Manager – Climate Restoration – Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF)

Apply by 28th Feb 23

Since its inception in 2016, Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF) has been deeply focused on an integrated approach to village development to accelerate mobility across all generations. We believe in bringing solutions through multi-sector changes through engaging community-based institutes like Self Help Groups (SHGs), Panchayati Raj Institutes (PRIs) and Front-Line Workers (FLWs) together to closely work with the government. TRIF works directly with more than one million people in 2000 villages across India’s poorest states and impacts close to over 60 million rural Indians through its formal engagement with governments at different levels.

Restoring Land and Prosperity for People, Nature, and Climate in Central India project aims to strengthen the enabling environment for landscape restoration by reducing policy barriers, and supporting the design of incentives to develop markets and value chains for restoration products to spur a self- sustaining and locally led restoration economy in the three geographies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF) as a core partner in this project would lead implementation in the three identified geographies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

For more information you may visit https://www.trif.in

1. Manager – Climate Restoration, Chhattisgarh / Madhya Pradesh / Maharashtra

LOCATION: Raipur, Bhopal, Osmanabad/Yawatmal

DURATION: One Year (subject to renewal based on performance)

PRIMARY ROLE
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

This is a state level position and will be responsible for implementation of “Restoring Land and Prosperity for People, Nature, and Climate in Central India” in partnership with government.

• Analysis of financial outlay detailing the requirements of credit, grants and investment as well as an analysis of existing schemes that can be leveraged
• Development of innovative financing mechanisms, and scoping of financing opportunities to fill the gaps identified through the preceding analysis
• Support with identification and prioritization of key barriers in restoration through robust methodological approach that includes policy review, consultations, key person interviews, and co-organize
• Restoration Dialogues with key stakeholders
• Work closely with stakeholders for monitoring, reporting, and verification for all the above activities. Support in grant reporting and other project management activities as required by the donor
• To facilitate convergence of public funds for landscape restoration implementation like MGNREGS, watershed programs, livelihoods mission and ensure correspondence from the state government designating the district collector / CEO-ZP as the nodal officer
• Co-organize restoration dialogues in identified states with participation of key experts and government stakeholders resulting in discussion and recognition of agroforestry as a critical intervention for landscape restoration and more synergistic convergence of public funds like MGNREGS for landscape
  restoration
• Support TRIF’s nudge units embedded within state departments with engagement protocols (e.g., protocols of engagement based on grassroots planning involving the Panchayati Raj Institutions and the women self-help groups) with the departments and key functionaries to discuss and take forward restoration dialogues for overcoming policy barriers.
• Work closely with Rural Development Department, ensure timely issue of relevant guidelines, office orders, design special schemes to support the climate restoration work through nature-based solutions in their districts

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

• Targeting, prioritizing and engaging with government stakeholders and partner organizations.
• Excellent understanding of functioning of key government departments
• Managing and delivering projects to mitigation and restoration
• Strong network among institutions and organizations in Central India
• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural experience
• Good understanding of carbon sequestration science and the carbon markets

QUALIFICATION / WORK EXPERIENCE 

• Post-graduate degree in a field related to forestry, natural resource management, ecology or another related field of study with 5 or more years of experience relevant to this position,
• Experience with the management of large projects in the conservation/forestry/natural resource management sector
• Experience understanding of topics related to forests, conservation and people in Central India
• Experience understanding of the principles and practice of integrated landscape approaches to restoration (i.e., both within and outside forests)
• Excellent reading and writing skills in Hindi and English

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

To apply, kindly click on the link https://www.trif.in/careers/ . The deadline for submission of application is 28 Feb 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for further process.

• Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF) is an equal opportunity organization.
• Women candidates that had taken life cycle break are encouraged to apply.
• Compensation shall commensurate with experience.
• TRIF expects the highest standards of professional practice in all its work and contact with people; and recognizes that `safeguarding’ is an organizational and an individual responsibility. It recognizes its responsibility and commitment to promote and ensure security,safety and wellbeing of people in its offices/work – spaces/locations and different work contexts.
• Job offer made will be subject to a self-disclosure, satisfactory clearance and satisfactory verification of qualifications and work history.

2. Manager – Climate Restoration, Chhattisgarh / Madhya Pradesh / Maharashtra

LOCATION: Kanker & Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh; Siddhi & Barwani, Madhya Pradesh and Chandrapur & Yawatma, Maharashtra

DURATION: One Year (subject to renewal based on performance)

PRIMARY ROLE

This position will be based out of the above-mentioned districts to implement the Restoring Land and Prosperity for People, Nature, and Climate in Central India, embedded within the district administration.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Coordinate implementation of restoration and facilitate convergence of public funds for restoration
• Establish robust monitoring and adaptive learning framework, develop baselines, and institute citizen-science based monitoring for the selected districts
• Identify key capacity gaps amongst government departments, community-based organizations, civil society organizations, etc. and develop training and capacity-building modules, targeted at strengthening the enabling ecosystem for implementation of restoration
• Unearth stories from local champions to encourage replication; publish reports on progress and provide timely reports to state manager
• Identify a compendium of schemes along with business processes for converging public investments for landscape restoration
• Work closely with Rural Development Department, ensure timely implementation of activities planned in supporting the climate restoration by nature-based solutions

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

• Excellent understanding of key government departments and their functioning.
• Managing and delivering projects to mitigation and restoration
• Strong network and liasing skills among various line departments in the districts and organizations
• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural experience
• Fair understanding of carbon sequestration science and the carbon markets

QUALIFICATION / WORK EXPERIENCE

• Post-graduate degree in a field related to forestry, natural resource management, ecology or another related field of study with 3 or more years of experience relevant to this position,
• Experience with the management of large projects in the conservation/forestry/natural resource management sector
• Experience understanding of topics related to forests, conservation and people in Central India
• Experience understanding of the principles and practice of integrated landscape approaches to restoration (i.e., both within and outside forests)
• Knowldge of Hindi and English

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

To apply, kindly click on the link https://www.trif.in/careers/ . The deadline for submission of application is 28 Feb 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for further process.

• Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF) is an equal opportunity organization.
• Women candidates that had taken life cycle break are encouraged to apply.
• Compensation shall commensurate with experience.
• TRIF expects the highest standards of professional practice in all its work and contact with people; and recognizes that `safeguarding’ is an organizational and an individual responsibility. It recognizes its
  responsibility and commitment to promote and ensure security, safety and wellbeing of people in its offices/work – spaces/locations and different work contexts.
• Job offer made will be subject to a self-disclosure, satisfactory clearance and satisfactory verification of qualifications and work history.