Jobs at Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Leads applied geospatial research supporting climate resilience, clean air, sustainable mobility, and urban planning. Develops reproducible Google Earth Engine and Python workflows, processes satellite and socioeconomic data, applies statistical and machine-learning models, validates results, and creates datasets, maps, dashboards, reports, and policy tools. Collaborates with government and research partners, supports stakeholder training, maintains documentation and data pipelines, and coordinates analytical workstreams across programmes.

Coordinates institution-wide programmes, tracks projects and impact, synthesizes policy and sustainability research, develops dashboards and reports, drafts briefing materials, monitors policy developments, and manages relationships with institutional partners. The role requires cross-functional coordination, stakeholder engagement, strong analytical and writing skills, monitoring and evaluation familiarity, and the ability to manage sensitive deliverables under tight deadlines while using project management and AI productivity tools.

The Senior Legal Officer will manage legal risk analysis, contract review and negotiation, organizational policy drafting, and compliance matters. The role requires advising management on legal issues, researching regulatory developments, supporting development-sector operations, and protecting organizational interests. The position involves ownership of assigned workstreams, pragmatic problem-solving, due diligence, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Leads CEEW’s Maharashtra engagement on climate resilience, serving as the primary liaison with government and non-government stakeholders. Responsibilities include government partnership development, stakeholder coordination, funding and proposal support, climate policy and finance research, data analysis, and preparation of policy briefs and government-facing materials. The role also coordinates junior colleagues and contributes to climate action planning, adaptation finance, disaster management, and sectoral resilience initiatives.

Support communications events through coordination with agencies, vendors, logistics teams, registrations, invitations, delegation management, event logistics, document editing, concept notes, partnership briefs, and social media publicity. The role provides on-ground event support and requires strong writing, communication, project coordination, stakeholder management, aesthetic judgment, research, and timeline management skills.

Manage project budgets, donor fund tracking, grant reporting, statutory compliance, payroll, vendor payments, reconciliations, financial documentation, MIS reporting, and audit support. The role also involves improving finance processes, supporting automation and digital initiatives, maintaining accurate data in finance tools, and coordinating with HR, administration, and other teams. The successful candidate will bring structure to ambiguity, resolve bottlenecks proactively, and contribute to efficient execution with minimal supervision.

Oversee organizational and project budgeting, donor fund utilization, financial reporting, cash flow, forecasting, payroll, vendor payments, audits, and statutory compliance including GST, TDS, and FCRA. The role maintains financial systems, policies, internal controls, and data security while providing financial insights, mitigating risks, and collaborating with program teams to align funding with project deliverables.

Supports project budgeting, donor fund tracking, grant reporting, statutory compliance, payroll, vendor payments, reconciliations, audits, and financial documentation. The role also develops internal reports and processes, contributes to automation and digital improvements, manages finance data in accounting and productivity tools, and collaborates with HR, Admin, and other teams. Requires ownership, initiative, strong communication, and the ability to structure ambiguous tasks.

Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of AI and geospatial products from proof of concept through production. Lead prioritisation, PRDs, QA, releases, observability, evaluation, and responsible AI practices. Develop agentic workflows, retrieval systems, forecasting, recommendations, and decision-support tools for government users. Drive adoption, partnerships, stakeholder alignment, and measurable policy impact across ministries, enterprises, and mission-driven organisations.

Designs and operates GCP or AWS infrastructure for AI, geospatial, and data-intensive workloads. Builds CI/CD pipelines, manages Docker and Kubernetes environments, supports ML training and inference, optimizes cloud costs, and maintains data pipeline infrastructure. Establishes monitoring, logging, alerting, IAM, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and network controls. Supports API platforms and collaborates with AI, geospatial, and product teams to resolve deployment, scaling, and reliability issues.

Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on energy, environmental, financial, technological, and governance issues. Collect and analyze data, track global policy and technology developments, engage experts and stakeholders, co-author reports and policy briefs, prepare presentations and memos, support high-level events, maintain expert networks, and assist the Chief of Staff and CEO’s Office with meetings, follow-up, and research requests.

Manage project budgets, donor fund tracking, grant reporting, statutory compliance, payroll, vendor payments, reconciliations, audits, and financial reporting. The role also supports grant and consultancy documentation, cross-functional coordination, process creation, automation, digital improvements, and financial data management using Zoho Books, Excel, and Google Workspace. Candidates should have relevant finance experience, strong knowledge of Indian compliance requirements, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Support CEEW’s Outreach team with social media management, trend research, post writing, live tweeting, creative design, newsletters, audience organisation, digital engagement ideas, and event support. The role requires strong storytelling, design, digital communications, English writing, attention to detail, collaboration, project management, and the ability to meet deadlines under pressure.

Design visual collateral for research, publications, campaigns, events, social media, and digital platforms. Create publication layouts, infographics, static and animated assets, templates, and event branding while maintaining institutional brand consistency. Collaborate with research, editorial, digital, web, and outreach teams, manage design requests end-to-end, support basic motion graphics, coordinate with vendors, maintain asset archives, and integrate AI into creative workflows.

Support administrative digital transformation by identifying inefficient processes and implementing AI-powered tools, automated workflows, dashboards, trackers, and documentation systems. Responsibilities include researching automation platforms, integrating solutions with existing systems, developing SOPs and user guides, training staff, monitoring effectiveness, ensuring data confidentiality and accuracy, and collaborating across departments to improve operational efficiency.

Supports CEEW’s publications and communications through proofreading, copyediting, visual design, illustration, infographics, presentation decks, asset organisation, workflow coordination, and design research. The intern helps maintain editorial and brand consistency, researches communication trends and audience engagement, and assists with proposals and concept notes. The role is hybrid in New Delhi and lasts three months.

Conduct research on green economy markets, policies, and ecosystems; support website and LinkedIn editorial management; and translate research and programme outputs into engaging digital content, presentations, briefing materials, events collateral, and fundraising assets. The role requires strong writing, editorial judgment, visual communication skills, stakeholder collaboration, content performance monitoring, and independent management of multiple deliverables.

Supports strategic communications, media outreach, journalist engagement, media monitoring, content development, partnership communications, stakeholder coordination, and thought-leadership opportunities. Responsibilities include drafting pitches and briefing materials, managing media queries, maintaining media databases, tracking sector trends, proofreading, coordinating internal and external communications, and supporting AI-enabled sentiment monitoring workflows and communications training.

Lead CEEW’s digital communications strategy across websites, social media, email, video, partnerships, and paid campaigns. Drive audience growth, SEO, analytics, AI-enabled discoverability, digital storytelling, and campaign optimisation. Manage website improvements, dashboards, vendors, digital reputation, and a multidisciplinary digital team. Build employee advocacy and institutional partnerships while translating performance data into actionable communication strategies.