City Advisor, Mumbai
Location: Mumbai
Industry: Environemnt
Type: Fixed Term Contract – 2 Years
Salary: INR 1,796,352
Description: NA
Responsibilities:
Working closely with Mumbai and C40’s Regional Director for South & West Asia, the City Advisor will develop and implement a delivery strategy to support Mumbai in developing / updating an ambitious and robust climate action plan that is compliant with the goals of the Paris Agreement and C40 leadership standards. Main areas of responsibility are:
- Contribute to the city’s climate action planning to deliver mitigation and adaptation outcomes, inclusive low-carbon resilient development consistent with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement;
- Engage internal and external stakeholders on the review and update of the city’s climate action planning to ensure their commitment to resource and implement ambitious and transformational action and facilitate better national and local integration of climate mitigation activities;
- Manage consultants and coordinate technical assistance with the aim to build city capacity to implement climate action;
- Facilitate the city’s engagement in C40 Cities networks and initiatives.
- Organize and deliver workshops/meetings in coordination with C40 Regional Director and Network Teams.
Profile requirements:
- Masters Degree with at least 7 years of professional work experience
- Knowledge of the institutions and agencies, with a focus on Mumbai
- Familiarity with data that can support city-level GHG inventory development/updates and city-wide climate action planning
- Technical knowledge of emission reduction measures.
- Excellent problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities, with advanced MS Excel and data management and analysis skills
- Technical expertise in climate change and city-wide GHG emission inventories
- Significant experience in government, business or NGO sectors with a focus on sustainability and/or climate change, and experience working with or within municipal governments
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and negotiation skills as well as written and verbal communication skills, combined with English fluency.
- Demonstrable problem-solving, budget and people management experience, including working with third party delivery teams, and ability to manage multiple parallel tasks;
- Experience of coordinating and facilitating interactive and enquiry-based workshops.
- International experience, working across different cultures, languages and time zones.
Desired Skills:
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Application Instructions:
Disclaimer:
- Candidates with Requisite Experience Only apply that too with relevant cover letter.
- The openings provided here are meant for information purposes only. Please cross-verify the details before applying.
