Climate Health Specialist

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About the Organization

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.

Job Description

NRDC is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative individual to join our India team to advance health-focused projects across our teams. In the role of Health Specialist, the team member will contribute to advancing NRDC India’s climate and environmental health initiatives through high-quality research, writing, and project coordination. The role entails conducting literature reviews, synthesizing scientific evidence, engaging with partners, and collaborating with India and U.S. teams to develop evidence-based strategies to support climate-environment-health goals. This position is expected to operate under moderate supervision and direction.

Job Responsibilities

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:

• Help to advance projects across the India office as they relate to environmental health
• Support the health and science team with literature reviews, writing and editing, project management, partner engagement
• Collaborate with the India Office on joint climate-environment-health goals, work with the U.S. teams in the Science Office and Environmental Health to strengthen intuitional approaches towards environmental health challenges.
• Assist senior personnel in synthesizing health science evidence for use in strategic communications, fundraising proposals, and reports to internal and external stakeholders
• Support the maintenance NRDC India’s reference library and stay informed on recent scientific advances related to the team’s work areas
• Monitor and assist with progress on health and science projects with external partners
• Contribute to a culture at NRDC India that supports evidence-based decision-making, project monitoring and evaluation, and furtherance of our health goals
• Draft talking points, event summaries, and meeting notes

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental health or equivalent related experience
• Relevant/related fields include epidemiology, public health, health policy
• 3-5 years of previous work experience in writing and editing, data collection and scientific analysis, public speaking, oral advocacy with decision-makers, and policy advocacy and design.
• Relevant/ related experience includes: publication of scientific work in peer-reviewed journals and other formats, participation in scientific meetings, scientific collaborations with community-based organizations, experience with data interpretation and visualization

Skills, Abilities, Competencies

• Subject matter expertise in Indian public health topics (e.g., air and water contamination, extreme heat, urban and rural health issues)
• Strong oral, written, and visual communication skills
• Ability to independently conceive, execute, and summarize a scientific literature review
• Experience summarizing peer-reviewed scientific studies
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams
• Solutions-oriented mindset
• Ability to manage projects effectively to meet internal and external deadlines
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment
• Commitment to NRDC ’s mission and values.

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