Senior Researcher
Posted on 07/06/2025
Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a non-profit think tank with thematic focus on school education, urban livelihoods and governance, seeks a Senior Researcher.
Role: Senior Researcher
Reports to: Senior Fellow, Policy Research & Outreach
Role Overview:
The Senior Researcher will shape research goals, ensure research outputs inform policy making, develop outreach products and represent CCS at various forums.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop new knowledge and evidence in the thematic areas of CCS focus
- Conducting research: Everything from conceptualisation to executing primary and secondary data based researches to writing papers and publish in credible peer reviewed journals etc
- Disseminating research: Dissemination of researches to different targeted groups to communicate outcomes using various media etc
- Managing research: Building the efficient mission-driven team and stakeholder engagement etc
Reporting to
Senior Fellow, Policy Research & Outreach
Qualifications & Experience
- PhD in Law, Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Social Sciences or related fields with 6-8 years of experience in research management.
- Proven record of primary and secondary research.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in public policy research and team leadership.
- Experience presenting findings to varied stakeholders.
- Demonstrated record of research publications in high-quality journals
- Prior experience in CCS thematic focus areas will be preferred