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Position: Global Forest Watch – Research
Analyst

Type of Employment : Consultant (short term
part time)

Deadline of application : July 21, 2017

About WRI Indonesia

WRI Indonesia is a national entity
(yayasan) 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 work with leaders in
more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China,
Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia, and the United States.

Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia
(or Yayasan Institut Sumberdaya Dunia) builds on WRI’s 20-year history in the
country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. Most of the works were on
forest and land use, and in the short-to-medium term WRI Indonesia aims to
expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy,
as well as city and transportation programs.

Overview

Indonesia is world’s fourth most
populous country as well as Southeast Asia’s biggest democracy and economy. It
hosts the planet’s third largest tropical rainforests and one of its most
expansive peat lands, making it home to a wealth of biodiversity and a
significant carbon storage. On top of this, the country possesses one of the
biggest geothermal, solar, as well as hydropower potentials in the world, while
posed with the issue of dramatically increasing energy demand. Over half of its
250 million people reside in urban areas, and more than 60 million others
depend their livelihoods on forests. Yet 11% of Indonesia’s population still
live under the poverty line, and the archipelago still ranks as the 6th largest
greenhouse gas emitter in the world, mostly coming from forest conversion and
peat degradation.

Meanwhile, new technology is enabling
decision-makers to create evidence-based policies to address environmental
management challenges. In particular, WRI seeks to encourage better governance
and management of the world’s forests and degraded land to enhance
socio-economic growth and opportunity, improve ecosystem services, and mitigate
the drivers and effects of climate change. The Global Forest Watch initiative
is a key part of this approach. Global Forest Watch (GFW) contributes to this
mission by increasing transparency of forest management information to support
better forest governance. GFW is an online forest monitoring and alert system
that unites satellite technology, open data, and crowdsourcing to guarantee
access to timely and reliable information about forests. The platform contains
a trove of forest data, including the most frequently updated information
currently available about forest change. This data can be viewed, analyzed and
downloaded for free. For more information please visit www.globalforestwatch.org

This position will be responsible to implement
Forest Watcher Initiative and training about GLAD and fires alerts, as part of
GFW activities in Indonesia. Global Forest Watch provides real-time information
on forest loss and land fires. However, many actors on the frontlines of forest
change – park managers, local communities – may not yet know about GFW, or do
not have access to reliable internet technology. GFW is in the process of
tailoring our tools, data, and training to better support on-the-ground forest
management, and piloting these approaches in Indonesia. In addition, GFW seeks
to systematically understand the enabling conditions and barriers that allow or
prevent key stakeholders from civil society and law enforcement from adopting
real-time data and technology for decision-making. To achieve this goal, we are
currently scoping activities for on-the-ground training, testing and evaluation
with local forest managers in Indonesia for the year 2017. This position will
be responsible for coordinating on-the-ground activities with partners in
Indonesia, including facilitating trainings, conducting research and
evaluations, collecting lessons learned, and synthesizing experiences in order
to inform GFW’s strategy moving forward.

Responsibilities

Coordination (40%)

1.    
Collaborate
and coordinate with staff across WRI Indonesia’s programs, as well as WRI DC,
and external partners to advance the interests of GFW and of WRI Indonesia as a
whole

2.    
To
communicate with current and future GFW field partners, including existing
partners in the Leuser Ecosystem, Tesso Nilo National Park, Forest Watch
Indonesia, Greenpeace, and other CSO’s partners

3.    
Convening
and facilitation of field trainings and workshops with in-country partners to
teach local forest managers, law enforcement and community members how to use
GFW to better monitor their lands.

4.    
Assist
the efforts to expand GFW’s improve uptake and build capacity by civil society,
local communities and law enforcement in the country

5.    
Train
local stakeholders on GFW and associated tools, such as MapBuilder and Forest
Watcher, a new mobile application that allows offline access to GFW data.
Synthesize and communicate feedback to app developers in order to make the
application most useful for the Indonesian context.

Research and evaluation (40%)

1.    
Collaborate
in developing GFW training modules for relevant stakeholders in Indonesia (in
Bahasa), including modules on Forest Watcher and utilizing real-time forest
loss and fire alerts

2.    
Together
with GFW Coordinator, as well as colleagues from Governance Center and Forest
Legality Initiative to contribute to a research framework to assess the value
of real-time forest information for advocacy, management, and law enforcement
in Indonesia, as well as barriers or constraints to its use.

3.    
Together
with other colleagues to carry out baseline study, interviews, surveys and data
collection, to understand the effectiveness of real-time information to improve
forest management

4.    
To
synthesize lessons learned and experiences; publishing findings in reports,
issue brief, and

5.    
Review
existing literature, studies, news, and events related to WRI’s work related to
palm oil, degraded land and landscape restoration, and prepare short summaries
for the team

Outreach (20%)

1.    
Contribute
to briefs writing, and blogs publishing to raise the profile of GFW’s ongoing
activities in Indonesia.

Qualifications

–      
Legally able to
work in Indonesia.

–       Minimum 2-3 years of progressive
professional work experience related to land, environmental or natural resource
management, sustainable development with relevant program implementation and
project management experience.

–       Degree in environmental policy/law,
natural resource study, sustainable development, development study or similar
is required. Higher degree (such as Master’s degree preferred).

–       Previous experience designing and
implementing field trainings and capacity-building workshops

–       A good understanding of geospatial and
remote sensing will be an advantage.

–       Experience in building network of
relationships and partnerships with governments, civil society, and other
stakeholders engaged in forest management

–       Significant field work or experience
building capacity among civil society groups, law enforcement, and other
stakeholders

–       Strong team player with ability to
work across institutional departments/programs.

–       Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and
English.

–       Strong communication and writing and
research skills

–       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.

–       Flexibility, sense of humor, breadth
of interests, and willingness to explore unfamiliar issues all are qualities
that will be looked for during the hiring process.

How to
Apply

Please submit application to Indonesiaoffice@wri.org by July
21, 2017.

Please indicate “GFW Research Analyst” on the email’s subject.

Should you have further questions on the position, please contact
Hidayah Hamzah at hidayah.hamzah@wri.org. Please
do not send application to this email.