The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) seeks highly-qualified, driven and dedicated candidates with an interest in public policy and a deep commitment to solving India’s 21st-century policy challenges. We offer scholars an avenue to pursue research across a wide range of themes, interests and projects.
CCS is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to ensuring a safe, equitable and inclusive work environment. CCS does not discriminate against any candidate. All complete applications will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
CCS offers challenging opportunities in a unique, high-energy, and vibrant work environment. The salary will be commensurate with experience. We encourage and accept applications around the year.
However, due to the large volume of applications we regret that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
CCS was started with a passion on 15 August 1997 to advance social change through public policy. Our work in education, livelihood, governance and policy training promotes choice and accountability across private and public sectors. To translate policy into practice, we engage with policy and opinion leaders through research, pilot projects and outreach. For the last couple of years, CCS has built a strong portfolio of research and outreach in education, governance and livelihood.
Envision a world where every institution is accountable and each individual leads a life of choice in personal, economic and political spheres.
Advance social change through public policy. Our work in education, livelihood, governance and policy training promotes choice and accountability across private and public sectors. To translate policy into practice, we engage with policy and opinion leaders through research, projects and policy training.
- Passion for work & making a difference
- Intellectual curiosity & learning
- Personal responsibility & effectiveness
- Honest & open communication
- Respect for the individual identity & voice
In the spirit of our purpose and vision, we want to make CCS an exciting workplace which provides the right environment to its team members to do their best, push their limits, and learn a lot in this process to grow into much better versions of themselves than when they joinedIn this spirit, managers are called “mentors” and employees/ staff members are called “team members/ mentees”.
To enable ongoing development of team members, CCS encourages members to be proactive both in terms of sharing their training needs and locating appropriate training opportunities. The training support sought is contingent on the fact that the subject of training has a strong relation to the current and potential role of the team member. CCS also has developed systems to enable sharings and learnings across teams and addressal of grievances to create a fair, motivating and exciting work place