Job Opportunity For Position Name: Policy Analyst – Strategy, Policy and Planning At A- PAG In Delhi , India

Website A-PAG

About the Role:

  • The role is a dynamic opportunity for someone who is passionate about environmental issues and wants to work on key policy reforms to mitigate air pollution.
  • This is a dynamic opportunity where you will get to build relationships with experts, policy makers, A-PAG senior leadership, local city government officials, State Pollution Control Boards, Ministry of Urban Development and Environment, and other partners and vendors to increase salience for key policy reforms that have the potential to have a direct impact in solving the air pollution challenge in the Indo-Gangetic plains.

Key Responsibilities”

1. Policy and Research:

  •  You will have to research and analyse policies, map the landscape (current context, existing
  • Government interventions, stakeholders, new reforms, global best practices etc.) and identify issues in policy implementation across different sectors that contribute to air pollution.
  • You will conduct primary and secondary research to develop position papers, policy briefs, concept notes, project charters and stakeholder presentations etc.

2. Strategy and Planning:

  • The impact of policy research is twofold.
  • You will help identify actionable recommendations and define scope of the long term projects from City Action Plans that different geography based implementation teams at A-PAG can prioritize and work on with respective Government officials.
  • Two, is to provide expertise to state and the central government bodies on topics such as crop residue burning, vehicular pollution, solid waste management, industrial pollution.

3. Support pilots:

  •  You will provide handholding support on key strategic and high-impact projects that are designed to increase salience on air pollution in the ecosystem
  • . You will help in developing a roadmap for implementation of the identified reforms and designing interventions that can bring about reductions in air pollution.

4. Documentation:

  •  You will capture learnings from our implemented projects to create documents, articles and learning material for use by internal teams at A-PAG for expansion into newer geographies, and also for external Government organizations if they want to implement similar projects on their own.

Eligibility:

  • A Master’s degree in Public Policy, Environment Policy, and the Social Sciences is preferred.
  • A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in science/ engineering or any other technical field with a strong record of academic performance is required.
  • 2-3 years of work experience in a role with substantial analytical requirements, and/ or policy research with the government or development sector
    Skill Sets Required
  • Excellent analytical, research, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong understanding of developing systems, formats and templates for project strategy, ideation and planning
  • Great interpersonal skills and ability to interact, build strong relationships and understand the needs of internal and external stakeholders
  • Strong planning and organizational skills and an ability to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially note writing.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous environments; self-starter that can use good judgment and resourcefulness to take action in the absence of clear guidance and articulation
  • Comfortable with use of MS Office tools
  • Knowledge of statistics, data analysis and data visualization; comfortable using tools such as Excel, Stata, Google charts, Tableau, and others
  • Location

New Delhi, India

Compensation

Based on experience and commensurate with industry standards

To apply for this job please visit career.theconvergencefoundation.org.