Position: Senior Research Associate- Environment Social Governance  

Organization: Ministry of Corporate Affairs Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs IMT Manesar

Location: Gurugram

Qualification

 Advanced Degree/Diploma in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) or other relevant discipline from a respected educational institution is required.

 Understanding of ESG, United Nation Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct, Business Responsibility Reporting, with experience in interpreting legal provisions on ESG being desirable;

 An ability to organise and deal efficiently with administrative matters;  Ability and willingness to work collaboratively and collegially

 Candidate would be given preference with advocacy and consultancy background

 Excellence in research, writing and communication skills. Experience

 Demonstrated interest with an experience of minimum 3 years in relevant field of ESG and BHR

 Deep understanding of the subject and a high quality scholar in the ESG and BHR domain

 An ability to co-ordinate research activity in this area, with experience in empirical research being an advantage

 Professional experience in writing and publishing technical reports, documentation Skill Set

 Willingness to interact appropriately with practitioners, companies, and others working in the field of ESG

 Business and Human rights due diligence at the corporate, market, product, or site levels that identifies unique company impacts, risks, and opportunities

 Policies and processes for articulating corporate commitments to ESG and BHR and integrating the same into core business functions

 Mature and independent individual who can juggle multiple deadlines with minimal supervision.

 Strong networking skills, friendly personality and team player Key tasks/nature of activities

 Ability to design and develop core content in the domain of ESG and BHR

 Interpret various ESG frameworks and communicate complex and evolving ESG topics to a range of stakeholders

 Facilitating lectures, workshops and seminar in relation to the courses on ESG and BHR

 Research, monitor and document ESG and business and human rights practices by collecting and analyzing information from a wide variety of sources;

 Desk review of data given by the selected companies, as part of their BRR reporting, including integrated reporting;

 Using statistical analysis to assess the progress on Pillar II of the UNGP (United Nation Guiding Principles)

 Write and publicize reports, briefing papers, letters, news releases, op-eds, and submissions to national or international bodies based on the findings;

 Support the establishment of a monitoring system to track companies progress on NGRBC indicators;

 Provide research support on ESG and business and human rights and contribute to outputs such as thematic reports and assessment reports; Draft issue papers and short policy briefs;

 Preparing deck for the meetings and working on the action points within the given timelines

 Ability and appetite to drive business development and contribute to the growth of IICA by assisting the Head of the department.

 Any other task assigned by Head, SoBE.