Research consultant (freelance)

By Priya Chetty on November 25, 2016

As the research and analysis arm, we deliver information that helps, scholars and organizations to understand major developments in science, business affairs, geopolitics, finance, IT, governmental policy, and development economics. We are recruiting freelance research analysts to work with a focused, objective-oriented and diverse team. You will help us to support our scholarly research projects, and consulting projects, and deliver research projects with a strong interpretation.

Description

As a research consultant you will be required to:

  • Prepare and deliver research inputs and reports for academic research, client consulting projects, benchmarking, data collection, interpretation, analysis, and presentations.
  • Conduct secondary research, understand, analyze, interpret, and report.
  • Develop and design primary research approaches and methodology.

Areas of specialization

Candidates in the following subjects are invited to apply: Management, Law, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Political affairs, Social sciences, Education, Computer Science, and English Literature.

Requirements

  1. Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  2. Proficiency with at least one of the statistical applications such as SPSS, STATA or Eviews.
  3. Strong writing skills.
  4. A computer with an internet connection.
  5. Google Hangouts.
  6. Bank account.
  7. A valid PAN card.

Qualifications

  1. At least a post-graduation degree.
  2. At least 6 months’ experience as a research analyst, scholar or fellow.
  3. Needs to be well-versed with at least 1 referencing style (Harvard/ MLA/ APA/ Chicago).

Work hours

You will have flexibility in work hours. However, we do not operate on a delivery-on-deadline basis. All documents are to be sent to Handler before 9 pm IST every day. Sundays and major National holidays are off days.

What do we expect from the test?

  1. You know how to read, organise, test and interpret numerical data.
  2. You have theoretical and applied knowledge of supervised machine learning.
  3. You know about plagiarism and will not commit it.
  4. You are familiar with different citation methods such as Harvard, MLA and APA.
  5. You can conduct independent research in a time frame.
  6. You know how to present a paper.
  7. You know the English language very well.

Proceed to the next step

I am a management graduate with specialisation in Marketing and Finance. I have over 12 years' experience in research and analysis. This includes fundamental and applied research in the domains of management and social sciences. I am well versed with academic research principles. Over the years i have developed a mastery in different types of data analysis on different applications like SPSS, Amos, and NVIVO. My expertise lies in inferring the findings and creating actionable strategies based on them. 

Over the past decade I have also built a profile as a researcher on Project Guru's Knowledge Tank division. I have penned over 200 articles that have earned me 400+ citations so far. My Google Scholar profile can be accessed here. 

I now consult university faculty through Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) on the latest developments in the field of research. I also guide individual researchers on how they can commercialise their inventions or research findings. Other developments im actively involved in at Project Guru include strengthening the "Publish" division as a bridge between industry and academia by bringing together experienced research persons, learners, and practitioners to collaboratively work on a common goal. 

 

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