Junior Program Associate, Freight

About the Role

WRI India is seeking a Junior Program Associate for the Sustainable Cities and Transport Program to support the e-FAST India initiative under its Freight Electrification program. This role will involve supporting research and analysis, data collection, stakeholder engagement, and the development and delivery of project activities and knowledge products. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to practical, evidence-based approaches for freight decarbonisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct desk research on freight decarbonisation, e-MHDTs, freight operations, charging infrastructure, fleet transition pathways, financing, and relevant policy and market developments.
• Support e-FAST India platform activities, including stakeholder outreach, partner coordination, onboarding, consultations, meetings, workshops, and events.
• Assist in engaging with government agencies, shippers, logistics service providers, vehicle manufacturers, charging-point operators, financiers, and other ecosystem stakeholders.
• Collect, organise, clean, and analyse quantitative and qualitative data related to freight movement, fleet operations, e-MHDT pilots, route and corridor electrification, vehicle performance, charging requirements, and techno-economic feasibility.
• Support the development and implementation of data-collection tools such as surveys, interview guides, and partner information templates.
• Identify alternative data sources and assist with field-level data collection where required.
• Contribute to mapping freight routes and corridors, e-MHDT pilots, charging infrastructure, and other relevant ecosystem information.
• Translate research and stakeholder inputs into clear findings, charts, and actionable insights.
• Prepare presentations, reports, policy briefs, technical notes, meeting summaries, and other project collaterals.
• Support the planning, documentation, and follow-up of project activities, including maintaining records of stakeholder interactions and tracking action points.
• Coordinate inputs and deliverables with internal and external teams.
• Contribute to communications and knowledge-sharing materials explaining e-FAST India’s work and developments in freight electrification.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to engage professionally with stakeholders from government, industry, research, and civil society.
• Willingness to support stakeholder consultations, workshops, and field-based data collection, including occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in transport planning, transport engineering, urban planning, public policy, energy, logistics, economics, or a related discipline.
• Candidates with 0–2 years of relevant experience are encouraged to apply.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills.
• Ability to collect, organise, interpret, and synthesise information from multiple sources.
• Strong writing, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely.
• An understanding of freight transport, logistics, electric mobility, charging infrastructure, or transport decarbonisation is desirable.
• Experience with data analysis or visualisation tools such as advanced Excel, Power BI, R, Python, or Stata is an advantage.

Location

• Delhi

Duration

• 1 Year (Extendable based on performance and project requirements)

Start Date

• As soon as possible