Conservation
International, an international non-governmental organization, is seeking
applicants for senior level technical manager position to be based in Jakarta.
SLP CONSERVATION SCIENCE SPECIALIST
The Sustainable
Landscapes Partnership (SLP) program will establish a replicable model of
public-private partnerships that foster low carbon development opportunities,
thereby helping to address global climate change and contribute to economic
growth. The SLP will combine public (USAID) and private philanthropic
(Walton Family Foundation) funding into an initial $20 million facility focused
on catalyzing low carbon private sector investment in specific landscapes of
high conservation value in Indonesia over a five-year period. The
Conservation Science Specialist will work to ensure that natural capital
and ecosystem services are appropriately valued and incorporated into economic
and land/sea use decisions. A key focus for the successful candidate will
be the Sustainable Landscape Partnership. This position will contribute
to Green Economies through applied research on spatially explicit analysis of
business as usual vs. conservation based land/sea use with the associated
assessment of tradeoffs and opportunity costs to inform land/seascape decision
making. The SLP Conservation Science Specialist is expected to
collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists responsible for
‘landscape profiles’ (SIAP) that will guide our investment recommendations as
part of the Sustainable Landscapes Partnership (SLP).
Delivering this work
relies on a range of raster GIS competencies including remote sensing
monitoring, multi-criteria analysis, scenarios modeling, and spatial database
management. The analyst is further expected to foster a multi-stakeholder
process of decision-making using these data. The position will
collaborate closely with the SLP team (and other CI-I programs) to specifically
focus on conducting spatial analysis in order to support conservation and
development planning in specific program areas as a basis to support
stakeholder decision-making.
Responsibilities:
1. Internal SLP Needs:Prepare, manage and produce spatial data and
information systems for SLP project needs as well as other work by Conservation
Science Unit, CI Indonesia.
· Employ spatially
explicit and replicable systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting
environmental and economic data for the profile and planning of sustainable
landscapes and green economies with a specific focus on SLP;
· Analyze tradeoffs using
multi-criteria analysis and other tools;
· Prepare, analyze and
provide high quality interpretation utilizing different methods and systems to
produce outputs to support SLP interventions as a part of the SIAP and beyond;
· Ensure that the methods
utilized are valid, well benchmarked and internationally accepted and
defensible;
· Ensure that there is
close coordination and cooperation between SLP technical thematic areas as well
as monitoring and evaluation staff;
· Provide capacity
building to both internal and external stakeholders as directed and that will
promote sustainability;
· Manage and supervise the
sub-contract work if necessary and ensure close coordination with the SLP
grants manager.
2. Assist the SLP and
Conservation Science Unit at CI Indonesia to assist in the development of
concepts, strategies and materials and providing training related to GIS,
remote sensing and mapping:
· Produce scenarios of
alternative development utilizing Land Change Modeler and other tools as
directed;
· Produce spatially
explicit recommendations for key decision makers for site level investment
under the SLP mechanism and disseminate analytical results through technical
reports, scientific journals, oral presentations, etc.
· As required provide
training and capacity building to SLP and CI-I stakeholders;
· Ensure close
coordination between technical and M&E colleagues.
3. Develop, maintain and
update the spatial information database system within Conservation Science
Unit, CI Indonesia.
· Develop a spatial
database system for digital and hardcopy datasets.
· Maintain and update the
database in regular basis.
· Assist SLP and CI-I
field personnel in the creation of spatial database system as required by the
field projects.
· Provide standard
operation procedures (SOP) and provide training to field staffs on spatial
database maintenances.
Qualifications:
· S2 (MSc) or (BSc) with
relevant experience on conservation, spatial land use planning, natural
resources management, environmental economics or environmental planning
relevant to conservation and development issues
· At least 4 years work
experience in the use of GIS/RS with advanced proficiency in data collection,
compilation, analysis and innovation in the designing and developing of
concepts, applications, and technologies
· Expert user of spatial
software and conservation planning tools (i.e. IDRISI, ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine,
Marxan), including both vector and raster formats and spatial analysis
methods. Experienced in cartography and map presentation design.
· Demonstrated of
environmental economics and how this is related to spatial planning and natural
resource management.
· Good networking skills
and knowledge on international and national NGOs in Indonesia.
· Excellent communication
skills both in English and Bahasa Indonesia (reading, writing, oral and
presentation).
· Experience with working
in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, field surveys and ground
checking for at least two years.
· Ability to delivering
presentations; interpreting and presenting information to suit the target
audience
· Ability to work with a
variety of stakeholders from local and national governments to the private
sector
· The preferred candidate
will be self-motivated, well organized, team-oriented and able to meet project
deadlines often under difficult circumstances.
Preferred
· Previous work experience with a
conservation NGO
· Demonstrated ability of
working effectively with multicultural, multidisciplinary teams to produce
results
· Experience with building capacity
building in technical applications of land use assessment and planning
· The preferred candidate
will be self-motivated, team-oriented and able to meet project deadlines often
under difficult circumstances.
Interested candidates
should send a current resume and cover letter addressing the required skills
and capabilities (no more than 4 pages) to:
hrd@conservation.or.id
Closing date for the
application is 9 August 2013
(Only short-listed
candidates will be notified).
For
more information about CI, please visit our web:
www.conservation.or.id http://www.conservation.org
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