CEE Requires Programme Officers Centre for Environment Education

CEE Centre for Environment Education Requires Programme Officers CEE, a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, works for education for sustainable development with thrust on climate change, sustainable business, biodiversity conservation, urban issues, alternative livelihoods; engaging different stakeholder groups like industries, policy makers, communities, children, youth, in service professionals, media. Opportunities exist for First Class Post Graduates for CEE offices across India. Starting consolidated salary 35,000 p.m. for Programme Officers. The individuals should be self motivated, committed, passionate, sincere and creative, with an aptitude for communication, team-work, and good analytical and lateral thinking skills. Apply online within 7 days. For details visit our website www.ceeindia.org To apply, click here (APPLICATION FORM) What does CEE do? (click here) CEE requires Programme Officers: Consolidated Salary starting at Rs 35000.00 per month. In addition, a performance-based incentive of up to Rs 50,000.00 annually can be earned. Responsibilities:  The Officer at this level will be responsible for implementation of development education and communication programmes, their documentation and would need to assist the Programme Coordination team. The incumbent shall also be responsible for carrying out the relevant subject research and support development of project documents and educational products.Essential Qualifications: First class Masters degree; Individuals with a first class BE are also eligible to apply. Who have Ph.D OR First class Masters degree/BE plus five years of relevant work experience will be recruited as Programme Officer D starting salary at Rs. 42,500 per month. How to Apply? Download the application form provided on this web page. Fill it and send the same to recruitment@ceeindia.org, within 7 days of publishing of this advertisement in the newspaper. Nature of Appointment The selected candidates will be offered a Fixed Term Appointment. Initially, the appointment shall be for a period of three years at an appropriate grade. The monthly consolidated salary for Programme Officers C starts at Rs. 35000. In addition, a performance-based incentive of up to Rs. 50,000 can be earned annually by staff members appointed at the levels PO-C. The Recruitment Process After a preliminary scrutiny of the applications received, there will be the first shortlisting, primarily based on essential qualifications. The shortlisted candidates will be invited for the next stage of the selection process. Another application form will accompany the invitation mail. The method of final selection will include a time-bound online Written Test, Phone interview, Group Discussion, and Personal Interview. To be able to write the online test, the candidate will be required to have knowledge of MS Office or equivalent operating software. Candidates called for the Personal Interview will be required to submit copies of documents pertaining to their qualifications and work experience at this stage. The original documents shall also be brought for verification by CEE. Provided below is a list of some of the major areas of work at CEE. Click on these to know more: Formal Education EE in schools and institutes of higher learning has been a thrust of work at CEE since its inception. In the area of school education, CEE works to awaken interest, raise awareness and provide information and knowledge among children, about environment in all its aspects, taking children towards action to improve the environment; and develops, produces and disseminates prototype material and programmes covering a wide range of environment and development themes. While CEE works directly in many schools, it facilitates teaching-learning of environment in schools through networking and partnerships. CEE has played an important role in mainstreaming EE and ESD in the school curriculum through participation in development of syllabi for EE, textbook development to infuse EE at the national level, with several state boards and other publishers of textbooks, orienting key persons in the education sector, and building partnerships for strengthening ESD in school education. Higher education programmes of the Centre are based on the recognition to the need to extend ESD to college students who are on the threshold of becoming active participants in society as citizens, decision makers and leaders. The Universities are seen as the hub for Knowledge networks linking higher education institutions with communities, NGOs, schools and other stakeholder groups, to explore solutions for locale-specific sustainability related issues. Activities include development of teaching-learning material, courses, faculty orientation programmes, specialized workshops, student research, internships and pre-service teacher education on Environment and Development. To know more, visitEducation for Children, EE in Higher Education, Experiencing Nature and Examination System for EE, Initiatives for the UN DESD Youth in Sustainable Development Youth constitute more than 40 per cent of India’s population and therefore they are critical as drivers of change. CEE’s programmes at local, national, South Asia and International levels include capacity building of youth to take on this role. CEE’s programmes seek to make youth aware of environment and development realities.  CEE facilitates their involvement in taking action for improving their immediate environment by helping the youth make environmentally correct lifestyle choices. Centre’s youth programmes are offered through formal and non-formal approaches and reach out to youth in the country as well as in the region. CEE hosts the Secretariat and is the India National Focal Point for the South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN), supported by UNEP. To know more, visit Education for Youth and Initiatives for the UN DESD Education, Training and Capacity Building Professionals involved in educating and communicating for environment and development need to have a multidisciplinary perspective; an understanding of development processes, and they also need to possess unique set of skills. CEE uses training as tool to enhance skills, and capacities in education for sustainable development. As an internationally acclaimed institution engaged in training and capacity building, the Centre has trained several thousand professionals—teachers, teacher trainers, textbook writers, forest officers, other government officials, media professionals, NGO members, etc.—both, within and outside the country. Since the year 2000, CEE has been the National Host Institution for the Small Grants Programme (SGP) funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), UNDP. SGP continues to support initiatives which demonstrate community based innovative gender-sensitive participatory approaches and lessons that reduce threats to the local and global environment. SGP India supports demand-led local area and community based action projects country-wide. The emphasis is on establishing low-cost, low-external input and easy to manage technology and social mechanisms to enhance livelihoods. To know more, visit Training, Networking and Capacity Building and Facilitating NGO and Community Initiative Media, IT and Communication  The importance of an informed citizenry in achieving sustainable development is critical. CEE seeks to optimally utilize existing media networks to raise awareness of the general public on the environment and its relevance to development. CEE’s work with media ranges from traditional to new media tools. CEE has employed mainstream media, electronic fora, audio-visual programmes, films, radio and TV programmes for reaching out. The Centre has pioneered the use of new media such as websites, portals and social networking tools and technologies such as the GIS, towards facilitating people’s participation in policy and decision making. To know more, visit Communicating through Media, Knowledge Management for SD, and Education for Youth                                  Sustainable Business and Climate Change  CEE's Sustainable Business and Climate Change (SBCC) Group works at the core business of different industries in order to assist them in their attempts towards a sustainable development. Our activities like information servicing, training and capacity building of decision makers in the corporate sector seek cleaner production, energy efficiency and waste management, linking industrial activities with environment protection. The group also focuses on climate change education for sustainable development, CDM projects and footprint calculations - not only for companies but a variety of stakeholders like students or government bodies. CEE also seeks to facilitate the acceptance of waste minimization by the industrial sector as a way of sustaining growth and profits. This thrust area of the Centre has built capabilities over the years on aspects related to integrating education and sustainable development framework into information servicing, training and capacity building of industries and decision makers on aspects relating to cleaner production, energy efficiency, emission reduction, linking industrial activities with environment protection. The programme activities include developing audit and assessment protocols for industry and community projects. The activities field test newer approaches in conservation monitoring and demonstration projects related to industry and environment interface including climate change. To know more, visit Industry Initiatives, Waste Management, Sustainable Urban Development, and Facilitating NGO and Community Initiative Sustainable Rural Development CEE’s Programmes in Rural areas are based on the understanding that developmental action and environment education are counterparts in the process of bringing visible, viable and sustainable improvement in quality of life of rural communities. The vision of the Centre is to contribute to the knowledge and practice of sustainable development of ecologically sensitive, stressed, fragile areas through promotion of equitable and sustainable livelihood strategies. Through its field programmes, CEE develops, adapts and encourages a variety of natural resource management approaches and facilitates such initiatives by other groups. These include activities aimed at creating awareness among the communities about the ecological significance of the areas around which they live. Experimenting social development tools is also an integral part of Centre’s work in the field of rural sustainable development. To know more, visit Sustainable Rural Development,Water and Sanitation, Knowledge Management for SD, Initiatives for UN DESD and Facilitating NGO and Community Initiative Urban Programmes India has a very large and increasing urban population. Well-planned cities can help to achieve healthy living conditions and a good quality of life for all with a low footprint. CEE’s programmes seek to promote public interest and community involvement in improving the urban environment. Working with issues in city planning, energy, transport, housing, and urban governance, CEE’s urban programmes work closely with the network of urban planners, architects, municipal corporations, citizens’ group, and academic institutions. To know more, visit Sustainable Urban Development,Knowledge Management for SD,Waste Management and Education for Youth, Initiatives for UN DESD Conservation Education—Biodiversity, Forests and Wildlife CEE recognizes that protection of biodiversity is a critical national and global priority and that it is linked to the livelihoods of millions of people. CEE’s work seeks to promote the conservation of biological resources and associated knowledge as well as facilitating access to them in a sustainable manner. CEE has also initiated programmes to address a range of issues and to practically demonstrate ecologically sound alternatives to support sustainable resource management in ecologically critical areas. Apart from education and capacity-building, CEE also focuses on promoting sustainable tourism, appropriate technologies, and information servicing and networking for biodiversity and wildlife conservation. To know more, visit Experiencing Nature,Biodiversity Conservation,EE for Fragile Areas, Sustainable Rural Development,Facilitating NGO and Community Initiative and Ecotourism Climate Change Education Climate change has emerged as one of the biggest threats of the decade. Given that climate change is about lifestyles and attitude, education can act as the master key for combating climate change. It is with this philosophy that CEE has launched Climate Change education programme, with special focus on schools and colleges. CEE is reaching out to over 200,000 schools and several colleges across the country, enabling them to take positive action for the environment. To know more, visit Education for Children,Education for Youth, Industry Initiatives, Facilitating NGO and Community Initiative Interpretation CEE has pioneered the art and technology for wildlife and cultural heritage interpretation in the country. CEE has set up its CEE’s interpretation programmes enhance visitor experience at natural and cultural heritage sites by providing on-site information. CEE’s interpretation programmes cover Protected Areas, Zoos and Archaeological Monuments. These programmes are designed to use a recreational visit as an educational opportunity, to provide on-site information through signages and exhibits and to increase public commitment to the cause of conservation. CEE’s ability of authentic scientific research, effective communication and an extremely skilful in-house team of graphic and exhibit designers, provide an edge to CEE’s interpretation initiatives. To know more, visit EE through Interpretation, Experiencing Nature Action Research and Evaluation As one of the new thrust areas of the Centre, Research in EE, provides a new direction to the work at CEE. One of the earliest activities being carried out includes the compilation, editing and publishing of a peer-reviewed International Journal on ESD. CEE plans to strengthen the research component in most of its activities, programmes and thrust of work. To know more, visit Research in EE and ESD Human and Institutional Development CEE is an organization built around committed people. Centre’s staff, of over 350 members, represents a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, and works in multi-disciplinary teams to achieve the Centre’s mandate. It is in this context that the role Human and Institutional Development (HID) team in the Centre becomes extremely critical. The HID team at CEE is involved in strengthening institutional systems and processes and facilitating Human Resource development. The team is also responsible for identifying and fulfilling training needs of the Centre’s staff members. A major role of the HID team is to create tools towards enhancing synergy among the various programme teams of the Centre; with a view to help them share and learn from each others’ experiences. To know more, visit Organizational Structure and The Team Resource Mobilisation and Management Project Management is a part of all programmes and activities of the Centre. Generating projects, writing proposals and fund raising is an activity conducted by all Coordinators in CEE. However, opportunities for developing large proposals, which are multi-group and at institutional level, need to be identified, captured and incubated before it gets to a programme team. At CEE, the Director’s Office and a special group called the Futures Group, are involved in this activity. Waste and Resource Management CEE has worked on the issue of solid waste management since 1992. CEE’s initiative, which started as a small activity in Bangalore and nearby districts as demonstration projects, has been able to demonstrate a sustainable model for integrating the best environmental concepts and practices such as reducing wastage, maximizing reuse and encouraging eco-friendly recycling along with community participation, involvement of the local government, philanthropic and commercial organizations and vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. It has set up plastic and paper waste recycling units which involve women and unemployed youth in developing products out of recyclable paper and plastic and help them in sale of the products developed. CEE is also working closely with the government and healthcare establishments in the area of biomedical waste management. Activities include setting up of systems for the management and disposal of biomedical waste. One of the most recent initiatives under this area includes working with issues in e-waste management. To know more, visit Waste Managementand Sustainable Urban Development Disaster Preparedness and Rehabilitation Since the Gujarat earthquake in 2001, CEE has initiated programmes for the people affected by natural disasters. Starting with post earthquake Rebuilding Hope programme, CEE has worked in this area after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, as well as the earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir in 2007. The approach of having a long-term intervention in these areas is to work with and capacity-build communities to become more disaster-resilient and cope better. These programmes, after fulfilling immediate needs of shelter, provisions, etc., ultimately look at strengthening livelihood opportunities and addressing environmental and development problems at a larger scale, which involves different stakeholders working together on long-term basis. CEE’s work has been in keeping with the international frameworks and developments in Disaster Risk Reduction. To know more, visit Disaster Preparedness and Rehabilitation, Sustainable Rural Development and Sustainable Urban Development
	Internships are of one of the key capacity building opportunities provided to the individual youth by the SAYEN Secretariat. Young graduates while starting their career or higher education or for whom it is an academic requirement, join us as interns.