Associate Counsellor Green Education & Capacity Building

Job
Title

Associate
Counsellor – Green Education & Capacity Building

Vertical

IGBC –
Green Education (Indian Green Building Council, CII)

Location

Hyderabad
(with travel to academic institutions and programmes as required)

Employment
Type

Full‑time |
Permanent

Role
Overview

The Green
Education Educator will play a core academic and delivery role in
strengthening IGBC’s Green Education vertical. The position focuses on designing,
upgrading and delivering sustainability‑focused curricula, certification
programmes and capacity‑building initiatives for students, faculty and
industry professionals.

The role
aligns directly with IGBC’s mission to build a large pool of industry‑ready
green building professionals and strengthen industry–academia linkage. [igbc.in]

Key
Responsibilities

1.
Curriculum & Course Development

• Design, develop and
  continuously upgrade green education programmes and courses aligned
  with IGBC focus areas such as:
  
• Green Buildings & Built
  Environment
  
• Energy Efficiency & Water
  Efficiency
  
• Sustainable Materials &
  Green Products
  
• Indoor Environmental Quality
  
• Life Cycle Assessment and Net
  Zero concepts
  
• Improve and update existing
  IGBC curricula, course content, presentations, case studies and learning
  resources
  
• Ensure alignment with IGBC
  rating systems, tools and certification frameworks [igbc.in]
  

2.
Programme Delivery & Teaching

• Deliver training programmes,
  certification courses, workshops and webinars for:
  
• Students (UG/PG)
  
• Faculty members
  
• Working professionals and
  industry participants
  
• Conduct Faculty Development
  Programmes (FDPs), student certification courses and professional
  trainings as part of IGBC Green Education initiatives [igbc.in]
  
• Adapt teaching methodologies
  for online, hybrid and classroom formats
  

3.
Academic & Institutional Engagement

• Coordinate with universities,
  engineering and architecture colleges, faculty and academic leadership
  to support curriculum integration and elective programmes
  
• Enable industry–academia
  collaboration by aligning educational content with industry needs and
  emerging sustainability trends [igbc.in]
  
• Support outreach and onboarding
  of institutions into IGBC Green Education programmes
  

4.
Content, Knowledge & Research Support

• Develop technical notes,
  concept papers, assessments, quizzes and certification frameworks
  
• Track emerging trends in green
  buildings, climate action, net zero, sustainability education and policy
  
• Support creation of new
  educational offerings in line with national sustainability goals and
  market demand
  

5.
Programme Promotion & Support

• Support programme promotion,
  techno‑marketing and stakeholder communication
  
• Assist internal teams with presentations,
  proposals and academic documentation
  
• Contribute to post‑programme
  reports, feedback analysis and continuous improvement
  

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Requirements

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in:
  
• Architecture / Civil
  Engineering
  
• Environmental Engineering /
  Sustainability
  
• Energy, Climate or Built
  Environment–related disciplines
  
• PhD preferred (or strong academic and
  teaching credentials)
  

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of combined academic,
  training and/or industry experience
  
• Proven experience in:
  
• Teaching / training /
  curriculum development
  
• Sustainability, green
  buildings, energy or environmental domains
  
• Exposure to IGBC / LEED /
  green building frameworks is highly desirable
  

Key
Skills & Competencies

• Strong teaching,
  facilitation and presentation skills
  
• Ability to design and
  deliver programmes independently
  
• Strong technical and
  academic grounding in sustainability and built environment
  
• Comfort with travel to
  campuses and programme locations
  
• Excellent communication and
  stakeholder‑management skills