Urban Development Specialist

4 weeks ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India World Resources Institute Full time
About Your Role

You will work with WRI India in supporting Indian cities to enhance public spaces, transport, and streets as part of the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Program development and coordination: Responsible for all daily engagement with city coordinators and important partners to coordinate towards achieving program goals.
  • Prepare technical documents for presenting program activities comprehensively and periodic donor reporting following templates.
  • Lead strategic conversations with important policy actors in the ecosystem to support institutionalization of solutions.
  • Create and conduct capacity building programs for government officials and lead discussions with important partners to form partnerships for sustenance.
  • Support WRI India in any other research or projects related to urban development areas.
Communications and Partnership:
  • Schedule meetings with partners, help conduct state convenings and city-level workshops and focused discussions.
  • Create communications strategies and work with team members for distribution through multiple platforms.
  • Identify potential partners for the program implementation and work with them to achieve desired outcomes, such as CSR entities, survey and MEL partners, event partners, and such.
  • Communicate with WRI India internal team members towards completing program deliverables and constant progress reporting.
Research:
  • Focus on early childhood development, attention to vulnerable groups, gender, and poverty.
  • Focus on statutory frameworks, policies centered around early childhood development, public spaces, and city planning with attention to vulnerable groups, gender, and poverty.
  • Support development of knowledge products for the program such as training modules, toolkits, guidebooks, capacity building modules.

Requirements:

  • Post-graduation in Urban planning/Urban Design/Public policy/Environmental/Transport planning or related discipline.
  • Minimum 7 years' experience in relevant field around public spaces, Early Childhood Development, social infrastructure, city planning, and policies, mobility, and transport.
  • Passionate about enhancing quality of life for children through inclusive and sustainable development principles, public policies, general awareness of environment and climate change.
  • Strong analytical research skills and ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, both orally and in writing, with fluency in English.
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe software, 3D visualization, Microsoft Excel (can perform complex functions), Word, and PowerPoint is a requirement. Working knowledge of GIS.
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently as well as part of a team. Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build a network of professional relationships.

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