(Senior) Environment Specialist

National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

New Delhi, Delhi, India 🇮🇳

Job Description

Title: (Senior) Environment Specialist (1 position)

Project Code: U60

Reports to: Track Lead U60

Core Responsibilities:

  1. Review the baseline assessment, gap assessment, interventions for urban river management

and provide technical inputs on urban environmental aspects.

  1. Support in reviewing and providing feedback on project deliverables (inception report, baseline assessment report, draft urban river management plan report) submitted by the agencies/consultants engaged by the team
  2. Liaise with agencies/consultants engaged by the team for timely completion of project activities and submission of project deliverables.
  3. Liaise with State/city officials for execution of project activities.
  4. Prepare project briefs, monitoring reports, presentations for submission to the client.
  5. Travel to the project cities for on-ground monitoring and reporting.
  6. Support in preparing content for capacity building and training programmes organized for different stakeholders.
  7. Support the track lead in overall execution of project activities, monitoring, evaluating and report requirements.
  8. Provide support to the team for conducting key events (e.g. workshops, conferences, review meetings etc.)
  9. Carry out any other additional tasks assigned by the Track Lead.

Education Qualifications & Experience

  1. Post graduate (Masters) qualification in Environmental Planning/Management, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Management, Urban Planning/Management, or related disciplines from a reputed university/institute.
  2. 7-10 years of relevant professional experience in urban master planning/environmental planning/environmental engineering/infrastructure planning/bio-diversity and ecology conservation etc.
  3. Experience in preparation of city master plan, city development plan, city sanitation plan or any other city wide plan preparation is desirable.
  4. Experience of working in Project Management Unit (PMU) of relevant national missions, state missions/programs or city level project implementation would be desirable.
  5. Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
  6. Strong inter personnel and co-ordination skills, working independently, and flexibly.
  7. Willingness to travel to the project locations across India as required.

No of Positions

1

End Date

30th Jan 2026

Job Description PDF

we_senior_environment_specialist_u60.pdf


POSITION TYPE

ORGANIZATION TYPE

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DEGREE REQUIRED

IHE Delft - MSc in Water and Sustainable Development