Junior Program Associate - Energy Technology and Policy

Junior Program Associate - Energy Technology and Policy

About us:

World Resources Institute (WRI) India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being. We are inspired by and associated with WRI, a global research organization. Currently over 300 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Program Overview:

WRI India, has deep experience in the energy sector and on climate change across several topic areas and is widely recognized as a leader on energy and climate issues. In India, we have a multi-pronged energy strategy that looks strategically at directing our tools, research, expertise, and partnerships to support India's clean energy transition across varied economic activities like extraction, production, distribution, consumption and waste management; in ensuring universal access to reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity and minimizing energy losses and thereby contributing to energy planning and policy analysis. The objective of WRI India energy program is to inform and guide India's clean energy transition. Through strong research, ground-level implementation experience, partnerships with key stakeholders and communicating our work, we seek to achieve impact at scale.

Job Highlight:

The Energy Program at WRI India is seeking an enthusiastic & dedicated professional to work on

initiatives that help address key issues in the Indian energy sector.

What you will do:

The colleague will be part of a focused team working on conducting policy, regulatory and technical analyses of developments connected to the Indian energy sector that are aligned to WRI India's 5-year strategy. A non-exhaustive set of activities that the colleague would be involved in are given below -

Analytical Work:

Provide specific inputs to analytical work for the WRI India Energy Team based on guidance from team members. Such work may include techno-economic analysis, review and analysis of policy and regulatory frameworks, analysis of government budgets, energy balances, preparation of renewable and energy efficiency resources assessment and planning, contribution to the design of renewable energy financing instruments, and related work.

Engagement with Decision-makers:

Support policy dialog and suggest innovative ideas and insights to WRI India team and the management on policy and regulatory issues in the energy sector, that could facilitate overall India's energy transition.

Support senior colleagues to develop & sustain productive relationships with decision makers. Support in coordinating with stakeholders in the energy sector.

Contribute to outreach activities such as preparing proposals, concept notes, discussion papers, brochures, etc. and actively support in organizing roundtables, workshops, and other types of stakeholder engagement.

Support the WRI India Energy team to coordinate with internal and external partners, keep track of important developments in the sector through outreach activities.

Represent the organizations as and when requested at the meetings, conferences and other relevant outreach events to share WRI India Energy Team's work and analyses in RE sector.

What you will need:

The ideal colleague will have 1-2 Years of experience in the energy sector with exposure to areas of policy analyses, regulations, and understanding the support mechanisms for the sector.

Desired Qualifications:

Must be a team player, who can respond to analytical request in short time.

Should have the knowledge of RE sector, its various data sources and policy developments in India.

Must be able to handle large data sets without fear.

Educational Qualifications:

Master's degree in energy, engineering or relevant areas, preferably Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Environmental Economics.

Knowledge & Skills

Steller written, spoken and presentation skills.

Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to present the analyses in crisp short write-ups.

Should be proficient in MS - Suite such as MS-WORD, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint etc.

Knowledge of any advanced programming language like Python, R or any other similar open-source analytics is a plus.

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Duration

Salary and Benefits

Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview purpose.

List of Documents to be attached:

Cover Letter

Resume

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) @WRI India

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People-centric to the core:

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Health benefits:

Term Insurance:

Employee Assistance program:

Health & Nutrition:

Flexible work schedule:

Learning culture

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We believe in equal employment, it is our policy to recruit, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to caste, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, or disability.