Research Associate

DHARMAMARG,CHANAKYAPURI,NEWDE LHI

110021
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+91-XXXXXXXXXX

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**Position: Research Associate, Urban Planning & GIS Expert, Scaling City Institutions**
**for India (SCI-FI), Centre for Policy Research
**Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha**

**About Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
**The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) has been one of India’s leading public policy think tanks since 1973.
The Centre is a non-profit, independent institution dedicated to conducting research that contributes to a
more robust public discourse about the structures and processes that shape life in India.

CPR’s community of distinguished academics and practitioners represents views from many disciplines
and across the political spectrum. Senior faculty collaborate with more than 50 young professionals and
academics at CPR and with partners around the globe to investigate topics critical to India’s future. CPR
engages around five broad themes: economic policy; environmental law and governance; international
relations and security; law, regulation, and the state; and urbanisation.

The Scaling City Institutions for India: Water & Sanitation (SCI-FI: Water and Sanitation) at CPR is a multi
- disciplinary research, outreach and policy support initiative. It has two key thematic focus in areas of Land,
Housing and Planning, and Water and Sanitation. The SCI-FI initiative is nested at CPR since 2013.

SCI-FI programme at CPR aims at cross-sectoral and policy-relevant research on urban sanitation. It seeks to
understand the reasons for poor sanitation, and to examine how these might be related to technology,
service delivery, institutions, governance, finance, and socio-economic dimensions. It also seeks to support
national, state and city authorities in developing policies and programmes for intervention with the goal of
increasing access to safe and sustainable sanitation in urban areas.

SCI-FI programme on Water and Sanitation has been supporting the Housing and Urban Development
Department (H&UDD) of Odisha since 2013 and has also supported Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water
(PR&DW) Department on developing Odisha Rural Sanitation policy. In the last one year, SCI-FI
programme supported H&UDD and PR&DW on Urban Rural Convergence on FSM and PWM.

This position, located at H&UDD is for a project on extending Technical Assistance to the State of Odisha
to scale up Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) and Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in Odisha through
urban-rural convergence. It aims to mainstream Urban-Rural FSM convergence across the State of Odisha;
support Urban-Rural convergence of Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) for Plastic Waste Management
(PWM) across the State; to inform state-level policy and legislative frameworks based on bottom-up
learning.

**Description of Roles and Responsibilities **

Support in developing spatial plans based on mapping for district wide sanitation plans and
performing spatial analysis using GIS

Preparing maps in GIS platform using the primary and secondary dataset

Take lead on drafting of district wide plan documents and state policies, guidance notes on urban Rural
Convergence on FM and PWM

DHARMAMARG,CHANAKYAPURI,NEWDE LHI

110021
T +91 11 26115273-76

F
+91-XXXXXXXXXX

WWW.CPRINDIA.ORG

Support the team in providing technical assistance for preparing project reports and plans, covering the
entire gamut of water and sanitation, viz. policy and legislation, technology options for urban and rural
convergence on FSM and PWM ; Develop guidance note, SOPs, various tools on urban-rural
convergence on PWM and FSM

Analyse existing sanitation sector policies and policy environment, governance and institutional
bottlenecks, systems of management and coordination systems around sanitation sector programmes
with a planning lens

Represent SCI-FI, CPR project on urban-rural convergence at various meetings and workshops

Work in close coordination with district, ULBs, PRIs and the State government

Liaison with various stakeholders in the State to facilitate urban-rural convergence work on FSM and
PWM

Any other responsibilities as may be assigned

**Essential Qualification and Skills**

Post Graduate Degree in Urban /Environment Planning

At least 2 years of relevant experience in planning and GIS. Prior experience of working with the
Government will be an added advantage

Excellent analytical and research skills, both in qualitative/quantitative approaches

Proficient cartographic skills and experience of ArcGIS

Good oral and written skills in English and Odiya

Excellent interpersonal and networking skills

A team player, should have sensitivity towards interdisciplinary differences, and orientation to manage
government expectations**
**Selection Criteria/Application process
**This is a full-time contractual position in Bhubaneswar, Odisha for two years and requires extensive
travelling to project locations.

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