We are hiring!

Position: We are looking for a ‘RESEARCH SCHOLAR’ who would work full-time out of the NMF’s premises in New Delhi.

Primary Job Description:

1. The research scholar selected will be required to undertake serious, long-term research-studies and analyses that would be relevant to Indian policy-making, in respect of:

• The various maritime geostrategies within the Indo-Pacific in general and the Indian Ocean in particular, formulated and executed by the European Union (EU) as a collective entity, as also by its constituent countries (e.g., France, Germany, Spain, Norway, and Denmark).
• The role of the EU and its constituent countries in terms of the exploitation of fishing as well as other living and non-living resources of the Indian Ocean.
• Opportunities and challenges in terms of maritime cooperation between India and the EU (as also the EU’s constituent countries) as manifested in maritime trade, maritime connectivity, maritime safety, maritime security, conventional energy, ocean renewable energy resources, projects to protect the environment, ecology and biodiversity including in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
• Mechanisms, projects, and structures related to Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) such as CRIMARIO (Critical Maritime Routes in the Indian Ocean) and their interfaces with other MDA organisational structures such as Singapore’s Information Fusion Centre (IFC), India’s IFC-IOR, etc.
• The Djibouti Code of Conduct.
• The Indian Ocean Commission.
• The role of the EU (as a collective) and its constituent member-States (such as France, Germany, Spain, etc.) in regional groupings relevant to maritime issues of the Indo-Pacific (e.g., the ASEAN Regional Forum [ARF], the East Asia Summit [EAS], etc.) in general, and, the Indian Ocean (e.g., Indian Ocean Rim Association [IORA], the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium [IONS], Operation ATALANTA, the EU Capacity-Building Programmes in Africa such as EUCAP Somalia, etc.)

2.  The research scholar selected will be required to represent the NMF in India and, where appropriate, abroad as well. Accordingly, he or she must be intellectually and emotionally mature and be demonstrably capable of making high-quality presentations to augment and enhance the NMF’s interfaces with EU structures and organisations, as well as appropriate structures of the Government of India, academia, and other thinktanks.  Insofar as the EU is concerned these would include (but not be limited to) the EU Delegation in New Delhi and the EU Project on Enhancing Security Cooperation In and With Asia (ESCIWA).  These presentation- and interface requirements would be equally applicable to organisational structures of the constituent member-States of the EU, such as (but not limited to) the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) and the Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM), etc. 

Requirements/Qualifications:

We are seeking a long-term commitment and our hiring-criteria are strict.  Accordingly, please apply only if you meet the following qualifying criteria:

(a)      Are an Indian national (supporting documents would be a self-attested scanned copy of either an “AADHAAR Card” OR an in-date valid “Indian Passport”).

(b)      Have excellent skills in written and spoken English.

Please note that this is a ‘make-or-break’ criterion, so please be prepared to be intensively tested in this area.

(c)      Are interested-in and enthusiastic-about maritime issues.

(d)      Enjoy serious academic research.

(e)      Have a PhD degree in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad

OR

Are a PhD student in the in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad AND have already submitted your PhD thesis but are waiting to defend it.

OR

Have an MPhil degree in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad, are not intending to try for a PhD degree AND have meaningful work-experience in a policy/ research/ academic environment.

(f)       Have demonstrable competence in ‘MS Office 2016’ (or later versions, including ‘Office 365’), particularly in ‘Word’ and ‘PowerPoint’.

(g)      Are willing to learn other computer programmes/suites.

(h)      Enjoy making presentations, meeting people, working in a team (as also leading one), and undertaking advocacy on maritime issues.

(i)       Are liberal-minded and open to fresh ideas, processes and procedures.

Compensation: Compensation will be by way of an all-told Professional Fee payable on a monthly basis and will be commensurate with prevailing standards in respect of think-tanks in the National Capital Region.  The lower end of the compensation-band is Rs 38,000/- per month, which would be adjusted upwards depending upon qualifications and experience.

Application Process:

Please complete the CV-form  and send it, along with the documents indicated therein, by an email addressed to nmfjobs@gmail.com with ‘cc’ to maritimeindia@gmail.com, execdir.nmf@gmail.com, nmf.deputydirector@gmail.com and directorgeneral.nmfindia@gmail.com).

The subject to this email should read-

“Job Application – EU in the Indo-Pacific [Name of Applicant]”

SUMMARY OF ATTACHMENTS REQUIRED

(1)      The completed CV-Form at Appendix.

(2)      A scanned and self-attested copy of the document (AADHAAR Card or valid Indian Passport) that proves that you are an Indian national.

(3)      Scanned copies of your Graduation, Post-Graduation, MPhil, and PhD Degrees and the marksheets relevant thereto.

(4)      Scanned copies of ‘Experience Certificates’ relevant to each segment of your work-experience (if applicable).

(5)      A sample of your own (original) writing-skills, by way of an unedited and unpublished article of 800 to 1000 words, on any maritime facet of the European Union’s current or intended engagement in the maritime expanse of the Indo-Pacific in general and the Indian Ocean in particular.