| Designation | Renewable Energy Specialist |
|---|---|
| Location | Delhi, India |
| Reports to | Associate or Director, Renewable Energy |
| Amount of Travel Required | 20% |
| On-site Requirement | Hybrid |
ABOUT NRDC INDIA
NRDC India Private Limited is an independent organization based in New Delhi founded to build a healthier and more prosperous future for all Indians.
To attain a healthier and more prosperous future, NRDC India and its partners work with governments and stakeholders at all levels to deliver transformative solutions across the organization’s focus areas. The approach is to collaborate on pilot projects that offer the potential for tangible environmental and public health benefits. NRDC India has a strong proof of concept to bring solutions to scale at the state level – with the goal of informing national policies and unlocking the public investments needed to implement them.
NRDC India also partners alongside Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the United States, a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. NRDC was founded in 1970, and their people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. NRDC uses law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. In India for over 10 years now, NRDC has been a thought leader and trusted adviser to the partners within the country to tackle climate change and implement energy solution. Since 2009, the India Initiative has combined scientific research and policy acumen to produce game-changing results.
POSITION SUMMARY
NRDC India is hiring a Renewable Energy Specialist who will play an active role in advancing our work on clean energy and climate change domain in India. This role involves implementation and scaling of clean energy access at the local, state and national level. This role will also involve research, investigation, and analysis of various elements of India’s transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient economy. The Renewable Energy Specialist will also include direct engagement with partners, government officials, and stakeholders.
The position would also work on other project areas and provide research and analysis on other core elements of NRDC India initiatives, including but not limited to accelerating clean energy and energy access, energy efficiency and cooling, clean transportation, climate resilience and health and climate policy.
Essential Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:
- Draft policy and technical research, analysis, and writings on climate change and clean energy in India and in the international context.
- Support on the groundwork on developing and implementing strategies to advance renewable energy work; including project management, stakeholder roundtables, policy development, technical research, analysis, and writing.
- Coordinate closely with national, state, and grassroot partners on overall strategy and implementation to deliver policy and technical assistance on issues related to clean energy.
- Monitor and assist with policy and market movement through roundtables, meetings, and analysis involving deep engagement with industry and business leaders in the clean energy space.
- Contribute to policy and technical assistance to partners; participating in weekly calls, roundtables, and site visits.
- Communicate and liaison internally through daily communication by phone, email and in-person to partners and colleagues internationally.
- International and domestic travel for meetings, conferences, and roundtables.
The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under the position’s responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.
REQUIREMENTS Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in energy systems, renewable energy, energy policy, environmental studies, or equivalent related experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
- 3-5 years of previous relevant work experience in energy or environmental policy work in India.
- Experience in energy topics such as renewable energy, energy access, utilities, green hydrogen, green finance, climate change and relevant policy, finance, and legal issues.
Skills, Abilities, Competencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects involving multiple people and deliverables, and to perform or quickly learn new tasks, systems, and technologies.
- Ability to prioritize and efficiently execute many tasks, follow institutional procedures, and work independently with meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple projects and shifting requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organizational skills and interpersonal skills.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), in addition to knowledge of or ability to learn relevant industry and NRDC specific software and platforms.
- Competence with and commitment to diversity and inclusion; ability to be an effective partner with diverse colleagues, leaders and partners.
- Ability to occasionally travel approximately 20% annually
- Commitment to NRDC India’s mission, values, and DEI principles.
Physical Demand
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position within the described work environment.
Frequently:
Perform desk-based computer tasks
Frequently:
Ability to interact and communicate with employees and others as necessary
Frequently:
Attend planned meetings and collaborate with management and coworkers
Occasionally:
Ability to attend events and activities in the office or offsite
Work is sometimes performed primarily in office. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate in other situations. Hours of employment may sometimes require working flexible and/or longer hours, including nights and weekends, when necessitated by projects. The job includes work-related situations such as those involving challenging, important, urgent, time-sensitive, or multiple matters.
Please send your latest curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position and working with NRDC India at monica@themerakkizone.com and recruitment@nrdcindia.org. Kindly send your Application by December 31, 2024. Please include ‘Application for position of Renewable Energy Specialist’ in the subject line of the email.