Senior Program Associate – Energy Finance

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About the Organization

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. 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 World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization. Currently, over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

Job Description

WRI India’s Energy Program has a four-pronged strategy to support India’s transition to clean energy - Clean Energy Supply, Decarbonized Energy Consumption, Energy for Equitable Development and Energy, Minerals & Circularity.  In this role, you will explore the different types of financial mechanisms that are being deployed for adoption of clean energy and energy efficiency solutions across different consumer categories related to these four pillars. You will be required to understand the challenges faced by the end-user in accessing finance from different sources. You will also contribute to research that is being designed to identify the gaps and the potential solutions that may work or that are already being tested out at pilot level. 

Job Responsibilities

You will contribute under the following functions: 

Research and knowledge creation (50%)

• Work towards the development new research ideas with the support of the existing team members
• Continue the existing research on end-user financing across the different consumer segments and technologies
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research to inform the team about the financing tools and mechanisms for mitigation and adaptation 
• Track and evaluate government budgetary allocations and expenditures across states and at the central level, monitor international finance flows, private sector investments 
• Support in publishing the research on clean energy finance in India and gradually leading such publications
• Mentor junior researchers in designing and executing research

Stakeholder management (20%)

• Identify the stakeholders relevant for engagement across end-users, financial institutions, clean energy solution providers, government departments at the national and state level
• Maintain database of stakeholders with regular updates to track conversations by co-ordinating across the Energy pillars 
• Liaise with these relevant stakeholders to seek inputs into the energy finance work
• Organize stakeholder consultations with different sets of organizations across multiple states 

Understanding policy and regulatory environment (20%)

• Stay abreast of policy developments at the central and state level and analyze instruments relevant to India’s clean energy transition 
• Understand the budget allocation from Central and Centrally sponsored schemes and how they interact with the state budgets and programs
• Understand the role of regulations in promoting the clean energy transition – in terms of regulatory certainty, de-risking investments, enabling new financing models, creating market demand and integrating these components into the finance work

Outreach and communication (10%)

• Participate in external and/or internal meetings and stakeholders’ consultations occasionally and provide inputs, as necessary
• Co-author blogs, publications, articles, and reports documenting research, case studies, and insights to disseminate research findings 
• Present and communicate research in different platforms including the internal meetings
• Develop summaries of workshops for sharing with stakeholders, convened during consultations

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in the energy sector in the finance space with strong understanding of India’s clean energy ecosystem 
• Familiarity with financial institutions development finance institutions, financial mechanisms 
• Strong expertise in conducting research in the sector with focus on finance
• Experience co-authoring and contributing to publications with excellent writing skills, proven experience of writing clearly and concisely for specific audiences, e.g. policymakers, business leaders, etc
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in multicultural settings and with diverse teams of individuals and colleagues.
• Project development management experience.
• Detail-oriented and organized thinker who can juggle multiple, competing priorities.
• Flexibility to travel 50% of the time or more as required
• Ability to work on datasets related to financial and investment trends
• Graduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as finance, energy policy, public policy, economics, environmental law or policy
• At least 5-7 years of relevant work experience.

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