VP/SVP Water Management Expert

The Challenge

Across the globe, climate change is having a huge impact on the lives of millions of people. Cities are home to half of the worlds population and they are incredibly vulnerable to climate change. High temperatures, sea level rises and extreme weather are all felt acutely in urban areas. In the face of mounting shocks and stresses, cities face the enormous and urgent task of adapting to a more volatile world.

The insurance industry has a huge role to play in smoothing out volatility and building resilience. It is well established that insurance can pick up the pieces when things go wrong; but we are just scratching the surface of its ability to unlock and accelerate the development of technology and infrastructure projects that cities need to implement in order to adapt to the kinds of resilience challenges they will face as global temperatures continue to rise.
Objective

Resilient Cities Network has partnered with international insurance broker, Howden, and other insurance members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force (SMI ITF) to create a joint fellowship program. The objective of which is to help protect member cities and vulnerable communities against mounting climate-related shocks and stresses.

The selected cities will benefit from hands-on, solutions-focused risk consultancy focused on building long-term holistic and equitable resilience and reducing citys vulnerabilities. With a deeper understanding of the impact of a warming world on cities, the insurance market will be better equipped to innovate and evolve to effectively respond to new risks and develop solutions that remove barriers to resilience-building investments.
The Role And Key Responsibilities

• 4 months embedded in Surat (extendable by 2 months if mutually desired by Howden and Surat Municipal Council). Post the project completion, the candidate will be based out of Mumbai.


• Placement / reporting lines


• The candidate will sit in the chief city engineers special cell, and report directly to the Chief Engineer.



• The candidate will have a dotted reporting line and regular engagements with the CRO.

Role

Understand how risk transfer solutions can be incorporated into the long term management of waste and water.
Focus areas for Fellow

• Long-term management of water resources (including flooding risk)


• Long-term management of solid waste

Objectives for Fellow

• Understand the citys long-term water and waste management vulnerabilities.


• Establish relationships with key industry partners, and identity points ofcollaboration and partnership around the citys long term waste and water management strategy.


• In conjunction with SMC officials and key industry partners consider innovative solutions to managing the cities long-term water and waste vulnerabilities, including risk transfer solutions. Support the SMC to understand the pricing of any relevant risk transfer solutions.

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Key Skills

• Working proficiency in Hindi and English. Proficiency in Gujarati preferred, but not pre-requisite.


• Basic understanding of the operational realities of the water and/or waste management sectors. Chemical Engineer with 7-10 years experience.


• Knowledge of Surat and its resilience risks . The candidate will receive training on Surat resilience strategy, growth trajectory etc, but familiarity with the politics and socio-economics of Gujarat and Surat would be beneficial.

Industry: Insurance

Department: Consulting

Role Category: Other Consulting

Role: Environmental Consultant

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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