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As a Research Analyst, he/she will support the research activities related to peatland to support the implementation of FOLU net sink 2030. This position will fall under the Land and Carbon Lab initiative and will report to Research Lead for Peatland. Land & Carbon Lab (LCL) is WRI’s premier hub for geospatial data, analysis, and monitoring of the world’s land and its natural ecosystems. Our data and monitoring solutions, which include the Global Forest Watch platform, exist to help accelerate implementation and financing of nature-based solutions worldwide. LCL has three main offers: (1) innovation in open geospatial data for land and carbon monitoring, (2) spatial intelligence to support NBS policy and target tracking, and (3) tailored tools that help businesses, governments, civil society organizations, and local communities make data-driven decisions. The program partners with leading scientists and technologies to curate best-in-class geospatial data on land use, land use change, and associated carbon stocks and flows. It also partners with decision-makers and local organizations that support a transformation of the complex geospatial data into actionable information. 
Land and Carbon Lab’ objectives are to 1) Create, curate, and serve as concierge to the world’s most trusted source of geospatial data and analysis about global land cover and land use change and associated carbon emissions and removals; and 2) Design, deploy, and scale monitoring solutions for target end “users” (i.e., those whose decisions & behaviors we aim to influence to advance Produce, Protect, Restore strategies). 
Research: 
  • Together with the Peat and Forest Monitoring sub-cluster team, support data management and research implementation on the impact of hydrological restoration activities towards greenhouse gas emissions
  • Conduct data collection related with research on the impact of hydrological restoration activities towards greenhouse gas emissions
  • Analyzing the data produced during the research period
  • Review existing literature, studies, news, and events related to WRI’s work related to peatland, restoration, emission, and prepare short summaries for the team.
Publications:
  • Contribute to the writing and publication of research products and WRI knowledge products on peatland restoration and greenhouse gas emissions
  • Produce communications products, such as blogpost, on peatland restoration and greenhouse gas emissions in coordination with line manager and communications team
Coordination:
  • Support coordination with research partners to develop studies on impact of restoration implementation towards greenhouse gas emissions and other technical partners to frequently update research activities
  • Involved on the implementation of capacity building activities for government, civil society, and other peatland restoration implementers
What You Will Need :
  • Bachelor degree in hydrological sciences, water resources, soil science, geological sciences, earth sciences, forestry, or any other related fields.
  • Minimum 3 years of professional research experience in forestry, hydrology, wetland management and/or peatland management.
  • Ability to support discrete elements of research project e.g. systematically reviewing and synthetizing existing literature; collecting, cleaning, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data
  • Experience in producing both knowledge and research-related communications product
  • Strong team player with ability to work across institutional departments/programs.
  • Self-motivated, detail-oriented and organized thinker with an ability to juggle multiple priorities, handle assignments independently, and work under tight deadlines.
  • Attention to detail and highly organized
  • High integrity, passion for sustainable development, and good sense of humor preferred.
  • Familiarity using GIS software
  • Professional fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English on both verbal and written communications
  • Willingness and ability to travel to remote parts of Indonesia
  • Legally able to work in Indonesia.

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