| Designation | Cooling and Energy Efficiency Associate |
|---|---|
| Remote Location | New Delhi, India |
| Reports to | Associate Director, Cooling & Energy Efficiency |
| Amount of Travel Required | 30-40% |
| 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 hiring a Cooling and Energy Efficiency Research Associate who will play an active role in advancing NRDC India’s work on sustainable cooling, appliance efficiency, refrigerant transitions and building energy efficiency in India. This role involves implementation and scaling of cooling and energy efficiency at the local, state, and national level. This role would also play an active role in advancing work in India on climate change and clean energy and involve research, and analysis of various elements of the India’s transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient economy. The Cooling and Energy Efficiency Associate will also include direct engagement with partners, government officials, and stakeholders.
The position would also work on other project areas and provide research and analysis on other core elements of NRDC India initiatives, including but not limited to accelerating clean energy and energy access, energy efficiency and cooling, clean transportation, climate resilience and health and climate policy.
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:
- Assist in and technical research, qualitative and quantitative analysis, writing on climate friendly cooling, efficient appliances, low GWP refrigerants and demand side management strategies
- Contribute to impactful outreach materials (e.g. blogs, memos, issue briefs, and reports) that support to promote climate friendly and energy efficient cooling in India
- Assist in review of energy efficiency policies, collect data, conduct energy analysis to assess the growing market for cooling appliances
- Collaborate with other members of the cooling and efficiency team on project planning, implementation, and dissemination with partners
- Contribute and support to organizing workshops, roundtables and stakeholder consultation meetings.
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 environmental studies, public policy, economics, or equivalent
- 1-3 years of previous work experience in supporting the implementation of projects with multiple partners and stakeholders
Skills, Abilities, Competencies:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects involving multiple people and deliverables, and to perform or quickly learn new tasks, systems, and technologies.
- Ability to prioritize and efficiently execute many tasks, follow institutional procedures, and work independently with meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple projects and shifting requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organizational skills and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with a broad range of people on different projects.
- Strict adherence to confidentiality requirements and discretion with sensitive information.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), in addition to knowledge of or ability to learn relevant industry and NRDC specific software and platforms.
- Competence with and commitment to diversity and inclusion; ability to be an effective partner with diverse colleagues, leaders and partners.
- Ability to occasionally travel approximately [20%] annually
- Commitment to NRDC India’s mission, values, and DEI principles
Physical Demand
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. 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 employees and others as necessary
Frequently:
Attend planned meetings and collaborate with management and coworkers
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.
This job description is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and NRDC India expressly reserves the right to change this position description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as NRDC India may deem appropriate.
Interested Candidates
Please send your latest curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position and working with NRDC India to monica@themerakkizone.com and recruitment@nrdcindia.org. Kindly send your application by May 18, 2025. Please include ‘Application for position of Cooling and Energy Efficiency Associate’ in the subject line of the email.