Project
EU-India Policy Dialogue Support Facility (PDSF)
Junior Non-Key Expert - Hackathon Coordinator and Outreach
Position
Project description
The overall objective of this project is to contribute to strengthening the quality of EU-India policy dialogue outcomes in line with the EU-India Strategic Partnership (Roadmap 2025), the EU Global Gateway Strategy, the EU-India Trade and Technology Council, bilateral Summit conclusions, and other relevant joint agreements and commitments.
Job description
Working days: 25
Specific activity: EU-India Initiative on Upcoming EU Regulation: Innovation platform focused on Deforestation
Activity Background and Context: The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a crucial regulatory framework designed to combat deforestation by ensuring that products entering the EU market are not linked to deforestation or forest degradation. For India, a major exporter of products covered by the EUDR, aligning with these standards is vital for sustaining market access and ensuring compliance. In response, this joint EU-India initiative proposes a targeted innovation hackathon to develop strategies and solutions for meeting EUDR requirements, fostering collaboration between Indian and European stakeholders to enhance sustainable practices and regulatory compliance.
Role and responsibilities
- Hackathon Coordination: Lead the planning and execution of an intensive innovation hackathon, mentoring cross-regional teams from India and Europe in the creation of eco-friendly product designs.
- Mentorship and Resource Provision: Deliver expert mentorship to participants, facilitating access to critical design tools, comprehensive knowledge of EU regulations, and actionable insights to fast-track the innovation process.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Drive engagement and collaboration between Indian and European designers, engineers, and industry stakeholders, ensuring efficient knowledge transfer and collaborative development.
- Comprehensive Reporting: Prepare detailed documentation of project outcomes, including hackathon assessments, award distributions, and strategic recommendations for subsequent commercialization phases.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Successful completion of university studies in a related area
- Proven excellent communication, coordination and high-level communication skills
- Proven skills in international, interdisciplinary and intercultural management
- Full proficiency in English and knowledge of other relevant Indian languages is an advantage
General Professional Experience - At least 5 years of relevant and proven full-time professional experience, including experience in outreach, communication, event management
- Capacity to interact with high-level delegations
- Professional experience in international communications, management and advisory roles, having worked in relevant fields for international/national institutions/companies and managed international networks
- Professional experience in event management
- Proven working experience in the management of interdisciplinary projects and teams, preferably for international organisations, and supervising the implementation of event management arrangements
Specific Professional Experience
- Understanding of EU and India sectoral policy, institutional and business context and networks with knowledge partners, vendors, and other stakeholders in India is required.
- Proven sectoral working experience in the development and implementation of international networks, strategies and instruments for stakeholder engagement, dissemination of knowledge, or equivalent
- Proven working experience in comparable projects for the Services of the European Commission, including in the context of the EU-India cooperation framework, preferably in an overall project responsibility role
- Direct experience in organising events of this level and in participant/invitation management
Additional information
The normal place of posting for this assignment is New Delhi.
Only candidates with relevant profiles will be contacted with follow-up queries.
India
Attachments
Duration of assignment
01/10/2024
- 28/02/2025
Deadline for applications
04/10/2024
Job type
short term
Job status
forecast
Project reference
23-0128-000-IND-PDSF-INTPA