Programme Associate- Sfs

At CEEW, we are deliberate about what we stand for (and what we don’t stand for) as an employer. So, if the below description strikes a chord, we would love to hear from you

**At CEEW, we build careers in public policy**
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**Designation offered**
Programme Associate

**Reporting to**
Programme Manager

**Location**
New Delhi, India

**Duration**
Full time

**Purpose**

**About the focus area**:
The SFS team at CEEW works to reimagine India’s food systems by aligning them with environmental, livelihood, and nutrition (ELN) goals. We collaborate with government, civil society, industry, and global partners to drive systemic change. Our work spans emissions benchmarking, just transition frameworks, 2 market reconfiguration, agroecological transitions, and cross-sectoral coalition building.

**Job duties and Responsibilities**
- **Stakeholder Engagement & Programme Management**: Facilitate transdisciplinary engagement with government, researchers, and civil society. Organize consultations and workshops to inform reform pathways.
- **Strategic Communication**: Develop policy briefs, reports, and presentations to communicate research insights. Contribute to publications and cross-learning initiatives.
- **Programme Management**: Manage project timelines, deliverables, and collaboration with partners. Support fundraising and proposal development.
- **Mentorship & Capacity Building**: Mentor junior staff and contribute to capacity-building activities.
- Additional responsibilities may arise as needed._

**Qualification and experience**
- **Education**:

- Programme Associate: Master's degree in development studies, sociology, critical agrarian studies, political economy, public policy, anthropology or a related interdisciplinary field.
- **Research Experience**: Strong foundation in qualitative research methods (e.g., interviews, case studies, thematic analysis) and social science theories. Ability to analyze complex issues with a focus on equity and inclusion. Rigor in analyzing and synthesizing insights to communicate.
- **Professional Experience**:

- Programme Associate: 3+ years of professional experience in research, policy analysis, or a related field, with increasing levels of responsibility. Experience working with or within government agencies, civil society organizations, or international development institutions is highly desirable.

**Key Competencies**
- **Data and Narrative Integration**: Ability to make sense of data from various sources, integrate data into compelling narratives, and craft evidence-based arguments with a critical eye to understand nuances.
- **Qualitative Research Expertise**: Demonstrated expertise in qualitative methods such as narrative and thematic analysis; experience with mixed methods is a plus.
- **Communication Excellence**: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to convert complex insights into clear, actionable recommendations for diverse audiences.
- **Project Management**: Strategic thinking with the ability to manage complex projects, timelines, and deliverables effectively. Ability to contribute to proposal development.
- **Commitment to Inclusion**: Commitment to equity, intersectionality, and inclusive research approaches.
- **Collaboration & Independence**: Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- **Contextual Understanding (Programme Associate Level)**: For the Programme Associate level, a contextual understanding of Indian political institutions, reforms, and bureaucratic culture is expected.

**Compensation**

Competitive compensation - commensurate to the experience and matching the best of standards adopted by the industry or other similar organisations for similar roles.

**Application process