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Research Intern
Sustainable Livelihoods
Research Analyst
New Delhi, India
CEEW seeks to hire a suitable candidate for the position of Research Intern within the Sustainable Livelihoods team. The selected candidate will contribute to two major verticals under the Sustainable Livelihoods theme: Mainstreaming a Green Economy across states in India and Powering Livelihoods through penetration of decentralised renewable energy (DRE) based livelihood technologies. As part of the Sustainable Livelihoods team at The Council, the individual would be involved in the cross-cutting themes of energy access, affordable finance for DRE livelihood technologies, sustainable jobs and rural livelihoods.
India has committed to a net-zero target by 2070, with imminent ambitious decarbonisation targets by 2030. Unless we align climate action with the country's economic growth and job priorities, we risk climate action getting side-lined in the wake of economic or employment distress. There is both a need and potential for climate action to generate a large number of jobs and fuel economic growth, conversations around which have thus far been very limited. So far, the green economy discussions with regard to climate action have adopted a narrow view. Green economy is generally associated with renewable energy, electric mobility, and, lately, green hydrogen. While these are important, such a limiting view of green jobs ignores the job and economic potential that other aspects of the climate action and overall pursuit of a green economy may hold. In this study, we encompass the following four themes under the broader umbrella of green economy:
Powering Livelihoods, a USD 3 million joint initiative by CEEW and Villgro, aims to transform the rural economy with the penetration of clean energy-powered livelihood solutions. It supports enterprises deploying clean-energy-based livelihood solutions for undertaking large-scale commercial deployments and leverages this enterprise growth for ecosystem acceleration through – evidence generation and dissemination, unlocking sectoral partnerships (with financiers, investors, policymakers, etc.) and providing market advisory and policy support.
With the vision that within the next ten years, decentralised renewable energy (DRE) will be an integral part of all rural productive use applications, one of the major focus areas of the programme is to ignite this transformation by unlocking access to affordable finance for the end-users of these technologies. Such an endeavour is expected to scale the adoption of DRE livelihood technologies in a sustainable manner.
In addition to the duties and responsibilities below, the individual should be prepared to take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary.
Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, environment, energy or related fields, preferably with relevant experience.
Competitive compensation – commensurate to the experience and matching the best standards adopted by industry or other organisations for similar roles.
CEEW is an equal-opportunity employer, and the selection process does not discriminate based on age, gender, caste, ethnicity, religion, or sexuality. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates are requested to send their curriculum vitae (CV) to [email protected] with 'Application – Research Intern – Sustainable Livelihoods’ as the subject line.
The last date for applications is 25th October 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your interest.