Senior Programme Associate – Climate Policy & Advocacy (Assam)

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse existing state policies and instruments, identify and prioritise reform gaps, and frame each as an actionable policy unit (objective, instrument, owner).
• Draft high-quality policy briefs, reform notes, strategy packages and institutional roadmaps for priority sectors.
• Track the live status of state policies, rules, notifications and schemes, and maintain the programme’s policy-and-instrument knowledge base.

Government and stakeholder engagement

• Build and maintain working relationships with line departments, regulators and the CMO/CS offices.
• Prepare briefing material, talking points and follow-up notes for senior engagements and bilateral meetings.
• Conduct institutional and stakeholder mapping for each reform and maintain engagement plans.

Convening and advocacy

• Organise and facilitate sectoral technical working groups, workshops, closed-door reform roundtables, and the annual Assam Climate Roadmap Conference.
• Build and sustain reform coalitions across government, industry, civil society and development partners.

Knowledge, communications and reporting

• Produce knowledge products, presentations and case studies; contribute to the programme’s communications.
• Support donor reporting and consortium coordination, including progress tracking against the results framework.

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: A postgraduate degree in public policy, economics, law, environmental policy, climate, development studies, or a related field.
• Experience: At least 8–10 years in policy analysis, government advisory, climate/energy policy, or development programmes, including demonstrable experience engaging government stakeholders.
• Domain: Familiarity with climate, energy, or environmental policy; understanding of Indian -and ideally Assam / North-East -governance and the state policy-making process and actors is a strong advantage.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent policy analysis and writing – able to turn complex evidence into crisp briefs and reform packages.
• Strong stakeholder management and the maturity to engage senior government officials credibly.
• Facilitation and convening skills for workshops and high-level roundtables.
• Self-direction, organisation, and the ability to manage multiple sectoral threads at once.
• Proficiency in English; working knowledge of Assamese and Hindi is highly desirable.

What We Offer

• Inclusive and supportive work environment.
• Commitment to professional development through continuous learning, training, and leadership opportunities.
• Opportunity to shape and drive one of India’s most ambitious state-level sustainability and climate action portfolios.
• Direct engagement with senior policymakers, industry leaders, and development partners.
• Leadership role in a fast-growing and mission-driven organisation.
• Exposure to cutting-edge work across energy transition, industrial decarbonisation, climate resilience, just transition, and sustainable development.
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and organisational norms.