Project Associate/Research Associate
TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute,Bengaluru, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Mukhteshwar and Mumbai, All India, India
Job Description
Position: Project Associate/Research Associate
Location: Bengaluru, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Mukhteshwar and Mumbai
Date of Joining: First week of April 2025
Division: Environment Education and Awareness
Job Responsibility
• Research: Primary and secondary research (Field visits, data collection, literature survey,
drafting research tools, analysis and drawing inferences)
• Content development: Background notes, dossiers, frameworks, student-friendly content
on the environment and sustainable development, drafting of policy papers and strategies,
developing content, and ideation for IEC material
• Session facilitation: Developing training manuals, facilitating sessions, and gamification
activities. Should be able to curate content and deliver sessions in both indoor and
outdoor settings
• Networking: Liaison with like-minded organisations including government bodies,
academic institutions, bilateral, and multilateral organisations
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Development of M&E frameworks and documentation.
• Coordination and logistics: Follow-ups with schools, internal teams, vendors, and
partners
• Ideate new concepts: Design proposals around contemporary and futuristic education
concepts, identify and pursue funding opportunities
• Database management: Develop and upgrade school and college database (India
specific)
• Develop status papers and policy briefs: Conceptualise and draft notes on
contemporary education linked activities and be well versed with global advancements in
the field of environment education
• Promote project activities through social media: Well versed with all platforms and
utilise these optimally for projection of activities
• Others: Data analysis, conduct basic statistical tests for scientific presentation of data,
report writing, handling social media, management and coordination for events, explore
business development opportunities
Skills
• The incumbent should be well-versed with functional knowledge of environment and
sustainable development.
• S/He should possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• S/He should possess excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to connect with
educators, students and youth at school and college level.
• S/He should be punctual and abide by organisational behaviour.
• S/He should possess leadership skills and can also work in teams.
• S/He should be able to travel on work and project-related assignments.
He should be well versed with using MS Office, data handling and social media. The
candidate should possess acumen to learn new online tools like Canva, ChatGPT, etc.
• S/He should possess linguistic skills especially for positions in regional offices
-English, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil (Bengaluru)
-English, Konkani, Marathi, Gujrati (Goa, Mumbai)
-English, Assamese (Guwahati)
-English, Kumaoni, Hindi (Mukhteshwar)
-English, Hindi (Delhi)
Qualification: A relevant master’s degree in science, environment studies, environment
management, social science or an equivalent discipline
Desirable: An advanced degree/doctorate in any of the above disciplines
Work Experience: 2-3 years
Salary: As per industry standards
How to Apply: You can send your resume to tripti.patra@teri.res.in by 26th January, 2025
with a subject line : Application for the Position PA/RA in EEA for the
location Bengaluru/ Delhi/ Goa/ Guwahati/ Mukhteshwar/ Mumbai”
(Specify the location)