About the Capacity Development Programme
IIHS Capacity Development is an education and capacity building programme for urban practitioners spanning disciplines and levels in public, private, academic and civil society sectors. IIHS believes that a city’s transformation rests largely on the collective endeavours of practitioners who confront challenges through an informed, reflexive and creative manner. Through a portfolio of customised and open enrolment capacity development programmes and projects, the Capacity Development team offers institutions and practitioners current frameworks of knowledge, backed by a cohesive package of skills. Our portfolio spans sectors, disciplines and scales of practice and seeks to intervene at three levels:
Strategic perspectives and orientation of the practitioner to urban challenges;
Knowledge frameworks employed to appraise such challenges;
Execution skills to tackle them effectively and sustainably.

Job Description




We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented research assistant to support research and analytical work across the domains of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), climate resilience, public policy, and development finance. This role involves primary and secondary research, policy analysis, data management, and preparation of high-quality outputs to inform programme strategies, policy briefs, and knowledge dissemination.

This will be a contractual position for an initial term of 11 months, renewable on mutual consent.

Activities and Tasks
Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:

Conducting literature reviews, policy analysis, and secondary research on WASH, climate resilience, public policy, and development finance;
Collecting, cleaning, and analysis of primary and secondary data, including spatial, environmental, and demographic datasets;
Assisting in writing technical reports, research papers, briefing notes, and case studies;
Supporting the development of knowledge products such

📌 Research Assistant Bengaluru
🏢 Indian Institute for Human Settlements
📍 Bengaluru