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Senior Program Associate - Air Quality

WRI-India

Posted:

7 Mar 2023

22 Mar 2023

Deadline:

Senior-level

Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Other India Cities

Job description

The selected candidate will work with WRI India in supporting City governments to implement policies and projects focusing to enhance air quality in cities. The candidate will work closely with City and State government officials and other stakeholders, support framing air quality strategies and enable implementation. In overall, will provide all the support required in enabling municipal action for improving air quality such as, monitoring systems, identification, and source attribution, emissions inventories, activity analysis, air pollution modeling, collect and analyze data for preparing action plans and sectoral action plans, engage for citizen participation, prepare detailed project reports, support implementation, measure impacts, evaluate and communicate the learnings.

The candidate will actively undertake research to further the understanding on air quality in Indian cities. Will prepare technical documents, presentations, data analysis tools, communicate in the public domain, engage with partners and other stakeholders to support the agenda for clean air. The candidate will be required to work independently and in coordination with team members and partners to achieve the deliverables.

Eligibility
  • Ph.D./master’s degree in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Sciences, Urban/ Environment Planning or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 04 years of highly relevant, full-time work experience in developing emissions inventories, activity analysis, source apportionment study, developing air quality action plans.
  • Prior working with municipal corporation generating DPRs will be useful with program implementation and project management experience.
  • Strong communication with an exceptional ability (through published work, articles, etc.) to write and comprehend effectively.
  • Strong analytical research skills -ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, both orally and in writing, with fluency in English and understanding of vernacular languages.
  • Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data analysis is a requirement.
  • A highly organized and detail-oriented thinker who can juggle multiple competing priorities.
  • Ability to understand and transfer skills and knowledge to a breadth of specialty areas.
  • Ability to independently lead, design and draft research proposals and studies.
  • Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build a strong network of professional relationships.
  • Comfort working with the staff at all levels of experience.
  • Willingness to travel whenever required in short notice.
About the organisation

WRI is a global research organization that works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive. We organize our work around seven global challenges: Food, Forests, Water, Energy, Climate, the Ocean and Cities. We analyze these issues through the lenses of our four Centers of Excellence: Business, Economics, Finance and Equity.

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India Clean Air Connect is designed and executed by Sensing Local and Asar Social Impact Advisors, with support from the India Climate Collaborative, EdelGive Foundation, and Open Philanthropy.

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DISCLAIMER:

India Clean Air Connect is conceived as a platform to aggregate knowledge and resources from the air quality ecosystem in India for the benefit of the larger community. The ownership of the information does not lie with the host of this website but belongs to the contributors. 

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