Jobs at IIMU

Introducing the RA opportunity in the Organizational Behaviour Area – a joint position with the Centre for Healthcare (CFH), IIM Udaipur and Professor Niranjan S. Janardhanan, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Why a career in academia?

A career in academia is one of the most satisfying and fulfilling paths one can aspire to. It lets you…
• Follow your interests and work on what you love
• Contribute to a better, learned world
• Collaborate with bright minds with similar interests
• Own and control your time – be your own boss!
• Make a large impact on the future generations and interact with young minds
• Be on a path of continued intellectual growth

Ph.D. from a leading business school or university opens the door to academia. And therefore, the most important question is how to get into a top tier Ph.D. program.

RAs from the IIM Udaipur have gone on to join Ph.D. programs at Kellogg, Maryland, Georgia, UT Austin, Texas A&M, Ivey, Pittsburgh, London School of Economics, Iowa, Warwick, ESSEC, among others. The program offers you a fostering environment that propels you towards an excellent journey in academia.

Why work as a Research Assistant?

• Get a first-hand research experience before embarking on the PhD journey
• Earn letters of recommendation which make a real difference
• Explore your interests – get a better understanding of the space you want to be in
• Develop skill sets to enrich and fast track your journey in academia
• Network with faculty members and fellow RAs
• Interact with seasoned academicians to understand intricacies of the field like
  • The process of publishing your work, and what really matters
  • Landscape of your areas of interest
  • Career prospects

Why work as a Research Assistant at IIM Udaipur?

Being an RA at IIMU brings the following benefits:

• Work dedicatedly with a few faculty members (brings focus and builds relationships).
• Have an option to take Ph.D. courses being offered by IIMU Ph.D. program to help build knowledge.
• Get an opportunity to attend funded domestic conferences.
• Attend seminars by external as well as internal faculty members (widens perspective and helps build connections).
• Get to interact with renowned faculty members from Indian as well as international B schools (provides an opportunity to gather thoughts on interest areas and fresh ideas).
• Get individualized guidance on building profile and developing individual ideas towards research papers (strengthens the Ph.D. applications).

Responsibilities

As an RA the responsibilities are:

• Data collection, data preparation, and data analysis – work on primary and secondary research – qualitative and quantitative methods, including field experiments. The faculty will help you train on methods necessary to do your job.
• Learning content design and pedagogy tools development.
• Literature search, summary, presentation, and writing.
• Writing research proposal and conducting research.
• Other research related work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in management disciplines (such as Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Psychology, or Social Sciences), especially from a top-tier college in the country is preferred.
• Preferred- Prior work experience of at least three years in business partnering and/or learning and development, with hands-on experience in activities such as managing learning and employee development initiatives, capturing learning needs, and designing basic learning content is required.

Skills

Required

• An open mind to learning new concepts, creativity, and hard work.
• Good English writing skills.
• Fluency in Hindi.

Desirable

• Good understanding of Psychology / Economics/ Statistics.
• Strong people management skills such as working with multiple stakeholders is a plus
• Statistical programming skills/ coding skills Qualtrics (any/ many) is a plus.
• MBA from a top institute is a plus.

The candidate must have high standards in terms of quality of work, attention to detail, ability to multi-task, and absolute commitment to task completion. Candidate must have high levels of motivation for learning and preparing for a cutting-edge academic career and must be self-driven.

Location: Udaipur. Work from home is not an option

Recruitment process and other relevant information

This would be a contractual engagement for a 12-month period. It would be renewed for a further period of 12 months, enabling the candidate to build up their profile for PhD applications. Candidates are expected to move on to a PhD at the end of two years.

Interested candidates can apply online by following the instructions given below. The position will remain open and will accept applications till a suitable candidate is found.

• Please upload your latest CV
• Please also upload a statement of purpose not exceeding 1 page in length on your motivation for taking up the RA position, covering the following points -
  • Why are you motivated to take up the RA role?
  • What your career plans are?
  • How does the RA role fit into your career plans?
  • Why do you think you will be a good RA?

We will get in touch with you within 2 weeks from the time of application submission if shortlisted for interview. In case you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of your submission of application, you have not been shortlisted for this position.

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