India Clean Energy Senior Advocate, NRDC
Position Summary
NRDC is seeking a Senior Advocate on Clean Energy and Transportation to join the India team in our Washington, DC office. The Senior Advocate will provide technical, policy, research, and program management support to fulfil NRDC’s mission in India. The Senior Advocate will be a part of NRDC’s India Program and coordinate with experts, partners, and stakeholders in India. This position will work on supporting India’s climate goals on clean energy and clean transportation, as well as building global awareness of the research, analysis, and impact of NRDC’s work in India.
Responsibilities
- Provide expertise to advance NRDC’s work in India on renewable energy, green finance, clean energy jobs and skills, electric vehicles, and clean transportation
- Lead and contribute to impactful outreach materials (e.g. blogs, memos, issue briefs, and reports) that support India’s efforts to shift to renewables deployment and decarbonization, in collaboration with NRDC experts in India
- Write research pieces and review written materials on NRDC’s focus issue areas in India including clean energy, clean transportation, and climate policy
- Manage and increase coordination efforts within NRDC program and institutional capacities to support India program goals and strategies
- Represent NRDC’s India Program through organizing and participating on expert panels, stakeholder meetings, webinars, and conferences.
- Collaborate with NRDC’s Development team to develop funding strategies, secure additional funding, and ensure timely reporting to donors
- Collaborate with NRDC’s experts across programs including clean vehicles, science office, renewable energy, green finance center and others
- Help increase the focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in NRDC’s India work
Qualifications Required
- More than 7 years of experience working on global climate and clean energy solutions
- Deep understanding of renewable energy, clean energy access, green finance, electric mobility, and related policies especially in developing countries context
- Demonstrated research and writing skills
- Highly analytical, entrepreneurial, and comfortable working in a matrixed organization and with a global, intercultural team
- Ability to participate on fast-paced project teams that work collaboratively toward shared outcomes across programs and organizations across multiple time zones
- Professional excellence and passion for working on global environmental issues
- Commitment to NRDC’s values and mission
- Masters in climate policy, environment management, international policy, or another relevant field
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally 2-3 times a year
Preferred
- Experience managing multi-partner projects
- Experience working on India climate and energy policies
- Experience working internationally
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