Research Assistant - Economics

Position: Research Assistant

Area: Economics

Employer: Ndeavours, Neerja Modi School, Jaipur

Location: Jaipur (onsite)

Salary: 25-35k/month + benefits (accommodation and meals for candidates from outside Jaipur)

Start date: Immediate

About Us

At Ndeavours, NMS, we believe that a hard-working student can stand to produce a sound and important research article. We want to facilitate that journey. The program will pair a mentor and mentee on the basis of the latter’s predilection towards a discipline and subfield of interest, and the former’s academic expertise. The mentor and mentee – are inclined towards a common goal of novel research output.

About the position

Critical to the program administration and research quality, the Academic director wishes to recruit research assistants for the guided research mentorship program.

Why is this for you?

• Network & Learning: We work with doctoral, and postdoctoral candidates as well as professors from the likes of IIT, IIM, University of Glasgow, and more.
• Create & Explore: We make research accessible to high schoolers through mentorship programs for research and research-led creative practices. Opportunities to ideate, develop and lead research and social impact projects.

Roles and responsibilities: As a research assistant one is required to assist mentors in guiding the students, expected to develop learning materials and resources, look into administrative needs and work on one or more independent research projects relevant to their field.

• Reporting to the academic leads and academic director.
• Work in collaboration with various early career scholars and under the supervision of the program founders.
• Assisting in guided research and conducting one on one sessions, workshops, and seminars about research
• Closely working with the founding body's academic counselling department
• Strategising and working with the team for the program's growth
• Carrying out administrative tasks and facilitating the program
• Basic proofreading and editing skills of scientific papers
• Willing to contribute to a developing academic environment.

Requirements:

• Qualification: A Master's degree in Economics from a renowned institute.
• Experience: Prior research experience in the form of supervised thesis/research papers/ projects. Conference participation and paper presentation. Published works are a bonus.
• Interest in teaching high school students about research.

You're an ideal candidate if

• You like conceptualizing, ideating, and building academic programs
• You have a flair for academic writing, reading and editing
• Interacting and guiding high-school students
• Are interested in dynamic roles and responsibilities
• Can wear multiple hats
• Are working towards a career in academics/research

Apply here: https://forms.gle/hDRMtFj7tQD83CKR6