Pollution Insights Consultant at World Resources Institute (WRI)

Scope of Work and Deliverables/Outputs

• Develop reproducible and scalable data management and interoperability protocol for Nairobi and Kampala AQ practitioners to evaluate data quality and share within their networks [SW1][BC2]
• Test Pollution Insights tool by developing data base of flux divergence tropomi[TC3] data and series of maps and NO2 pollution sources in Nairobi, comparing it with available emissions inventory data
• Develop ease-of-use methodology for Pollution Insights (PI) tool, identifying opportunities and barriers for utilization by both technical and non-technical audiences. Produce PI guidance document for cities to replicate process of identifying and quantifying emissions of air pollutants
• Evaluate Nairobi use of PI, producing recommendation note on feasibility of expanding to other cities and contributing to webinar design for orienting AQ practitioners to PI tool

Consultant Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, engineering, or atmospheric sciences
• Ideally an MS or PhD in data analytics
• 1-3 years of experience of analyses of environmental and/or health analyses
• Intermediate to Advanced Matlab
• Intermediate to Advanced Python
• Intermediate to Advanced SQL (Structured Query Language)
• Intermediate-level English