Senior Program Research Specialist- Energy Technology and Policy

Who we are and what we do

• Lead specific pieces of research work on energy technologies, just inclusive energy transitions, energy access, livelihoods, skilling, workforce development, circular economy and where required provide specific inputs to analytical work for the WRI India Energy Team.
• Respond to dynamic requests from ministries and other government bodies for research inputs, analysis and documentation.

• Support policy dialog and suggest innovative ideas and insights to WRI India team and the management on policy and regulatory issues in the energy sector, that could facilitate overall India s energy transition.
• Support senior colleagues to develop sustain productive relationships with decision makers.
• Convene different stakeholders at appropriate venues to develop the conversations related to clean energy in India and possible interventions that can be made by WRI India

• Contribute to outreach activities such as preparing proposals, concept notes, discussion papers, brochures, etc. and actively support in organizing roundtables, workshops, and other types of stakeholder engagement.
• Support the WRI India Energy team to coordinate with internal and external partners, keep track of important developments in the sector through outreach activities.
• Represent the organisations as and when requested at the meetings, conferences and other relevant outreach events to share WRI India Energy Team s work and analyses in the energy sector.

• Must be a team player, who can respond to analytical request in short time.
• Should have the knowledge of RE sector, its various data sources and policy developments in India.
• Must be able to handle large data sets comfortably.

• Master s degree in energy, engineering or relevant areas, preferably Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Environmental Economics.

• Steller written, spoken and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to present the analyses in crisp short write-ups.
• Should be proficient in MS - Suite such as MS-WORD, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint etc.
• Knowledge of any advanced programming language like Python, R or any other similar open-source analytics is a plus.