WRI India - Program Manager - Geo Analytics

Program Manager Geo Analytics, Food Land and Us

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. 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.

Our mission and values :

WRIs mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earths environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Our values are shared ideals that bind us together : Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence and Respect.

Our is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission including equal opportunities in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, caste, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Program Overview for Food, Land and Water :

WRI Indias Food, Land and Water program aims to inform Indias 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.

Job Program Manager, GeoAnalytics will support the Food, Land and Water (FLW) program in delivering data-driven analyses across sustainable agriculture, landscape restoration, and food loss and waste. The role will contribute to the development of online digital infrastructure for decision support for nature-based solutions and work closely with internal teams and partners to provide geospatial analyses, visualization, and modeling. This position will focus on coordinating project activities, ensuring timely delivery, and supporting the application of technical insights for on-ground implementation.

What you will and Innovation (60%)

• Support technology and product development (online platforms, apps, tools) by applying analytical methods for nature-based solutions like landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture, and reducing food loss and waste.
• Conduct analyses using remote sensing and multi-sectoral datasets, and contribute to research outputs and data-driven methods.
• Collaborate with senior team members to implement product vision, roadmap, and strategy.
• Draft sections of working papers, technical notes, and other knowledge products.

Project Management (20%)

Outreach and Knowledge Curation (20%)

What you will need :

Duration : 1 Year (extendable based on performance and project requirements). The start date is as soon as possible.

(ref : iimjobs.com)