India Passive Cooling Expert

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is seeking a specialist to support the Cool Coalition workstreams in India. The consultant will provide technical expertise for sustainable urban cooling, assisting developers, governments and partners with passive cooling solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical hand‑holding to developers on passive and sustainable cooling delivery.
• Conduct research and develop knowledge products, tools and guidelines on passive cooling.
• Build energy simulations to assess cooling performance of urban projects.
• Design and deliver training sessions and capacity‑building workshops for sub‑national governments and real‑estate developers.
• Support the preparation of funding proposals for cooling initiatives.
• Collaborate with UNEP’s Buildings and Cooling Unit to advance India’s Cooling Programme.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Energy Policy, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Physics or related field (or first‑level degree plus two additional years of experience).
• Minimum eight years of relevant experience, preferably focused on energy, cities and the environment.
• Demonstrated experience in multi‑stakeholder project development, financing, partnership building and administration within the sustainable energy context.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; knowledge of Hindi is required; French is an advantage.