Program Associate – Communication and Event Management
Who we are and what we do?
WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a research organization. Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Program Overview for Sustainable Cities and Transport
At WRI India Ross Center we focus on
10 integrated solutions to urban challenges. Through applied research, tools, hands-on advice, and by tapping our network of global experts, we accelerate transformative urban initiatives that have the power to change Indian cities into thriving, equitable and low-carbon places that are good for people and the planet.
Working at WRI India Ross Center offers you the unique opportunity to learn and grow as you collaborate with a diverse set of change agents across Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. As India’s biggest urban focused think and do tank, we seek thoughtful, enterprise-minded and sensitive individuals who can help us support this transformation and make a positive difference to citizens’ everyday lives.
About your role:
You will work with the WRI India communications, accounts, and budget team to manage outreach programs. You will also liaison with vendors, hotels, hospitality vendors and partners, maintain and standardize contracts and budgets, manage hotel bookings, and manage the production of communication and outreach material.
The selected candidate will report to the City Communications Lead and must have experience in basic project management, organizing and managing on ground and virtual events, and coordinating with, and managing, diverse partners including vendors.
How your day will unfold:
- Manage communication collaterals for different types and scale of events.
- Coordinate end-to-end logistics management including facilitating travel and accommodation arrangements for invitees.
- Guide communication between WRI India and external vendors, maintaining relationships.
- Facilitate internal coordination within WRI India’s different functions and maintain project management sheets, checklists and trackers.
- Document insights from events and identify areas for improvement to enhance future events.
- Facilitate coordination between different partners and partners.
- Write content for event outreach – i.e., emailers and social media
Qualifications and Requirements we seek:
- Education: Post-graduate with a communications/management background.
- 2 to 4 years of experience in related fields
- Strong interpersonal skills, an analytical approach
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Must be highly process oriented with an eye for detail.
- Ability to self-govern and manage time independently.
- Excellent English writing skills
- Knowledge of any other Indian language a plus
- Comfort with quantitative data/analysis and MS Excel
- Proficiency in documentation with expertise in MS Word and PowerPoint
- Editing/proofing and writing and Canva knowledge will be an added advantage.