WRI India•5h ago
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Junior Program Associate
Delhi, India
Full Time
Entry Level
750000-900000
Full Job Description
Program Overview
WRI India's Integrated Transport Program drives India's decarbonization journey by developing effective, equitable, and inclusive mobility solutions. We focus on advancing sustainable urban transport through electrification of public transit, clean air initiatives, and hydrogen economy projects.
About the Role
We are seeking a Junior Program Associate to join our Sustainable Cities and Transport team under the Freight Electrification program (e-FAST India). In this role, you will support research, data collection, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery for electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Key Responsibilities
• Conduct desk research on freight decarbonization, e-MHDTs, fleet transition pathways, financing models, charging infrastructure, and policy developments.
• Support the e-FAST India platform through stakeholder outreach, partner coordination, consultations, workshops, and events.
• Engage with government agencies, shippers, logistics providers, manufacturers, and financiers to gather insights on priorities and challenges.
• Collect, organize, clean, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data related to freight movement, fleet operations, e-MHDT pilots, route electrification, vehicle performance, charging requirements, and techno-economic feasibility.
• Assist in developing data-collection tools such as surveys, interview guides, and templates; identify alternative data sources for field-level collection.
• Contribute to mapping freight routes, corridors, pilot programs, and infrastructure developments to inform research activities.
• Translate complex inputs into clear findings, charts, presentations, reports, policy briefs, technical notes, and meeting summaries.
• Support project activity planning, documentation, and follow-up by maintaining interaction records and tracking action points with internal and external teams.
• Develop communications materials explaining e-FAST India's work to diverse audiences.
Requirements
• Master’s degree in transport planning, engineering, urban planning, public policy, energy, logistics, economics, or related fields (0–2 years of experience encouraged).
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint) is essential.
• Excellent writing, analytical, and presentation skills for communicating complex topics clearly.
• Understanding of freight transport, logistics, electric mobility, charging infrastructure, or decarbonization is desirable.
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools like advanced Excel, Power BI, R, Python, or Stata is an advantage.
• Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail for managing multiple tasks.
• Ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams and engage professionally with diverse stakeholders including government bodies.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary Range: INR 7,50,000 - 9,00,000 per annum. Additional benefits include comprehensive health insurance (up to INR 8 lakhs), term life coverage of 50 lakhs, employee assistance programs for mental well-being, personalized nutrition advice from certified dietitians, flexible work arrangements eligible by role, learning and development workshops, rest weeks, and generous leave policies.
Location: Delhi
Duration: 1 Year (Extendable based on performance)
Start Date: As soon as possible
WRI India's Integrated Transport Program drives India's decarbonization journey by developing effective, equitable, and inclusive mobility solutions. We focus on advancing sustainable urban transport through electrification of public transit, clean air initiatives, and hydrogen economy projects.
About the Role
We are seeking a Junior Program Associate to join our Sustainable Cities and Transport team under the Freight Electrification program (e-FAST India). In this role, you will support research, data collection, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery for electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Key Responsibilities
• Conduct desk research on freight decarbonization, e-MHDTs, fleet transition pathways, financing models, charging infrastructure, and policy developments.
• Support the e-FAST India platform through stakeholder outreach, partner coordination, consultations, workshops, and events.
• Engage with government agencies, shippers, logistics providers, manufacturers, and financiers to gather insights on priorities and challenges.
• Collect, organize, clean, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data related to freight movement, fleet operations, e-MHDT pilots, route electrification, vehicle performance, charging requirements, and techno-economic feasibility.
• Assist in developing data-collection tools such as surveys, interview guides, and templates; identify alternative data sources for field-level collection.
• Contribute to mapping freight routes, corridors, pilot programs, and infrastructure developments to inform research activities.
• Translate complex inputs into clear findings, charts, presentations, reports, policy briefs, technical notes, and meeting summaries.
• Support project activity planning, documentation, and follow-up by maintaining interaction records and tracking action points with internal and external teams.
• Develop communications materials explaining e-FAST India's work to diverse audiences.
Requirements
• Master’s degree in transport planning, engineering, urban planning, public policy, energy, logistics, economics, or related fields (0–2 years of experience encouraged).
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint) is essential.
• Excellent writing, analytical, and presentation skills for communicating complex topics clearly.
• Understanding of freight transport, logistics, electric mobility, charging infrastructure, or decarbonization is desirable.
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools like advanced Excel, Power BI, R, Python, or Stata is an advantage.
• Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail for managing multiple tasks.
• Ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams and engage professionally with diverse stakeholders including government bodies.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary Range: INR 7,50,000 - 9,00,000 per annum. Additional benefits include comprehensive health insurance (up to INR 8 lakhs), term life coverage of 50 lakhs, employee assistance programs for mental well-being, personalized nutrition advice from certified dietitians, flexible work arrangements eligible by role, learning and development workshops, rest weeks, and generous leave policies.
Location: Delhi
Duration: 1 Year (Extendable based on performance)
Start Date: As soon as possible
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