Associate (Knowledge Management) — School of Human Development (SHD)

About the School of Human Development (SHD)
The School of Human Development (SHD) at IIHS focuses on social transformation. The School understands social transformation as a set of processes that are rooted in, and seek to
directly address:
Inequality in social status and substantive rights based on identity;
The absence of material and economic dignity for the urban majority; and
Inequities in political presence, recognition and participation.
The School’s core focus areas are:
Decent work;
Affordable housing;
Social inequality;
Social protection;
Urban health;
Community mobilization;
Care Infrastructure.
About the Programme
At the SHD our research focuses on care, social protection, decent work, affordable housing, and inclusive community planning. The candidate will work across two streams of work within SHD: knowledge management for a project on extension of public childcare infrastructure in India and several years of work on community development.
Job Description
The candidate will provide support and build on the ongoing work at SHD across two streams, through literature reviews, archiving, synthesis of ongoing work, and the development of knowledge products for diverse audiences, including policymakers, grant-makers, administrators, implementers, researchers, and civil society.
The two streams of work focus on the following themes:
Decent work, social protection, and care infrastructure;
Capacity development of ULBs and residents of informal settlements.
This will be a contractual position for an initial term of 11 months, renewable on mutual consent.
Activities and Tasks
Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:
Archiving the work that SHD has done over the past 10+ years with communities and city-level networks on strengthening capacities to respond to various challenges related to urban inequalities; this includes comprehensive mapping and collating of materials; building on this archive through outputs such as proposal writing, curriculum design for capacity-building programs, and media outreach;
Synthesising the work that SHD has done over the past two years with governments on strengthening childcare infrastructure; this includes supporting the development of policy briefs and technical toolkits, maintaining a public repository of relevant knowledge, and building an archive of ongoing work to inform practice-based research;
Conducting literature reviews on:
Community-held knowledge and activist networks, and on how comparable organisations globally produce and disseminate research;
How policy learning is produced, framed, and disseminated, and on practice-based knowledge creation and dissemination from experiences of supporting policy implementation;
Design and implementation of comparable policy and programs globally;
Contributing to capacity building work in various states with ULBs, elected representatives and communities;
Providing support to other IIHS activities including academics, research, training, practice, operations and others;
Participating in all activities of Institution-Building at IIHS; carrying out tasks as assigned by IIHS; and traveling on IIHS work within or outside the country as and when needed.
Structure and Reporting
The project associate will be an External Consultant coordinating with Consultant - School of Human Development at IIHS and will be required to collaborate effectively with a diverse group of internal teams and external individuals/organizations, and students.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate should have:
A Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Public Policy, or allied disciplines.
3–5 years of experience as a researcher or practitioner, with previous work demonstrating critical thinking and exposure to themes within SHD; this should enable the candidate to undertake independent analytical work and literature reviews or, at minimum, demonstrate familiarity with the vocabulary of these themes;
Demonstrated experience translating research and field data into first drafts of policy briefs, reports, or knowledge products for academic or non-academic audiences;
Preferably, a practice background in GIS, data analysis, or media studies (journalistic writing, photography, and videography), or policy studies;
Genuine enthusiasm for fieldwork and willingness to travel with the teams.
This is a contractual engagement for an initial term of 11 months, renewable on mutual consent. This offer is on an exclusive basis, which implies that other professional assignments (whether compensated or not) that bear a potential conflict of interest with IIHS cannot be undertaken.
The search will remain open until the position is filled.
Location
This position is based in Delhi and may entail travel to other locations in India.
Review and Assessment
The role and performance of the incumbent shall be subject to normal review and assessment systems at IIHS.
Diversity Policy
IIHS is an equal opportunity employer that encourages women, people with disabilities and those from economically and socially excluded communities with the requisite skills and qualifications to apply for positions.
To apply
If you are interested to explore this opportunity with us, please fill in the online application form.
Contact
Please write to us at careers@iihs.co.in if you need any clarifications while filling the online application form.

Work arrangement
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