Hiring for: Research Assistant- Social Sciences and Climate Change Adaptation
Location : Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-site)
About Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) and WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS)
WOTR tackles the key causes of rural poverty by rejuvenating ecosystems and building the community’s resilience to climate change by enhancing water availability, increasing land and agricultural productivity, diversifying livelihoods, empowering women, and strengthening the health and well-being of vulnerable rural communities. Over the course of 30 years, WOTR has worked in 10 states and 6,850 villages, positively impacting the lives of 6.58 million people. Additionally, WOTR has a research wing called WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS), which undertakes multi-stakeholder, applied research on ground-level problems using a trans-disciplinary approach. W-CReS studies how drivers of change impact communities, understands underlying causal relationships and behavioural motivations, identifies effective strategies that can catalyse behavioural change, builds capacities, and contributes to policy and program design. Both WOTR and W-CReS work in close collaboration with civil society entities.
Snapshot of the Role:
As a Junior Research Assistant, you would be supporting literature reviews, tool development, data analysis, and writing scientific publications and policy briefs. You would also be developing data collection tools, coordinating field data collection, and managing projects.
Key Deliverables:
- Assistance in literature review, tool preparation, data analysis, proposal preparation, project management, writing of papers, policy briefs, and scientific articles
- Developing tools for data collection (quantitative and qualitative)
- Collection, coordination, and monitoring of field data collection
- Involvement in interdisciplinary research on the issues related to water, land, biodiversity, climate change, rural livelihood, food, and nutrition
- Support in conducting training and capacity building events
Required Qualification:
- M.Sc. / M.A in Social work, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies, or other relevant fields with 1-3 years of work experience
Skills Required:
- Knowledge of analytical software (e.g., SPSS, R, or Python etc.) will be an added advantage
- Prior experience in the social sector with the ability to understand complex social issues
- Flair for interacting with rural communities
- Willingness to travel to different project locations for fieldwork
- Interpersonal and team working skills
- Report writing skills especially for baseline and impact evaluation studies
- Proficiency in MS Office is essential
- Good communication skills in English, with knowledge of local languages (Marathi & Hindi) as an advantage
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