Regional Coordinator - National Program for Lead Elimination
Quick overview
Job description
Position Type: Full-time Consultant, Remote working w/ extensive local travel | 1 year contract
Position: Regional Coordinator – National Program for Lead Elimination
# of Positions: 2
Location: Chennai (Tamil Nadu) - 1 and Bengaluru (Karnataka) - 1
Updated: November 2026
GDI (South Asia) Pvt Ltd is a for profit entity legally registered in India. GDI South Asia is part of the GDI network of locally-run and independently-managed global partners with a shared vision and mission. We work with our partners in the US, Africa and Hong Kong to build knowledge and capacity in our incubation services, and we often collaborate across initiatives.
The GDI global network incubates transformational development ventures, working to build and scale the next generation of social impact solutions. From climate to agriculture, health to economic inclusion, we build across sectors to drive game-changing impact at scale. Whether the concepts originate from sector experts, or are developed and tested ourselves, we create new approaches to address persistent global issues.
Over 12–36 months, we deploy our functional teams to help early-stage initiatives design their business strategy and model, develop their brand identity, hire and retain talent, and construct their financial and operational infrastructure. Since our founding in 2013, the global GDI network has built a significant track record in our field, having now shaped over 90 social impact ventures. See more on GDI’s approach and work on our website: www.globaldevincubator.org
About the Initiative
Lead-Safe India is an India-focused and locally-led initiative striving to eliminate the vast majority of lead poisoning across different sources of lead contamination by 2040. India carries over a third of the world’s lead burden — nearly 275 million children face lifelong consequences to their health, learning, and livelihoods because of preventable poisoning.
Lead-Safe India’s priority is on mitigation action by working across the private sector, government, and civil society to drive lasting change. We are starting with one of the most prevalent and neglected sources: used lead-acid battery (ULAB) recycling, which drives up to 33% of lead exposure across low- and middle-income countries. The coalitions and policy infrastructure we build for ULABs will extend to other important and underserved sources, ultimately helping us become the go-to organization for lead reduction in India.
Position Description
The role will involve executing Lead-Safe India's strategy working with two sets of key stakeholders at the state level- prioritizing identified districts close to key cities (Chennai - TN and Bangalore - KA). This includes: (i) government stakeholders i.e. the state and central pollution control boards, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Ministry of Health, State Nodal Officers, and (ii) Industry stakeholders across recyclers, battery manufacturers, and other value chain actors.
The role will require strong stakeholder engagement, field coordination, data and documentation skills and the ability to work effectively within the government system. Key responsibilities will include: mapping health and environmental indicators, supporting capacity-building initiatives, and contributing to the planning, implementation and monitoring of lead elimination action plans.
This is an on-ground, hybrid-working position. Primary work location will be remote/WFH in the respective specified city (Chennai and Bangalore), and engagement with stakeholders may require regular local travel to their offices for meetings/joint working days.
Extensive travel within the assigned state’s prioritized districts is required, with occasional travel to other states as the program expands (AP and TS) and to New Delhi for training and project-related requirements.
Deliverables and Key Areas of Focus:
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including government officials, medical institutions, industry and other relevant partners, sensitising them on lead poisoning and lead elimination
Support the government stakeholders - both state and district levels - in implementing project activities and achieving project objectives
Facilitate inter-departmental coordination across Health, Food, Environment, ESIC, Labour, Mines & Minerals and other relevant departments.
Organise and support capacity-building activities, including training programmes, workshops and stakeholder consultations for district-level stakeholders.
Synthesize information and insights from stakeholder engagement and provide regular updates on progress and challenges.
Map health and environmental indicators and oversee field-level data collection, validation, analysis and identification of lead exposure hotspots.
Prepare and maintain project documentation, including reports, presentations, briefs, capacity-building materials, databases, trackers and other records.
Undertake extensive field travel within the prioritized districts and occasional travel within the state or to New Delhi, and perform other project-related responsibilities as assigned.
4-6 years of relevant professional experience in public health, environment science, social sector programmes and policy implementation, or other related fields.
Field experience in programme implementation and government engagement, especially as a part of Technical Support Units
Strong stakeholder management skills and proven experience managing multiple stakeholders
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Public Health, Health Sciences, or a closely related discipline.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Basic knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis.
Ability to think on one’s feet, solve problems in field settings and work effectively with multiple stakeholders.
Fluency in the local language of the state/district(s) being applied for, along with English, is essential.
Physical location in the specified city (Chennai and Bengaluru) and willingness to commute to districts nearby is essential
How to Apply
If you are interested in this position and meet the qualifications above, please submit a single PDF document containing a one-page cover letter, CV/resume, and daily rate (INR) via this application link outlining your interest in this position and why you would be a good fit. Applicants without a cover letter will not be considered. We review applications on a rolling basis.
The final annual consultation fee for this position will fall in the range of 12 - 15 lacs INR.
GDI South Asia is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.