Senior Research Officer jobs in Mumbai at International Institute for Population Sciences

Project: “Small area estimates of COVID-19 disease in India: What we missed”

i. Applications are invited for the following Mumbai-based ad-hoc posts for the project at the International Institute of Population sciences (IIPS)

1. Position: Senior Research Officer (One Position)

2. Essential Qualifications:

A. Awarded MPhil /awarded PhD degree or pursuing PhD in Statistics/Population Studies

B. Knowledge of statistical software: Excel/R software/STATA/ SPSS/GIS.

C. Application of Small area estimation methods and its application to mortality analysis

D. Three articles published in a peer-reviewed (reputed) journal related to demography /health economics/public health/spatial analysis.

E. Two years’ work experience in statistics/population studies/ health economics/public health/ geospatial analysis for MPhil degree holders

F. No experience required for pursuing PhD or PhD degree holders

3. Desirable Qualifications:

a. Experience in the application of machine learning methods and other statistical methods

b. Experience in working with large scale data NSSO (priority),LASI, COVID19 databases, JHU, World Bank, and other databases.

c. Experience in application of GIS, remote sensing, extraction of spatial data etc

d. Excellent command in handling statistical, demographic and spatial data analyses etc

4. Specific tasks:

a. Takes lead in project activities such as conceptualization, systematic review, meta-analysis, and data analyses.

b. Data curation, data management, data compilation and data warehouse

c. Verification and validation of variables and indicators

d. Advanced statistical analysis for estimation of variables of interest and statistical and geospatial analysis

5. Duration: Three months (likely to be extended till the tenure of the project)

6. Salary: Rs. 60,000/- per month (Consolidated)

The International Institute for Population Sciences serves as a regional Institute for Training and Research in Population Studies for the ESCAP region. It was established in Mumbai in July 1956, till July 1970 it was known as the Demographic Training and Research Centre (DTRC) and till 1985 it was known as the International Institute for Population Studies.