WOTR Hiring for Sr . Officer at Pune, India Full Time

Job Description

• Draw integrated drought resilience plan and execute at block-level regions incorporating watershed development activities, smart agriculture practices and water stewardship programs

• Involvement in writing project proposals budget, coordinate and follow-up with funders/donors, etc.

• Liaison with government functionaries and departments, non-governmental organizations, Universities and institutes

• Work in interdisciplinary manner to address cross-cutting issues

• Identify indicators to run and implement program successfully on ground

• Monitor and scale up/replicate programs on regional scale in different geographies

• Design tools required to disseminate information amongst stakeholders, to document, and execute the project activities and undertake trainings/workshops and to develop training modules

• Assist in statistical analysis and database management/creation with respect to water resources, meteorology, socio-economic data through appropriate statistical tools

• Establish link between climate projections and drought/drought-like conditions and accordingly anticipate drought action plan

• Structure locale specific water governance plan/institution and policies

• Technical support and guidance to staff, identified farmers, SHG groups, village development committees as and when required on watershed development activities, water conservation techniques, demand-supply side management, etc.

• Study the relationship between water resources, agriculture and LULC patterns by using hydrological models.

• Synthesis and publish research results in peer reviewed journals, working papers, policy briefs, and info notes, including translating these into non-scientific language for a wide range of stakeholders .

Qualifications :

• PhD or Master s in Geology/hydrology/water resource management

Specialization with Essential criteria required :

• Able to coordinate field as well as research team and establish link between teams for data management and execution of project

• Well versed with instruments handling (tracer, GPS, Geophysical survey machine, etc.)

• Should be able to monitor and evaluate hydrological characteristics

• Ability to estimate the quality and performance of watershed structures will be added advantage

• Should have knowledge of latest various geo-exploration methods

• Must have knowledge of basics of MS-Office for large data handling and analysis

• Knowledge of Local/regional language and Hindi will be additional advantage

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Skills Required