Vacancy Announcement

NIPFP is a premier research institution in public economics and policy. The institute has made significant research contribution in the areas of revenue and taxation, fiscal management, public expenditure, macro-economic policies, fiscal federalism and other policy issues both at the Central and the State-level. Being the largest think-tank on public economics and policy in India, the institute faces an overwhelming demand for research in these areas. NIPFP undertakes training programmes on various aspects of public policy and public economics. NIPFP also extends its support to public policy formulation not only through research, but also through representation of NIPFP faculty in various committees and commissions of the Central and State governments.

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, have a long-running research programme, under which NIPFP provides research support to DEA and assists in analysing policy alternatives on an ongoing basis. The research team at NIPFP works closely with the officers at DEA, and interacts with a wide range of stakeholders to understand the issues and conduct policy-relevant research. NIPFP is looking to hire a Consultant (Economist) to work for the NIPFP-DEA research program in macro-finance and policy work such as developing new methodologies for estimating GDP, including through digital methods as well as assessing the models for estimating inflation in Indian economy. The position is on an annually renewable annual contract subject to performance and fund availability.

Post Title: Consultant (Economist)

No. of Posts: One

Requirements:

Masters degree in Economics.

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

At least 3 years of relevant professional experience:

o Worked closely with government clients, partners, private sector and support to the formulation and implementation of economic research.

o Undertaken policy dialogue with counterpart agencies on sectoral and thematic issues

o Provided leadership and supervised the work of team members.

Hands-on experience of working with statistical software such as R would be desirable.

Job description:

The incumbent will be required to conduct policy research and provide required support to the team with technical assistance on policy analysis and economic thematic work. S/he will also develop and disseminate knowledge products for capacity building on economic analysis principles and methods. The indicative areas of enquiry will include but not be limited to the following thematic areas:

a. Research support for developing outputs for Sovereign Credit Rating Meetings;

b. Research support on methodological issues in GDP measurement;

c. Research support in the realm of inflation targeting;

d. Research support on monetary and financial policy challenges associated with bitcoin and block chain;

e. Research support in understanding and addressing the problems of private investment;

f. Conducting research and publishing papers, essays and opinion pieces in areas such as inflation, GDP measurement, macro-monitoring, capital controls and financial markets.

g. Representing the institute in meetings and provide suggestions, ideas in various discussions in an effective manner.

h. Performing such other duties as assigned from time to time.

Interested candidates may apply for the position with a cover letter, updated CV and a write up not exceeding 1000 words on how they are the most suitable candidate for the position via email to careers@nipfp.org.in on or before 5 p.m. on 7 August 2018. The email must contain the post title in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by NIPFP. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by NIPFP for the next level of the selection process which would comprise a written assignment and personal interview.

NIPFP reserves its right to cancel the recruitment process at any stage without assigning any reason.