Ceew Young Professionals Programme

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
CEEW Young Professionals Programme (CEEW-YPP)

Terms of Reference

At CEEW, we are deliberate about what we stand for (and what we don’t stand for) as an employer. So, if the below description strikes a chord, we would love to hear from you

**At CEEW, we build careers in public policy**
- We offer strong visionary leadership - with emphasis on research and impact at scale
- We actively promote leadership by initiative
- We celebrate talent and ambition
- You will be surrounded by smart people who will challenge you and help you grow
- You will learn faster than your peers in other organizations
- Curiosity and irreverence, as well as responsibility, come together at CEEW
- You will get above-market remuneration
- We provide a safe space for all
- At CEEW, your life is your example for others

**Designation Offered**:
Young Professional

**Team/Focus area**:
Powering Livelihoods

**Location**:
Allotted district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh (UP)

**Reporting to**:
Programme Associate/Programme Lead - Powering Livelihoods

**Duration**:
One year with a possibility to convert into a full-time job offer at CEEW

**Purpose**

CEEW Young Professionals programme equips young early-career aspirants with the skills and experience of action-research to further public policy and its implementation. Launching for the first time as a part of the CEEW-Villgro Powering Livelihoods initiative, the programme will provide a first-hand opportunity to be exposed to the inner functioning of the government institutions, policy drafting and advocacy, promoting large-scale sustainable technology adoption and supporting state rural livelihood generation programmes.

Powering Livelihoods is a joint initiative between CEEW and Villgro that works to catalyse the transformation of India’s rural economy with clean energy solutions. It works with enterprises, financiers, investors, state governments and distribution channel partners to develop and mainstream the ecosystem for clean energy-powered livelihood solutions with an explicit gender lens integration.

1) Developing and administering a robust information, education and communication (IEC) programme for building capacity and awareness around DRE technologies and
2) Providing strategic and technical inputs to UPSRLM to mainstream these technologies, such as demand mapping, sales and marketing strategy, supply chain management, etc.

Selected YPPs would critically contribute to operationalise this partnership and lead key district-level engagements. YPPs will be ensuring that all the activities and objectives planned are implemented in a timely manner in their allocated region and actively liaison with these different stakeholders to advocate for the programme vision. YPPs will also lead the research activities pertaining to their allocated region including qualitative and quantitative evaluations and documentation of the on-ground impact.

The fellowship will act as a perfect springboard towards a career in the development sector. YPPs would also receive mentoring support on an on-going basis.

**Job duties and accountabilities**

**Primary Responsibilities**

**Research and analysis**
- Support the team in developing a time-bound district level (building up to state level) implementation plan for the adoption and promotion of DRE-powered livelihood solutions.
- Support the team in developing a robust monitoring and evaluation system, KYC Collection and MIS system for this partnership and overall Prerna Ojas company’s growth.
- Support the team on research design, data collection tools and data analysis for insights generation.
- Taking a lead on the data collection in the allotted regions for need assessment, technology mapping, impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation etc.
- Identifying relevant use cases, business potential and case study stories of DRE livelihood appliances with a focus on impact on incomes, new livelihoods created, active repayment of loans, business sustainability, marketing and sales success etc.
- Collecting and documenting field observations, learnings and recommendations on how to make this partnership more impactful for all the stakeholders involved (UPSRLM, PL, Prerna Ojas, End users, Civil Society, Financiers etc).
- Keep a tab on the sectoral development, new findings, research pieces etc in the DRE livelihood space and plug it into the work we do.

**Programme Management**
- Support the team in managing the progress, challenges and new opportunities in the state on a proactive basis.
- Ensure proactive communication, and transparency, and manage expectations of key local stakeholders including partners, enterprises, policymakers, and ecosystem stakeholders.
- Lead the district-level engagement with the UPSRLM team, Prerna Ojas team and PL-supported enterprise partners ensuring that DRE livelihood technologies are being sufficiently deployed in the target region.
- Ensure the timel