Senior Scientific Officer –Environmental Science

ICRISAT seeks applications from Indian nationals, for the position of Senior Scientific Officer –Environmental Science to support ICRISAT Development Center under Resilient Farm and Food Systems to be based at Patancheru. ICRISAT is involved in several research and development projects towards Natural Resource Management, this position is intended to undertake research in areas of Natural Resource Management and document case studies and impact stories towards generated ecosystem services. There is a requirement of 1 position where the incumbents will be based at Maharashtra

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Responsibilities:

·       Undertake research on Natural Resource Management and understand the impact of various in-situ (e.g., field bunding, agroforestry, etc.) and ex-situ (check dam, traditional rainwater harvesting structures, etc.), interventions on water resources availability and various ecosystem services.

·       Data collection towards monitoring various water balance components at micro and mesoscale landscapes;

·       Guide and supervise field staff on data collection and analysis in respective project locations.

·       To organize capacity building program on water balance/ water management to various stakeholders and field functionaries including line department officials;

·       To write and communicate research and development findings to various stakeholders for scaling up; documentation and peer review publications

Key Qualifications:

·   Masters in natural resources management/environmental and earth sciences/related NRM disciplines with 5 years of experience

·   Adapt and or develop experimental methods/concepts to support research in landscape hydrology.

·   Perform data analysis, preparation of reports and communicate this information to different stakeholders.

·   Demonstrate capacity to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team;

·   Ability to develop effective relationships and work harmoniously in an outcome-focused and multi-disciplinary team environment.

·   Willingness to travel to outstation locations for instrumentation and data collection.

·   High level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills, including demonstrated experience in preparing reports and research papers within the required timeframe for a range of audience.

.General:

This is a contractual position for a period of 24 months.

 How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 26 September 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer