Job Description
| Role | COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST |
|---|---|
| Remote Location | New Delhi, India |
| Reports To: | Lead - Communications |
| Amount of Travel Required | 40% |
| On-site Requirement | Hybrid |
ABOUT NRDC INDIA
NRDC India Private Limited is an independent organization based in New Delhi founded to build a healthier and more prosperous future for all Indians.
To attain a healthier and more prosperous future, NRDC India and its partners work with governments and stakeholders at all levels to deliver transformative solutions across the organization’s focus areas. The approach is to collaborate on pilot projects that offer the potential for tangible environmental and public health benefits. NRDC India undertakes strong proof of concept to bring solutions to scale at the state level – with the goal of informing national policies and unlocking the public investments needed to implement them.
NRDC India also partners alongside Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the United States, a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. NRDC was founded in 1970, and their people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. NRDC uses law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. In India for over 10 years now, NRDC has been a thought leader and trusted adviser to the partners within the country to tackle climate change and implement energy solution. Since 2009, the India Initiative has combined scientific research and policy acumen to produce game-changing results.
POSITION SUMMARY
NRDC India is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative individual to join our India team. In this role, the individual will support NRDC India’s communication functions including events, media outreach, developing and executing campaigns, social media management and stakeholder and partnership management and engagement to advance our work in the climate change domain in India.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:
- Support operational and administrative functions for events and manage the end-to-end execution of internal and external events – ensuring timely delivery of different facets for events (logistics/programming/communication).
- Work with the Lead Communications on implementing the media outreach and overall communication strategy.
- Social media content development and management of online platforms
- Support internal communication work including drafting internal/board reports, newsletters, and other institutional literature, as required by the organization.
- Coordinate with external stakeholders and partners on joint communication strategies and for communication material on shared projects in partnership with the Lead Communications.
- Act as a point of contact for external stakeholders to support meaningful and effective partnerships for the organization.
- Field inquiries from the press and public by phone and email, efficiently and with a professional demeanour.
- Track and analyse media coverage and compile reports, conduct research on overall media landscape and specific policy issues.
- Help develop effective communications processes to keep track of institutional updates.
The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under the position’s responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements:
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in communication / journalism / any other relevant field in the arts.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in institutional communications.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience managing events from conception to execution.
- Experience in developing and maintaining institutional social media platforms
- Experience in developing and executing campaigns
- Experience in supporting the development of internal reports and institutional content / literature.
- Working knowledge of communication design – ability to art direct and work with designers. Familiarity with designing on platforms such as Canva is a plus.
- Excellent communications skills both written and verbal
Preferred
- Experience with managing media queries and developing media pitches.
- Experience in developing video content
- Experience in photography
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to work in an entrepreneurial fashion, handle multiple tasks and work well under pressure.
- Open-mindedness, flexibility, and an eagerness to take on challenging work.
- Ability to work independently, follow organizational procedures and perform accurately under deadlines.
- Self-directed with the ability to prioritize, plan, manage and follow through on multiple tasks. Experience working with non-profits, government or and international organizations, and willingness to sometimes work across time zones. Knowledge on the climate sector is a plus.
- Proficiency in English as well as an additional Indian language is preferred.
- Ability to travel to the field and NRDC U.S. based offices, approximately once, annually.
Skills, Abilities, Competencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Capability to handle multiple tasks, work well under pressure and be detail oriented
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team
- Knowledge of the Indian political system, economic structures, and socio-cultural landscape, and a network of professional contacts in India
- High degree of proficiency with Microsoft office including Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point
- Ability to travel (40 %) domestically and internationally for meetings and conferences while adhering to the prevailing local and international public health guidelines.
- Commitment to NRDC ’s mission and values
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position within the described work environment.
Frequently:
Perform desk-based computer tasks
Frequently:
Ability to interact and communicate with co-workers, institutional partners and others as necessary
Frequently:
Attend planned meetings and collaborate with management and co-workers
Occasionally:
Ability to attend events and activities in the office or offsite
Work is sometimes performed primarily in the office. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate in other situations. Hours of employment may sometimes require working flexible and/or longer hours, including nights and weekends, when necessitated by projects. The job includes work-related situations such as those involving challenging, important, urgent, time-sensitive, or multiple matters.
Please send your latest curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position and working with NRDC India at monica@themerakkizone.com and recruitment@nrdcindia.org. Kindly send your application by 20th May 2025. Please include 'Communications Specialist' in the subject line of the email.
For further information about NRDC India, please visit www.nrdcindia.org.