: Fulltime
: Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh
: CV and cover letter
Director, CSBC
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
CSBC was founded by and is part of Ashoka University, India's leading liberal arts university, and is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Since our inception, we have been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge and underscoring behavioural science’s role in building public policies that directly impact society.
We seek to establish a leading Indian institution driving behavioural change measures for people and communities in need. We advance the science and practice of behaviour changes, harnessing cross-disciplinary expertise to improve outcomes in nutrition, sanitation, maternal health, family planning, and financial services through a mix of behavioural change programmes, foundational research and capability building.
The Uttar Pradesh Behavioural Insights Unit (UP BIU) was started in 2021, and currently has a range of exciting projects to strengthen policy outcomes in key sectors such as health and nutrition, maternal and newborn care, gender and financial inclusion. With a current team of seven members at our Lucknow office we are excited to take our existing projects to the next level and expand our work to new projects. This is an exciting team to join with government partners capable of large-scale change.
The UP lead will facilitate partner relations and set up and run a portfolio of behavioural science-related projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh; the responsibilities will include:
Send your application to careersatcsbc@ashoka.edu.in with a CC to aastha.bhakhri@ashoka.edu.in.
Your application must include:
Apply by 2nd March 2024
We recommend that you apply early as applications will be processed as they are received and the position may be filled before the closing date.
We are an equal opportunity organisation and promote diversity. Women, differently-abled persons, and SC/ST/OBC candidates are especially encouraged to apply.