About WRI
WRI
Indonesia is associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a
global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into
action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human
well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources
sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and
sustainable. WRI has worked with leaders in more than 50 countries for
more than 30 years, with offices in the United States, Brazil, China,
Europe, India, and Indonesia.
Launched
in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI’s 10-year history in the
country focusing on forests and land use governance and strengthens our
impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to
expand its presence and portfolio to include climate, energy, as well
as cities and transportation programs.
Overview
According
to the Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
emitted approximately 800 million-1,1 billion metric tons of carbon
dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2eq) emissions due to huge forests and land
fires in 2015. These fires are largely caused by extensive peat soil
drainage and excessive peat conversion to other land uses, mainly to
palm oil plantations.
As
a preventive measure of fires and haze, President Joko Widodo mentioned
in his official speech at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 Paris the
establishment of the Peat Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi
Gambut/BRG), an agency that is mandated to restore 2 million hectares of
peat by 2020. This work entails, for example, mapping fire-prone
provinces, raising peatland water tables, revegetating degraded
peatland, creating alternative livelihoods for local communities, and
investigating alternative crops for peatland.
WRI
Indonesia supports the Peat Restoration Agency (BRG) to achieve its
restoration targets to significantly reduce carbon emissions by
developing a transparent and effective monitoring and reporting system for peatland restoration activities and peat emission.
The development of the platform will involve coordination with BRG,
sub-national government in 7 provinces, research institutions, and
international organizations. The platform will host several
capabilities:
- Monitor restoration planning and implementation from national and sub-national government, local CSOs, private sectors, and other local restoration implementers
- Monitor the impact of restoration implementation to biophysical as well as socio economic factors
- Monitor the degradation of peatland, including fires, draining of peatland, and deforestation
- Monitor the abated emission due to restoration implementation and peat protection
The
Peatland Research Analyst (Hydrologist) will be responsible in the
research aspect of peatland restoration impact studies and peatland
degradation, as part of PRIMS activities. Part of the activities is to
understand the effectiveness of restoration implementation and effort,
including identifying criteria and indicators to assess the restoration
intervention to the surrounding peatland areas.
The
Peatland Research Analyst (Hydrologist) will report to WRI Indonesia’
Peatland Restoration Project Manager and coordinate his/her work closely
with WRI Indonesia’ GFW and Peat Mapping Lead.
Responsibilities
Below is the breakdown of the responsibilities of the Research Analyst (Hydrologist):
Research (50%)
- Together with Peatland Restoration Monitoring team and partners, develop a research framework to assess the effectiveness of restoration implementation strategies (rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization) for sustainable peatland management;
- Collaborate in developing research products on restoration impacts, including PRIMS’ training modules on restoration impacts and peatland degradation;
- Together with other colleagues and partners, carry out baseline study, interviews, surveys and data collection, to understand restoration impacts towards sustainable peatland management
- To synthesize lessons learned and experiences and further publishing the findings in reports and issue briefs;
- Review existing literature, studies, news, and events related to WRI’s work related to peatland, restoration, emission, and prepare short summaries for the team.
Coordination (30%)
- Coordinate with BRG and partners to develop studies on impact of restoration implementation;
- Convene and facilitate field trainings and workshops with Peatland Restoration Monitoring Team to train national and sub-national government, local CSOs, and restoration implementers on how to use PRIMS for sustainable peatland management;
- Assist the efforts to expand PRIMS’ uptake and build capacity to national government, sub-national government, civil society, and restoration implementers;
- Contribute in the training of government, civil society, and restoration implementers on the use of PRIMS;
- Synthesize and communicate feedback to internal team and platform developers in order to make the application most useful.
Publications (20%)
- Contribute to the writing and publication of research products to raise the profile of PRIMS activities.
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- Bachelor degree in hydrological sciences, water resources, geological sciences, earth sciences, forestry, or any other related fields. Master’s degree is preferred.
- Legally able to work in Indonesia.
- Professional experience of 3 - 5 years in hydrology, wetland management and/or peatland management.
- Strong writing and research skills, excellent academic performance, as well as high level of organization and attention to detail.
- Experience and proven ability to communicate effectively with national government, sub-national government, CSOs, and local communities.
- Experience in teaching or training is a plus.
- Strong team player with ability to work across institutional departments/programs.
- Candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented and organized thinker with an ability to juggle multiple priorities, handle assignments independently, and work under tight deadlines.
- High integrity, passion for sustainable development, and good sense of humor preferred.
- Familiarity or proficiency using GIS software is a plus.
- Professional fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
- Willingness and ability to travel to remote parts of Indonesia
Duration:
The works will be conducting within 1 (one) year with possible
extension depends on the working progress and performance with three
months’ probation period
Salary
and Benefits: Salary is commensurate with experience and skills. WRI
Indonesia offers a generous, comprehensive benefits package
Final
Candidates will need to submit 2 writing examples. Final Candidates
will be invited to provide a rapid review of the samples.
Qualified applicants should apply online at careers.wri.org. All applications must be submitted online through in order to be formally considered. Please follow the link World Resources Institute is looking for a great Peatland Research Analyst (Hydrologist).
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Application close: 17:00 (Jakarta Time), 20 July 2018. We will close the advert earlier when best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
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