Program Overview

WRI’sairqualityprogramisaglobalinitiativethatseekstoidentify,buildawarenessof,andeliminatetherootcausesofair pollutionthatdamages climate,human, and ecosystem health.Theprogram has threemainareas ofwork: (i)engagement withcitystakeholderstouseparticipatoryscience todiagnoseanddeveloptargeted,cost-effectivecleanairsolutionsto protecthumanhealth andclimate, (ii)workingwith thesciencecommunity toconvertinnovativemethodsinto toolsand productsthatcommunitiesandpolicymakerscanusetobetter managetheirimpactontheatmosphere,and(iii)working withnationalgovernmentsand businessnetworks todesignandimplementbroaderregional-to-globalairquality governance.ItisapartoftheWRIRossCenteronSustainableCities,withadditionaloversightfrom theDataLaband engagementwithClimate,Governance,Energy,and otherprogramsatWRI.Theteamisglobal,withseniorexperts distributed acrossWRI’snetworkofinternationaloffices

Clean Air Catalyst

WRI Indonesia air quality program is growing along with the new USAID-funded program called “Clean Air Catalyst ” ,whichwill beimplemented byaglobalconsortiumthatWRIisleadingwithEDF andotherpartners.The consortiumincludessixadditionalpartners:CleanAirToolboxforCities(ColumbiaUniversity),ClimateandCleanAirCoalition, InternewsNetwork,MAP-AQ,OpenAQ,andVitalStrategies.TheprogramwillworkinthreepilotregionswithWRIinternationalofficesandlocalpartners totestandrefineathree-partdatatoactionmethodologyforimproving airqualityanddeliveringclimate co-benefits. Weplantoworkwithlocal partners in threepilotregions– oneofwhichisJakarta,Indonesia– totest and refine athree-partdatatoactionmethodologyforimproving airqualityanddelivering climate co-benefits.

Southeast Asia (SEA) Air Quality Community of Practice

SEA Air Quality Community of Practice is part of Air Quality Program at the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. It is coordinated by WRI Mexico in collaboration with WRI Africa and is the first pilot in Latin America with an intersection with a project in Africa. The objective is to disseminate, share and promote best practices for the generation and use of data and tools for air quality management and climate change mitigation through a specialized community of practice through a series of technical seminars (Tech talks). This community is addressed to technical teams, government authorities from cities in Latin America and Africa, and specialists interested in the topics. As context, in 2020 and 2021, the CityAQ project was piloted to provide participating cities with station-level, bias-adjusted air quality forecasts to anticipate air quality events, communicate with stakeholders and more effectively manage local interventions. The new phase of this project funded by Clean Air Fund and UNEP science is called CanAIRy Alert aiming to include air quality data from low-cost sensor networks to produce bias corrected station level forecast for 4 cities in Africa (Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali and Accra).

The outcomes of this initiative consist of: (1) strengthened knowledge, technical capacity, and a network for air quality experts, practitioners, and stakeholders in the context of air quality awareness, monitoring, modeling, and management in the three focused countries within Southeast Asia; (2) cross-border sharing of experience on air quality management and (3) guidance on the use of already available and successfully implemented tools for enhanced action on clean air solutions by stakeholders. This initiative include Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines as the main beneficiaries at the country level, while the secondary beneficiaries include other Southeast Asia countries, for example, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.

Job Highlight

The Air Quality and Climate Research Analyst will support the CAC and Community of Practice projects while bringing up climate perspective within research activities. Research works that falls within the responsibilities of this position apart from the general research works is including but not limited to producing writing report, concept notes, technical notes, and other knowledge product.

Under the supervision of Project Manager for Air Quality, the research analyst will work closely and collaboratively with the local and global science teams for research plan, data collection, analysis and coordination. This position based in Jakarta with office-flex working arrangements with possibility of doing travel when needed.

What You Will Do

Research and Knowledge (70%)

• Providing robust and unbiased research on climate and air quality, particularly on the short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP). The research activities may cover but not limited to emission inventories, source apportionment, etc.
• Work with other research teams in constructing a research framework, concept note, proposal, and report
• Co-authoring knowledge product, peer-reviewed or otherwise, and other communications documents
• Conduct data collection and analysis
• Perform survey and field work related to air quality monitoring capacity
• Support policy advocacy on air quality solutions/clean air actions.
• Actively contribute to WRI Indonesia research activities, in particular for topics related to climate and air quality

Project Management (10%)

• Participate in online/offline meeting relat<span