Junior Program Associate

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Description

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WRI, India is looking for a candidate to join our Road Safety & Urban Transport team to be based in Bengaluru. You will assist the team in street design/neighbourhood planning and road safety projects in Bengaluru Bengaluru and other cities through provision of safe infrastructure, capacity building, community awareness programs, workshops, analysis, project-related data, documentation, Planning and Design, coordination between different partners in the implementation of the projects. You will work closely with your supervisor.

How your day will unfold:

• You will undertake and oversee specific responsibilities as are listed below.
• Documentation and Coordination with Transport department, PWD, Traffic Police, Consultants, and other government offices/departments related to the projects.
• Help Review and analyze data received by PWD, Transport department.
• Support in organizing events, workshops, webinars, street audits, Tactical Urbanism interventions etc.
• Provide research-related support to other team members in Sustainable Cities and Transport.
• Coordinate / follow-up with internal and external partners for formulating reports/ summaries.
• Support primary data collection, Site visits, compilation, analysis, and visualisation.
• Design and develop schematics and details for illustration and presentation.
• Preparation of necessary drawings, reports, presentations, graphics, etc.
• Assist the team in the timely delivery of activities as outlined in the project.

Qualifications we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or planning/Master’s degree in the field of transport planning, Landscape design, Urban planning, and Urban design.
• You have 0 to 2 years of work experience    and will have adequate understanding of Street design principles & Guidelines.
• Proficiency in English is a must. (Reading and Writing).
• Clear ways of communicating research ideas.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data from various primary and secondary sources.
• Proficiency in MS Office and AutoCAD, Sketchup is a must.
• Working knowledge of Adobe suite and GIS is preferred.
• General awareness of road safety, the street design will be preferred.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as the ability to collaborate with other partners on deliverables.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required.

Source:  https://jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/o68Wvfwp

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