Position - Senior Programme Associate - Climate Policy Advocacy

Location - Guwahati, Assam (with travel within the state and occasional travel within India)

Reports to - Regional Director - Assam

Duration - Two years (renewable, subject to performance and funding)

Team - Works within the climate team but also cross-functionally with clean-energy, industries and air pollution teams

Purpose of the role

To lead day-to-day policy advocacy and government engagement for the programme -analysing policy gaps, drafting policy briefs and reform packages, organising departmental consultations and closed-door roundtables, building reform coalitions, and shepherding priority reforms toward formal adoption across the roadmap s sectors.

Key responsibilities

Policy analysis and development

- Analyse existing state policies and instruments, identify and prioritise reform gaps, and frame each as an actionable policy unit (objective, instrument, owner).
- Draft high-quality policy briefs, reform notes, strategy packages and institutional roadmaps for priority sectors.
- Track the live status of state policies, rules, notifications and schemes, and maintain the programme s policy-and-instrument knowledge base.

Government and stakeholder engagement

- Build and maintain working relationships with line departments, regulators and the CMO/CS offices.
- Prepare briefing material, talking points and follow-up notes for senior engagements and bilateral meetings.
- Conduct institutional and stakeholder mapping for each reform and maintain engagement plans.

Convening and advocacy

- Organise and facilitate sectoral technical working groups, workshops, closed-door reform roundtables, and the annual Assam Climate Roadmap Conference.
- Build and sustain reform coalitions across government, industry, civil society and development partners.

Knowledge, communications and reporting

- Produce knowledge products,



presentations and case studies; contribute to the programme s communications.
- Support donor reporting and consortium coordination, including progress tracking against the results framework.

Key deliverables

- Sectoral policy briefs and co-developed reform/strategy packages for assigned sectors.
- Stakeholder maps and engagement plans; meeting briefs and follow-up records.
- Well-run working groups, roundtables and at least one annual conference per year.

Qualifications and experience

- Education. A postgraduate degree in public policy, economics, law, environmental policy, climate, development studies, or a related field.
- Experience. At least 8 10 years in policy analysis, government advisory, climate/energy policy, or development programmes, including demonstrable experience engaging government stakeholders.
- Domain. Familiarity with climate, energy, or environmental policy; understanding of Indian -and ideally Assam / North-East -governance and the state policy-making process and actors is a robust advantage.

Skills and competencies

- Excellent policy analysis and writing able to turn complex evidence into crisp briefs and reform packages.
- Strong stakeholder management and the maturity to engage senior government officials credibly.
- Facilitation and convening skills for workshops and high-level roundtables.
- Self-direction, organisation, and the ability to manage multiple sectoral threads at once.
- Proficiency in English; working knowledge of Assamese and Hindi is highly desirable.

Remuneration

We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with qualifications, experience, and leadership responsibilities. The final designation and compensation will be based on the profile of the selected candidate.

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📌 Senior Programme Associate Climate Policy & Advocacy (Assam)
🏢 International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology
📍 Assam