Senior Project Officer-Water Stewardship

WWF-India is embarking on an ambitious journey to improve the health of the Sutlej River basin in the state of Punjab, under the programme titled as, “Living Rivers and Wetlands in the Sutlej Basin”. The project aims to support local stakeholders in water resource planning and management. Key focus areas include optimizing water allocation and management strategies, ensuring adequate environmental flows to maintain river health, promoting efficient water use in agriculture, reducing industrial water consumption and minimizing its impact on water resources, protecting aquatic biodiversity, preserving and restoring wetlands, and strengthening multi-stakeholder collaboration for improved natural resource management.

One of the key contributors of this programme would be Water Stewardship pillar.

The pillar conceptualises the conservation of Sutlej basin through –

· Enabling adoption of cleaner technologies by high footprint sectors (electroplating, textile and leather) to reduce their footprint on Sutlej River

· A tributary of Sutlej, called Sirsa River, will also be examined and potential of work for the conservation of this river will be explored. This river flows through close vicinity of Baddi town, which is an industrial cluster in Himachal Pradesh and hosts many factories and manufacturing units from various sectors, including pharma sector

The proposed work on water stewardship work will be carried out through a multi-stakeholder engagement approach and likely to be taken up with the local government, consultants along with local research and technical institutions.

We invite applications for the position of "Senior Project Officer –“Water Stewardship" from individuals who possess a deep-seated commitment to sustainable water management and environmental conservation. The role requires an individual with proven experience in working on demonstration of cleaner technologies across sectors, institutional engagement and sector-specific policies.

Location: Rupnagar, Punjab. With frequent travel to Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Baddi.

Responsibilities

• Water stewardship
• Demonstration of sector-specific cleaner technologies pertaining to water use efficiency and pollution abatement
• Engaging multiple stakeholders including industry associations for mainstreaming and scaling-up adoption
• Coordination with partners that would include academic institutions, policy think tanks, NGOs and government departments
• Constantly increase the visibility of the project activities through strategic partnerships
• Overall
• Lead local initiatives around citizen science and community empowerment around urban water aspects
• Shall support publication of reports/peer review journals
• Shall agree to frequently travel to project sites
• Support cross-functional work across Rivers & Wetlands team and inter-divisional works
• Support to any other task entrusted by the Reporting Manager and Head of Department
  
  
  

Requirements

Master’s degree in science (preferably Chemical, Mechanical or Leather technology) or Industrial/project management

· About 2-3 years of industry experience in sphere of technology implementation and project management

· Specific experience in stakeholder engagement – Government and industrialists

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills [Punjabi, Hindi and English]

· Candidates with experience in Project Management will be preferred

· Proficiency in computers, including Microsoft Office, Power BI, GIS and mappin

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