About your role

The Program Associate for the Eco City-Regions (ECR) Project will be based in New Delhi and would provide technical support to ECR team members as well as city partners / stakeholders across the geographies where ECR projects are currently active on need basis. Through their knowledge and work experience in domains of water sensitive planning and or urban design, environmental management, and climate resilience, the selected candidate will contribute towards current and proposed research and implementation efforts under ECR initiative. They will report to Manager, Urban Development, WRI India.

Eco City-regions are envisioned as ecologically resilient and economically productive regions, that uphold the principles of regenerative development and social well-being for all.’ How your day will unfold :

• Provide design support to WRI India’s initiatives on climate resilience / environmental governance and management / urban ecology / water sensitive planning / and landscape design.
• Support coordination as required for smooth execution of the ‘Thriving Eco City-regions’ initiative in close consultation with internal teams and various other stakeholders across multiple city-regions.
• Organize and manage activities towards running coalitions / platforms / forums / workshops / and conferences based on project need and relevance.
• Support through conceptual designs, reviews and analysis of existing and / or upcoming initiatives and contribute towards shaping deliverables under the relevant projects such as layout designs, review summaries, recommendations, reports, visual analytics, and dashboards.
• Communicate closely with WRI India internal team members towards meeting objectives of the project and constant progress reporting.
• Provide technical design support for deliverables related to planned project activities with all project partners and relevant stakeholders. This includes undertaking and / or supervising design layouts, primary and secondary research and writing, on-site project activities including convenings, stakeholder dialogues, project implementation, technical reviews and inputs etc.
• Support in relationship management with donors / implementation partners / others as needed for better execution of various activities planned under the subject project.
• Contribute towards organizing and administering technical trainings and capacity building to various stakeholders on various government missions such as AMRUT 2.0, Jal Jeevan Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission, and Smart Cities Mission.

Qualifications and Requirements we seek :

Location : New Delhi, India Start Date :  At the earliest