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Private Sector Engagement Specialist, Energy Program

  • Company

    World Resources Institute

  • Location

    New Delhi

  • Employment Type

    Contract

  • Functional Category

    Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Experience

    10 - 12 years

  • Salary

    2500000 - 3400000

About World Resources Institute

WRI works to improve people’s lives, protect and restore nature and stabilize the climate. As an independent research organization, we leverage our data, expertise and global reach to influence policy and catalyze change across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. Our 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations.

Overview of the Role

"WRI India’s Energy Program has a four-pronged strategy to support India’s transition to clean energy - Clean Energy Supply, Decarbonized Energy Consumption, Energy for Equitable Development and Energy, Minerals & Circularity. Cross cutting these pillars are issues of transition finance, allowing policy, ensuring equitable outcomes of the transition and governance processes. To achieve the scale of India's ambitious clean energy targets and developmental priorities, the private sector has been and will continue to play an important role along with Government and other partners. Private sector engagement touches upon multiple area of our work – Renewable Energy (RE) procurement; industrial decarbonisation; clean energy finance and investments; clean energy deployment in urban and rural areas; creation of new jobs, entrepreneurship and workforce development, promoting circularity and overcoming trade barriers - all of which are crucial to India's energy transition. We are looking for a Private Sector Engagement Specialist who will co-develop and deliver the program’s strategy to work with the private sector in India on some / all of these fronts. As the Private Sector Engagement Lead for WRI India's Energy Program, the expert will explore and build relationships with the private sector and manage these relationships to help in achieving the outcomes of the four pillars of WRI India’s energy program."

Job Description

"1) Build and support partnerships with private sector partners, including industry bodies, sector associations, state chapters, and business leaders who are involved with India's energy transition journey per WRI India's priority areas
2) Develop approaches to engage with developers and adopters of clean energy technologies, developers of solutions and products (including financial instruments), supporting innovation and adoption (through funding or technical assistance)
3) Support and work with the team to engage with the private sector at the state and national levels and to identify potential areas of collaboration
4) Support the organizing of internal and external meetings, workshops, conferences, and other outreach activities
5) Remain current on policies that improve the sector in the context of energy transition, cross border trade, environmental impacts, tax and fiscal issues, regulatory trends
6) Participate in partner dialogues, collaborate with industrial associations and such partners, business and other actors active in India’s energy transition, and represent WRI India in such forums
7) Identify the development of new engagement areas, with applicable project plans and support the team to raise resources for the activities
8) Help develop articles and other communication documents
9) Ensuring submission of deliverables and regular updates to donors and partners
"

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Skill

"1) Network with the private sector – across industries, start-ups, large business houses
2) Understanding of policies designed for the private sector and the sustainability trends that impact companies, both globally and in India
3) Demonstrated experience with excellence in analysis, project management and delivering results
4) Excellent qualitative and writing skills
5) Very strong communication skill sets with ability to initiate discussions and lead them
6) Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with teams of individuals and colleagues
7) Experience writing blogs, articles and delivering presentations to different partners"

Education

Degree with a specialization in business / engineering / energy / science / management / economics or related field

Experience

Minimum 10 to 12 years of relevant full-time work experience focused on the private sector with understanding of how the different companies strategize and operate – their business models, how they design their sustainability strategies