Research Manager - Integrated Urban Transport

About the Organization

The organization focuses on Sustainable Transport, City Planning & Design and Gender & Social Inclusion.

Position: Research Manager

Location: Delhi, India

Duration: Minimum 3 years, full-time.

Remuneration: Up to Rs 20.0 lakhs CTC.

Role and responsibilities:

• Lead and manage research projects and programs on advancing user-centered public transport in Indian cities and states; with a focus on gender equity.
• Develop work plans to implement project activities and monitor implementation while ensuring high quality deliverables
• Build, guide and motivate a team with interdisciplinary expertise
• Engage and build rapport with government, donor, CSO partners towards a common vision and goals
• Identify and pursue fundraising opportunities on research on climate resilient, gender equitable cities, transport and public spaces.

Qualifications:

• Preference for candidates with a background in economics/social sciences/gender studies and a strong and broad-based understanding of gender issues especially on women's labour force participation, care economy, gender equitable mobility.
• PhD in social sciences/ economics/ transportation/ urban planning with 4 years of work experience
• Advanced knowledge of statistical data analytical tools like R, STATA, SPSS, Python, Tableau, GIS etc.
• Well-versed with mixed methods research, research protocols
• Prior experience in publishing in academic journals and protocols on gender equitable mobility, womens labour force participation, care economy
• Guide, motivate and manage teams with diverse expertise and deliver under tight timelines
• Prior experience in fundraising for multi-year programs and managing donor partners would be a plus