Program Lead - Geo Analytics, Food Land and Water Who we are and what we do?WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization. Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Program Overview for Food, Land and Water: WRI India’s Food, Land and Water program aims to inform India’s transition towards sustainable and resilient food and land use systems focusing on developing interdisciplinary nature-based solutions like landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture to mitigate climate impacts, enhance jobs and livelihoods and improve nutritional security. To catalyse systems, change with a focus on circular food systems in India, we also focus on developing equitable strategies to reduce food loss and food waste and mitigate climate impacts.With broader systems change and food systems perspective, we work with diverse stakeholders like governments, businesses, civil society partners and farmer producer organizations to inform and develop land use strategies based on robust evidence and analysis to build the resilience of local communities to mitigate climate impacts, bridge capacity gaps, monitor progress, and inform a pathway to building a restoration economy for people, nature, and climate. About your role:The Program Lead, Geoanalytics will be a key member of WRI India’s FLW program and will lead and manage a variety of data driven analyses across our core work areas —sustainable agriculture, landscape restoration, food loss and waste. You will leverage data, information and technical expertise to make informed choices and design solutions. The role involves developing an online digital infrastructure for decision support for nature based solutions (e.g., landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture, riparian restoration) and food loss and waste. You will be able to provide actionable insights and solutions that can transform data and assist our stakeholders to design solutions on the ground that enable sustainable food and land use systems This will entail working with interdisciplinary team and external stakeholders to provide core analytical expertise and customized visualization insights using appropriate spatial modeling tools and methods. How your day will unfold:
Research and Innovation (60%)
● Lead technology and product development (online platform, apps, tools) by providing technical knowledge to inform decision making for nature-based solutions like landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture, and reducing food loss and waste. You will work closely with WRI India’s Geoanalytics team and food, land and water team,
● Enhance analytical offerings across pillars of work of FLW by conducting innovative analyses using remote sensing and multi-sectoral datasets and leading new data driven methods and research efforts
● Collaborate with internal teams and key client stakeholders towards developing and implementing product vision, roadmap and strategy.
● Contribute to written outputs including knowledge products, like, working papers, technical notes Project Management (20%)
● Collaborate with teams across pillars and provide subject matter expertise on customized analytical solutions and insights to meet project requirements
● Provide guidance in conducting quantitative research and support internal/external stakeholders on end-to-end analytics deliverables
● Co-ordinate and partner with teams across sectors to assess and understand project needs, scope requirements and lead execution ensuring timely delivery
● Oversee and provide mentorship to the analytics team on geospatial analyses and spatial modeling across domains
Outreach and Knowledge Curation (20%)
● Co-ordinate and liaise with the core communications team on content development strategies to showcase data driven insights via publications and online platforms
● Establish best practices and institutional guidelines on methods and analytical techniques
● Establish external data sharing partnerships for building the digital product and platforms.
Qualifications and requirements we seek: ● Post-graduation degree in Geography, Earth Sciences, Geomatics, Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, or other related fields
● Preferred experience in designing data led solutions related to land sector, natural resource management planning, restoration
● Strong communication skills both written and interpersonal with program management experience
● 10 to 12+ years of relevant work experience in the Geospatial industry with expertise in leading teams delivering analytical solutions
● Proficiency in GIS software including ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 10.x, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, Quantum GIS, MapInfo or similar
● Experience with coding, particularly Python, R, Javascript
● Experience with Google Earth Engine
● Experience in spatial analysis and modeling (e.g., use of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools, Model Builder, Python scripting, SQL or equivalent)
● Experience with MEL systems to track key indicators to assess effectiveness of interventions is a plus
● Experience in handling publicly available GIS datasets, crowd-sourcing platforms such as Open Street Maps and remote-sensing databases
● Business modeling tools such as Tableau and PowerBI
● Good understanding of predictive modeling and forecasting techniques
● Experience with cloud computing and web development is a plus
Salary and Benefits: 25,00,000 to 34,00,000 CTC Per AnnumSalary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package. Location: New Delhi, India Duration: 2 Years (extendable based on performance and project requirements). The start date is as soon as possible.List of Documents to be attached: