas.
Assist in building strategic partnerships and collaborations with peer organisations industry and government departments to ensure continued learning growth and impact at scale.
As needed support and accompany team members to internal and external meetings prepare minutes of the meetings and assist with any new and emerging activities.
Shortlisting Criteria
Education
Strong academic credentials preferably a Masters degree in developmental studies political science environment or public policy
A Masters degree with a specialisation in livelihoods market research focusing on the agrisector development economics or development studies.
Experience
12 years of prior experience conducting market research focusing on the agrisector and rural customers.
Key skills
Strong analytical skills
Strong hold on statistical tools such as STATA.
Previous experience in market research is a must
Exposure to research skills would be a plus
Exposure to the productive use of energy and working principles of various DRE technologies is a plus
Understanding of relevant ministries and departments and their scheme promoting livelihood and microenterprises in India.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Compensation
Competitive compensation commensurate to the experience and matching the best standards adopted by industry or other organisations for similar roles.
Application Process
CEEW is an equalopportunity employer and the selection process does not discriminate based on age gender caste ethnicity religion or sexuality. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates are requested to share their curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter explaining their interest in the position (in one PDF) and send it to with Application Research Analyst (Powering Livelihoods) as the subject line. Please do not contact individual researchers for any open position. We are an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
The last date for applications is 31 July 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your interest.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
