Senior Program Associate - EFast

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

Job Description

We are seeking a candidate for the Sustainable Cities and Transport Program to support our work on decarbonizing freight. You will support the team in the e-FAST India initiative through technical research, strategy support, communications and stakeholder coordination. The objective of this project is to advance the uptake of electric medium and heavy-duty trucks (e-MHDTs) through collaborations between ecosystem stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to outreach efforts for the platform by communicating with the members of the initiative for events, discussions, and onboarding.
• Engage in consultations with government bodies, multi-lateral agencies, and partner think tanks to grow the participant network and identify partnership opportunities aligned with the broader goal of the initiative.
• Undertaking research and analysis for fleet/ freight transition to electric, spatial mapping for route electrification, map e-MHDT pilots across India, industry updates, financial feasibility analysis and charging infrastructure deployment strategies
• Developing data collection instruments from industry partners. Ability to identify and pull-out alternate data sets. Executing data collection instruments on-ground.
• Participate and lead in interactions with industry partners and other stakeholders and mapping individual priorities.
• Analyze different data sets and generate actionable insights.
• Contribute to preparation of different types of collateral like reports, slide decks, etc.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree in logistics Planning, transport planning, transport engineering, urban planning, public policy with 4- 6 years of experience
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative research
• Proficiency in MS Office is a must.
• Ability to generate high-quality research. Good writing skills are essential.
• Prior work or understanding of freight and electric mobility is required.
• Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner, think creatively, work efficiently under high pressure
• Organized, with attention to detail and ability to multitask across projects with tight timelines.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams and engage with diverse stakeholders including government, industry, and civil society.

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