WRI Indonesia seeks to assist the Government of Indonesia in enhancing and mainstreaming innovative low-carbon development approaches to transform the transportation sector in addressing urban mobility issues in the coastal metropolitan of Indonesia that would pave the way for sustainable development and help achieve the government's bold climate target ie. Net zero-emission.
WRI Indonesia in collaboration with the UK Government through its Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UK FCDO) has initiated partnering cooperation under the UK Partnering for Accelerating Climate Transitions (UK PACT) to provide programmatic and technical advisory support to address the twin challenges posed by Covid-19 recovery and the risk of natural disaster and climate change to the urban mobility infrastructure and services. The project, which holds the title “Enhancing sustainable urban mobility of coastal metropolitan towards low carbon development”, recognizes the role of WRI Indonesia to lead policy advocacy, technical support, and analytics to subnational governments to design strategies and prepare for the transition towards a low-carbon, inclusive, and safe urban mobility system.
The technical assistance will enable support in two coastal cities i.e. Makassar and Surabaya, which are projected to implement a mass rapid transit program by 2024 and yet are known for their vulnerability to sea-level rise and flooding. Some of the activities to be conducted include policy dialogue with the subnational governments, capacity building for stakeholders, the development of a platform to monitor the impact on emission reduction in the specified area, assessment of spatial plans and infrastructure to design a sustainable urban mobility action plan, develop conceptual design and feasibility study of an urban mobility policy, and knowledge management. The project will benefit from WRI's Indonesia portfolio on e-mobility through lessons on developing policy with subnational governments on promoting the utilization of Electric vehicles.
General Internship Roles
The Intern will be working closely with WRI Indonesia cities team under direct supervision from the Senior Urban Sustainability Program Lead to provide assistance and support on various transport and urban planning policy studies especially on sustainable transport, urban mobility, and inclusive public design. The intern will be actively involved on the policy analysis and research project to determine policy gaps required in each city, co-creating research framework, concept note, proposal and report, and learn the process on how to produce high-quality data inputs in data collection process and analysis. The intern will also actively involved on the engagement activities including developing materials for engagement needs.
This position will be based in Jakarta with teleworking mechanism. Travel to other cities is on a need basis.
What You Will Learn * Learning experience and exposed to various transport and urban planning related topics, such as non-motorized transport, transit-oriented development, emission monitoring, city resiliency, etc.
- Developing research skills and applying findings to transport and urban sustainability program strategic planning and researches.
- Involvement in policy and regulatory analysis on the transportation and sustainable cities, determining the gaps and compose a policy brief to address the determined gaps;
- Involvement in research on resilience cities, transport pattern, and other transport data collection;
- Involvement in writing white papers, and knowledge products;
- Involvement in event planning and execution, data collection and processing, and project development, as necessary.
- Developing engagement skills and applying them to support transport and urban planning projects.
- Involvement and gain insights on engagement strategy with key transport-cities stakeholders, such as government, private sector, local community etc.;
- Develop materials for engagement activities and events;
- Assist with meetings and other external communication tasks.
- Bachelor or fresh graduate in Regional Planning/ Civil Engineering/ Environmental science/ Energy/ Public Policy/ Law, having an experience to work with the public sector is a plus
- Proven application of experience within a specific area or breadth across multiple areas with in-depth knowledge within some areas
- Strong analytical skills and knowledge to carry out technical reviews of various project deliverables such as technical guidelines, basic or detailed construction design, and feasibility studies
- Strong interest on learning transport policy and required regulations towards urban sustainable mobility
- Familiarity on urban mobility issues and the interrelated linkage they have with climate change, energy, air quality, and built environment
- Willingness to travel to project's targetedcities : Surabaya, Makassar, or othe city as assigned
- Self-motivated and able to work independently and as a team player;
- Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English on both verbal and written communications
- Legally able to enroll on an internship program in Indonesia
6 (six) months
Internship Terms
Full-time, Paid internship
What we offer:
- Internship standard wages
- Travel insurance for both domestic and international for any travel duty as assigned by WRI Indonesia
- Access to the WRI global network
- A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.
How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal.
Application close: 1700 (DKI Jakarta local time), 17 January 2023. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
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WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.
Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI's 10-year history in the country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.
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