Role: Research Associate Ecology
A little bit about who we are
At WOTR, we are committed to tackling the key causes of rural poverty by rejuvenating ecosystems and building the community's resilience to climate change by enhancing water availability, increasing land and agricultural productivity, diversifying livelihoods, empowering women, and strengthening the health and well-being of vulnerable rural communities.
WOTR brings together practitioners, academics, researchers, trainers, and policy makers to work collaboratively in building the resilience of rural communities. Our partners, including donors and government agencies stand resolutely behind us to enable this.
Together with our partners, we have worked in 10 states in 6,850 villages and impacted 6.58 million people in our 30 years of existence.
To know more about us, visit us at: www.wotr.org
At WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS) you will:
- Support a team for action/applied research projects
- Work in close coordination with the trans-disciplinary team including practitioners
- Develop training modules for communities and practitioners
- Write research publications in international peer reviewed journals, report writing and engage in novel ways to communicate research
- Step out into the field and in our areas of intervention
- Data collection and Data Analysis
- Support the organisation with other needs whenever it is required
Apply if you have:
- A PhD or Master's with minimum four years research experience (interdisciplinary/ action research) in one of the following
- Environmental science (Non-Pollution and Non-Marine) Majorly deals with Ecosystems, Landscapes, Ecosystem services and Natural Resource Management
- Ecology/ Forestry/ Natural Resource Management/Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- The passion to work toward sustainable development through ecosystem regeneration and its management.
- The openness to working with a trans-disciplinary team
- The willingness to learn and adopt new technologies in your outreach to communities and in related applied/action research
- The commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of rural communities and to achieving the targets India has set w.r.t. the SDGs, LDN, CBD and others.
