Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
Intern (Nutrition and Health) - Sustainable Food Systems
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Designation offered: Intern – Sustainable Food Systems
Reporting to: Programme Associate
Location: New Delhi, India
Job Summary
India stands at a
complex challenge of ensuring universal nutritional security for an increasing
yet largely deprived population in a rapidly changing climate. This needs
action beyond producing more food – we need to evolve what we eat and how we
produce, process and distribute our food.
Nature-based
solutions, particularly in agriculture, can have far-reaching impacts on human
health. While evidence exists on some fronts, such as association of crop
diversity with diet diversity, we need to collectively think of ways how what
we produce and how we produce can improve what we eat and how we eat.
CEEW seeks to hire
a suitable candidate for an Intern position in the Sustainable Food Systems
team to expand its capacity to conduct research and drive change. We are
looking for a detail-oriented researcher with a hunger for impact and the
ambition to make our food system sustainable.
The successful
applicant will assist the team members in undertaking robust quantitative and
qualitative analysis. In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined
below, the candidate should be prepared, as and when necessary, to take on
additional responsibilities and respond to events and developments that cannot
be anticipated easily.
Responsibilities
and Duties
Research
●Independently manage allocated work-streams on
quantitative and quantitative applied research on varied food system issues.
Such workstreams include but are not limited to (i) identification of optimal
research question(s), (ii) designing the research approach/framework (iii) if
required, development and execution of primary surveys (this includes designing
the questionnaires, survey monitoring, coordinating with field staffs and
analysis of the survey data), (iv) if required, systematic literature reviews (v)
if required, conducting stakeholder consultations, (vi) conducting the relevant
analyses using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative tools (e.g. MS
Excel, STATA, etc.), and (vii) presenting the analyses in a coherent narrative
in different formats
●Travel to field sites, whenever necessary, to conduct
fieldwork including focus group discussions, interviews, meetings, training or
gather primary information
●Proactively supporting team in effectively
operationalizing the CEEW’s Arc of Learning
●Regularly track policy measures taken by the government
and its implementation status related to sustainable agriculture and
sustainable food systems in India
●Write high-quality research reports, publish in leading
peer-reviewed journals and generate other knowledge products for the different
audience such as blogs, policy briefs in regular intervals
●Establishing and managing relationships with project
counterparts from CEEW’s partners
Project/Programme Assistance
●Support the senior researchers in conceptualising new
projects, development of high-impact research proposals, and applications for
research and general donor funding
●Support effective outreach of research outputs through
coordination with the outreach team, engagement with a broader network of
stakeholders, and concerned policymakers
●Participate in relevant conferences, workshops,
training programmes for a comprehensive understanding of developments relevant
to sustainable agriculture
●Support senior team members for important meetings and
sessions, prepare notes, and conduct follow-ups, as required
●Participate in weekly team meetings and assist with
preparing minutes and chairing the weekly meetings
Selection Criteria and Key skills
●Master's
degree in nutrition/public health/food systems/agriculture/agroecology/natural
resource management or any other relevant field relevant for food system
transformation.
●Analytical
skills and knowledge of mixed methods – qualitative and quantitative research
methods, relevant for impact evaluation, food system analysis, political
economy analysis etc
●Project management skills to independently manage research workstreams
●Familiarity with food and agriculture issues, policy
areas and consumer trends
●Strong
communication skills for effective, efficient, and adaptive verbal and written
communication, and active listening
●Experience in dealing with stakeholders (farmers,
grassroots workers, government, etc.) preferred
●Ability
to use MS Office application suite
●Desirable:
Relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals/book chapters
Personality
●Willingness to learn new (research and project
management) skills
●Ability to adapt to a new environment and deliver under
tight deadlines in a professional environment
●Striving for rigour in research and
quality in work output
●Ability to effectively work in a team while driving
research with minimum assistance, when time demands independently.
●Ability to dig deeper into details, while also keeping
a sense of the broader objectives and big picture
●Willingness to learn, grow and develop at personal and
professional front, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve
●Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and
multicultural environment
CEEW operates in a
dynamic environment, and the candidate will be required to show flexibility in undertaking
a variety of tasks.
Compensation
Competitive compensation –
commensurate to the experience and matching the best of standards adopted by
industry or other similar organisations for similar roles.
Application Process
CEEW is an equal opportunity employer
and the selection process does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender,
ethnicity, religion, or caste. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Applications will be reviewed on a
rolling basis. Interested applicants are advised to apply at the earliest
possible.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted. We appreciate your interest.
