| Designation | State Based Representative (Gujarat) |
|---|---|
| Remote Location | Ahmedabad, India |
| Reports to | Director of Program |
| Amount of Travel Required | 50% |
| 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 undertakes 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 State Based Representative who will play an active role in advancing NRDC India’s work on climate and clean energy solutions across various states and cities in India. This role involves providing support in developing and implementing a comprehensive regional strategy that fosters engagement with governmental bodies, local stakeholders, and community organizers. This role will also be responsible for identifying relevant state level stakeholders along with their potential contributions, facilitating opportunities for collaboration, promoting innovative energy solutions, and effectively communicating the benefits of sustainable practices.
Key responsibilities include conducting thorough assessments of regional energy needs, collaborating with state officials to align strategies with public policies, and leveraging partnerships to drive impactful clean energy initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills, an understanding of climate challenges in urban and rural settings, and the ability to advocate for policies that support sustainability and resilience. The role demands a passionate representative committed to transforming the energy landscape in India while ensuring the equitable distribution of resources and opportunities for communities.
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:
- Support the development of a holistic regional strategy for engagement with states and cities to advance climate and clean energy solutions
- Help to support the creation, execution, and measurement of the team’s operational work plans in support of the regional strategy and advocacy plans in collaboration with NRDC India colleagues across Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Climate Resilience, Power, and Transportation sectors
- In collaboration with NRDC India Director of Programs, work with colleagues across the organization to develop regional approaches for policy and program implementation activities.
- Collaborate closely with central government agencies to align on institutional priorities within target states.
- Leverage existing relationships with key strategic partners to accelerate and deepen action. Support development of new relationships, in coordination with program leadership
- Ensure presence - for about 50% of the time - in priority states for on ground engagement including Rajasthan, Gujarat, U.P. and others with NRDC India staff leading on government and partner engagement.
- Working with NRDC India’s communications team, serve as key external voice of NRDC India on regional climate and energy issues.
- Support team activities including project implementation, planning and work area expansion strategies.
- Conduct research and provide contributions to policy and technical research, analysis, writing on climate change and environmental health.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, partners to ensure project milestones are met in a time bound manner.
- Prepare clear and concise research reports, policy briefs, whitepapers, and presentations summarizing research findings and policy recommendations.
- Work with internal & external stakeholders (such as government, industry, private players and academia) on effective dissemination & outreach strategies.
- Daily domestic and international communication by phone, email and in-person meetings
- 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 environmental studies, public policy, economics, or equivalent related experience
- 3-5 years of previous work experience in energy/environmental or other policy work in India.
- Work experience in energy topics such as renewable energy, energy access, utilities, energy efficiency, electric mobility, climate change and relevant policy.
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 build and sustain partnerships with state level government departments on specific work areas including following up with them for completion of agreed actions and timelines.
- 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 [50%] 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 to monica@themerakkizone.com and recruitment@nrdcindia.org. Kindly send your Application by December 31, 2024. Please include ‘Application for position of State Based Representative - Ahmedabad’ in the subject line of the email.