Project Associate- Transportation Planning (GIS)
Project Associate- Transportation Planning (GIS), Pune
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to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s
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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:
WRI India is looking for a bright & hardworking project
associate with transportation planning and GIS expertise, to join our
Integrated Urban Transport team in Pune. By transforming data
into actionable insights and solutions, we aim to assist our stakeholders to
design solutions that enable sustainable city growth. The project associate
will be a key member of WRI India’s Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities,
Integrated Urban Transport team and will work on a variety of data driven
analysis leveraging data, information, and technical skills to make existing
mobility policies infants, toddlers and caregivers friendly. The project
associate will also support the team in ongoing projects by co-designing tasks
& preparing implementation plans.
How your day will unfold:
Technical Support
- Conduct mapping and documentation,
coordination for primary & secondary surveys.
- Mine, create, collate, and visualize
spatial and non-spatial data.
- Coordinate
and prepare technical documents for the projects including data
collection, conduct or coordinate surveys, compilation, analysis, base
maps, design drawings, 3D visualizations, reports, presentations, general
graphics and info graphics, etc.
- Conduct data analysis which can feed
into the policy making.
- Prepare professional visualizations to
be leveraged in presentations, publications, and online platforms.
Research, Analysis & Outreach
- Conduct data exploration, quantitative
research and provide customized analytical solutions and insights to meet
project requirements
- Work with project teams to assess and
organize complex data assets from a variety of sources for spatial
modeling
- Advise staff and partners on geospatial
analyses and visualizations on request.
- Undertake own research towards new
understandings and identify sustainable solutions focusing early childhood
development.
- Identify best practices, promote them
through external communication in public domain, including peer-reviewed
articles, WRI working papers, and blog posts
- Work towards creating knowledge
products, toolkits to achieve scaling mobility solutions with infants,
toddlers, and caregivers’ lens.
Co-ordination of project work
- Develop
material and conduct capacity building for Government officials, and other
key state stakeholders in the city.
- Develop data visualization dashboards,
interactive web-maps, storyboards that help in communicating complex data
and insights into captivating visual outputs
- Support WRI India in any other research
or projects related to Integrated Transport areas.
Project management
- Keep
close track of progress of the projects and attend bi-weekly and monthly
project review meetings with internal team and partners
- Support
donor and grants management by developing a database and keeping this
up-to-date.
- Review
work done by the team to ensure all the deliverables are as per standards
of WRI India.
- Keep
timely and accurate information related to donors, partners and key
stakeholders
- Monitoring
and evaluation of performance, lessons learned to use on future
preparation
- Support
proposal documentation packaging for review and/or final distribution.
Qualifications and requirements we seek:
Master’s degree in Geoinformatics
Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Civil Engineering, or other
related fields
Experience:
2-4 year of relevant work experience in the Urban Planning field
with working experience of GIS.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and power
point presentation.
- Proficiency in GIS software including
ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 10.x, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, Quantum GIS,
MapInfo or similar
- Experience in spatial analysis and
modeling (e.g., use of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools, or equivalent)
- Experience in handling publicly
available GIS datasets, crowd-sourcing platforms such as Open Street Maps
and remote-sensing databases
- Working knowledge of Python, Google API,
PowerBI and Tableau is preferable.
Salary and Benefits: 8,00,000 INR to 9,00,000 INR CTC Per annum
Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI
offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.
Location: Pune
(Maharashtra, India)
Duration: 1 year as
term hire (extendable based on performance and project requirements)
Start date: As soon as possible
List of Documents to be attached:
- Cover
letter explaining how your academic background and skills meet the
requirements of this position.
- Curriculum
vitae of no more than 2 A4-sized pages detailing academic and relevant
professional experience.
- A
portfolio of relevant works/ Project reports of relevant works
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview
purpose.
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stay healthy, happy, engaged, and growing.
Some of the non-monetary benefits that our staff get:
Health benefits: We cover health
insurance for you and your loved ones for up to INR 8 lakhs
Term Insurance: Our term insurance
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Employee Assistance program: Promoting
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balance
Digital healthcare service:
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Flexible work schedule: Alternative
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Learning culture: Workshops and trainings to
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