Air Quality Specialist, India office

• Be the lead technical person in the organization with in-depth and most updated knowledge on the air quality management framework and climate change mitigation. This covers guidance areas such as air quality monitoring and standards, emission inventory, modeling, ambient air quality and emissions standards development, communicating air pollution levels to the public, mitigation and control measures, and enforcement. The Air Quality Specialist will help shape Clean Air Asia’s position on current and emerging air quality and climate change issues in India from all emission sources and solutions to these issues.
• Lead in keeping track of relevant air quality and climate change updates, emerging trends and developments in air quality management and climate change mitigation across India. 
• Preparing an overview of key and emerging issues governing air quality and climate change.
• Sharing updated information on air quality and climate change with the relevant team members of the Policy, Research, and Outreach Team.
• Providing technical direction in the conduct of research, data analysis, interpretation and presentation of findings, report and recommendation development governing air quality and climate change, including impacts and other technical areas such as co-benefits and cost-benefits analyses.
• Provide technical inputs to fundraising activities, including proposal development, presentation to donors, funders, stakeholders etc.
• Participate in and/or contribute to various supporting activities to implement Clean Air Asia’s Strategy in India.

• Manage key projects and lead relevant team members, particularly providing overall direction for research and analysis. 
• Lead in implementing projects or components of projects, including taking lead in work planning (task management) and monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes.
• Lead in the preparation of reports, meeting presentations and proceedings, and organization of workshops and events in key projects.
• Provide direct support for the implementation of projects in key strategic project activities such as review of reports, meeting agenda and proceedings, communications, and delivery of presentations. 
• Report weekly project updates to discuss project operations and resource management with the Program Manager, except in instances where urgent discussion is needed. 
• Manage and review outputs prepared by consultants for technical and other quality criteria.

• Line manage Researchers and Program Associates in accordance with functional and organizational goals.
• Assess staff’s performance against indicators set out in the annual Performance Development Review Record
• Communicate and ensure understanding of functional and organizational goals to the staff
• Report to the Program Manager on productivity and other performance indicators of assigned team members on a monthly basis or as the need arises.
• Recommend to the Program Manager any training needed by the managed team member to improve performance

• Lead and guide staff, project research assistants, and interns in the maintenance of the air quality database of Asia and undertaking assessments, surveys and analyses of air quality levels and related air quality management indicators
• Organize targeted brown bags and learning sessions to build the capacity and awareness of staff on key and emerging discourse on air quality, climate change and relevant emission source sectors.

• Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with key Clean Air Asia partners and stakeholders
• Represent Clean Air Asia in selected, approved meetings or conferences and effectively communicate Clean Air Asia’s position on technical issues
• Work with the India Director and Program Manager to ensure technical quality of outputs of staff across Research and Knowledge stream of Clean Air Asia

• A Master’s degree in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Economics, Environmental Sociology, Development Management, Chemistry, Meteorology, Engineering or any related discipline. An advanced degree and/or skills related to specific fields is an advantage (e.g., environmental and/or public policy, data science, remote sensing, programming). Relevant PhD degree will be an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of combined work experience on different areas of environmental management and sustainable development, including but not limited to air quality, climate change, energy, policy research, environmental economics, environmental sociology, capacity building, urban development and planning, monitoring and assessment.
• International exposure on policy development work is an advantage.
• Capable of representing Clean Air Asia at high-level meetings and workshops
• Experience in project management and stakeholder coordination
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to do research, analyze and present data. Having written publications is an advantage.
• Excellent English writing skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently and as part of multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
• Team player with the ability to contribute more widely to the direction of Clean Air Asia’s program.

Kindly submit your application to our portal https://cleanairasia.org/work-with-us/air-quality-specialist-india-office on or before 30^th April 2024. All applicants should state the reasons for their interest in the position, relevant details of qualifications and experience (inclusion of documents/files demonstrating previous and published work is encouraged), and contact details for three referees. We encourage early application as applications will be processed as they are received so the recruiting process may end earlier than the closing date. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.