WRI India
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About Us
WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
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Job Highlight
WRI India is looking for a bright & hardworking urban designer/ planner to join our Road Safety & Urban Transport team as an intern in Mumbai. This individual will primarily support street design, neighbourhood planning & road safety projects. The individual will work closely with their supervisor.
What You Will Do
- Undertaking site-visits for recce surveys, documentation, collecting primary and secondary data in the form of mobility patterns, volume counts, road safety inspections, crash profile, etc.
- Supporting safer street interventions in the city through data analysis, design development and preparation of project proposals, reports and presentations related to projects.
- Preparation of conceptual design drawings, detailed technical drawings, illustrations, and other project-related content.
- Perform cost estimates, quantity estimates and material specifications with little supervision.
- Engagement with stakeholders at various stages and contributing to the contextual design approach.
What You Will Need
- Pursuing or completed Post-graduation in Urban Design or Planning from a recognized university/institution.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, basic 3D modelling, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite, GIS is required.
- Familiarity and past experience with street and junction design, NMT planning, road safety.
- Familiarity and past experience with data collection, research & analysis will be an advantage.
- Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have strong spatial and land-use comprehension as well as excellent visual communication abilities.
- Excellent academic performance and strong analytical capability.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly both orally and in writing, with excellent demonstrated skills in English.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a fast-paced working environment and to juggle multiple assignments with little supervision.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented; experience managing complex processes or projects.
Stipend: INR 25,000/month
Location: Mumbai
How To Apply
Only Qualified applicants should apply by sending across the following:
- Curriculum vitae (CV) of no more than 2 A4 sized pages detailing academic and relevant experience.
- A design portfolio covering relevant urban design and transport works (academic or professional), and key architectural/undergraduate projects.
- A sample of research-based writing that demonstrates analytical capabilities. This could be a paper or a dissertation chapter.
Only select applicants will be contacted for interview purpose.
Shortlisted candidates may be required to take a design/analytical test.
Kindly note that WRI India’s recruitment process does not involve any payment at any stage. Applicants will never be asked to share bank account or financial information as part of the application. All official communication and offer letters are issued only through authorised WRI India email IDs.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) @WRI India
WRI India values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion across all areas of our work and workforce. Integrating these values into our actions fosters a progressive and collaborative culture and can also enhance our impact. It is our responsibility to create a welcoming working environment for people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and experience to learn together. We are responsible for fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where questions, concerns and information about diversity, equity and inclusion are part of our ongoing dialogue and development.
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