Intern - Disaster Management

About Palladium

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90+ countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies, and, most importantly, people's lives.

Project Name

PMU for Technical Support and Implementation of Comprehensive Disaster Planning, Management & Response, Government of Maharashtra

Project Overview

Palladium has been appointed as the Project Management and Technical Support Facility to the Government of Maharashtra for a 4-year period. Palladium will implement a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach in India towards addressing all aspects of disaster management, including Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, Relief, and Rehabilitation. We will contribute towards improving the ability to understand and map disaster risk, strengthen relationships between departments, CSOs, NGOs, and other ecosystem partners through targeted mainstreaming and convergence, align appropriate physical, financial, and human resources to support on-ground activities, and support resilience at the community and state level through innovations and best practices from across the globe.

The interns will be primarily engaged in :

• Field-level coordination and documentation
• Primary/Secondary Risk Assessment
• Data compilation, reporting, and stakeholder interaction
• Support to existing team in Nashik

Preferred profile:

• Fluency in spoken and written Marathi (mandatory)
• Background in Disaster Management, Social Work, Urban Planning, Public Policy, Engineering, or related disciplines
• Familiarity with government systems and district administration will be an added advantage
• Willingness to work on ground in Nashik district during the assignment period

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

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Safeguarding

We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm.” We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.