Transport Infrastructure Advisor

 VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

• Providing technical expertise and advice to the partner and steering consultants in implementing the project effectively.
• Conceive new ideas with team and discussion with identified partners and to be taken to its logical end.
• Providing technical inputs and taking lead role in preparation and reviewing of various technical products developed under the projects and take full responsibility of the accomplishment of project indicators.
• Handling discussions with new stakeholders, start-ups, digital solutions providers to understand the new horizons to be explored for the project.
• Contributing to conceptual and strategic development of project goals, activities, and operational planning in close collaboration with the team.
• Supporting procurement and monitoring processes of the both projects.
• Provide cross-project support in the transport sector of the SUID cluster. 

• Providing technical inputs in the field of regional freight for the formulation of policies at state and national level.
• Providing technical support across various cities, state departments, national ministries and think tanks as and when required by the project interventions.
• Experience in working transport mitigation projects at national and sub-national level.
• If required presenting the work of the project at national platforms, conferences and workshops.
• Technical review and quality assurance of technical deliverables from national and international consultancy teams and implementing partners.
• Understanding of blended finance mechanisms, credit guarantee schemes or some innovative finance instruments for transport infrastructure projects 
• Strong understanding of the road freight sector, including trucking operations, fleet structures, freight movement patterns, vehicle categories, freight corridors and key industry stakeholders. 

• Prepare Terms of Reference (ToRs), Request for Proposals (RFPs) and related procurement documents for project activities in line with GIZ rules and guidelines.
• Coordinate the tendering process including publication, pre-bid meetings, clarifications, and evaluation procedures.
• Support the selection of consultants through GIZ’s transparent and competitive processes.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance to contractors, grantees ensuring implementation and quality reporting of deliverables. Ensure timely onboarding of consultants, including orientation on project goals, deliverables, and reporting formats.
• Facilitate contracting procedures including negotiation, documentation, and compliance checks.
• Monitor deliverables and payment schedules to ensure timely submission and disbursement. Coordinate with finance and administration teams to process payments based on verified outputs.
• Ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial procedures. Coordinate with finance and administration teams to process payments based on verified outputs. 

• Stakeholder management and communication with internal and external cooperation partners in a national and international context.
• Undertaking the process of identifying potential stakeholders/partners at state and local level by initiating stakeholder mapping for each state/city responsible for implementation.
• Formulating project action plans and synchronising the planning and budgeting system with partners' mechanism and systems.
• Undertaking field visits with project partners (national/international) in accordance with project requirements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to disseminate project results and present findings to diverse stakeholders and partners.
• Strong private-sector engagement skills, with the ability to work with fleet operators, logistics companies, OEMs, energy companies, financial institutions, technology providers and industry associations. 

• Maintain and regularly update project knowledge repositories, ensuring that key project documents, technical studies, presentations, datasets, meeting records and other relevant materials are systematically filed and easily accessible to the project team.
• Maintain and periodically update stakeholder databases and engagement records, including key contacts, areas of engagement, discussions, commitments and follow-up actions.
• Maintain project trackers and internal dashboards, including activity plans, deliverables, milestones, project indicators, stakeholder engagements and other agreed monitoring parameters, ensuring that information is updated regularly and accurately.
• Maintain records of project and stakeholder engagements, including meeting notes, decisions, agreed actions, responsibilities and timelines, and follow up with relevant team members and stakeholders on pending actions.
• Support systematic documentation of project learnings, good practices, case studies and lessons learned, particularly those emerging from implementation, stakeholder consultations and field activities.
• Support preparation and updating of project knowledge products, including presentations, briefing materials, FAQs, factsheets, background documents and other internal or external communication materials.
• Support the compilation and quality-checking of data and evidence required for project monitoring, reporting and indicator achievement, maintaining appropriate source references and documentation.
• Contribute to cross-project knowledge sharing within the SUID cluster, including identification and dissemination of relevant experiences, tools, approaches and lessons from other transport projects. 

• Maintaining a good flow of communication and information with responsible state partners and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring regular coordination with national and international think tanks, identify suitable proposals from national and local level recipients of grants, finance agreements and local subsidies.
• Coordinating with stakeholders for project-progress and ensuring the monitoring impact. 

• Post Graduate degree in transport planning or any other degree with relevance for the position.
• 3-5 years of experience working in Road Freight Sector.
• Experience in development cooperation within an international organization or as a consultant, experience in German development cooperation is an asset.
• Proven track record in providing policy advice to political decision makers in the field of climate mitigation.
• Very good knowledge of English and Hindi.
• Excellent command of common IT applications (Microsoft 365/Teams); affinity for agile methods and digital collaboration tools, methodological skills. 

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• GIZ supports Work-Life Balance.
• GIZ promotes Gender Diversity – Applications from women professionals are encouraged.
• Please note that those individuals who have completed a consultancy assignment with GIZ in less than 6 months prior to the intended start date for this position will not be shortlisted due to organisational policy.