Purpose We seek to hire a Programme Lead to conceptualise, strategise, design, lead, and expand our work in the area of sustainable food systems. With their supervisors support, the individual would build on The Councils existing work in this field and develop it into a full-fledged programme. She would identify our niche and strengths and would create and maintain our thought leadership in those areas. While building and leading a team, she would advance our research, policy engagement, and impact in the fields of sustainable agriculture, food systems, forestry, ecosystem services, landscapes restoration, and biodiversity. Job Duties and Accountabilities Strategy - Develop an overall strategy for The Councils Sustainable Food Systems programme by building on existing in-house thinking, assessment of the work programme of other institutions in the sector, our skillset niche, evolving sectoral narrative, and emerging government priorities. The PL must work closely with the team to bring in alignment within the team on the strategy. - Build a network of donors and partners to achieve indications of support further the work programme. Research - Lead research in the programme area as a principal investigator. Guide and provide relevant inputs to the research. Some examples of the kind of research ideas/projects: - Assess the major agricultural practices and the value chains of food systems in India for their impact on land degradation, GHG emissions, and forest loss, etc. - Document global best practices to mitigate climate and biodiversity risks posed by existing agricultural, and food consumption and production practices, and analyse how they may be implemented and/or scaled up under various contexts. - Assess the willingness and capacity of various food system actors (i.e. farmers, certifiers, food processing companies, government, etc.) to engage on the broader issues of sustainable agriculture and food systems. Propose capacity-building measures for these stakeholders in areas such as biodiversity and forest conservation, improvement of soil quality, agroforestry, sustainable production, etc. - Lead research activities regarding the impact of emerging sustainable agricultural practices on GHG emissions, water stress, and crop production. - Assess and improve existing methodologies and frameworks in the valuation of natural capital and build institutional capacity on such methodologies - Research and design economic incentive mechanisms such as polluter pay, or payment for ecosystem services to address incentives-related challenges in the resolution of conflicts that are of an environmental nature - Leverage community-based participatory research to engage with the target research subjects to refine new project objectives, research scope, and build local capacity - Develop and lead primary surveys and questionnaires and to collect, collate and analyse responses using different statistical and econometric approaches - Develop a robust monitoring and evaluation protocol to assess the quality and efficiency of data collection and programme interventions - Keep a tab on policy and technological developments in sustainable agriculture and food systems Leadership and Mentoring - Take end-to-end ownership of the programme. Ideate new research concepts with team members, develop project proposals and budgets, build relationships with donors that align with the institutions interests, secure resources for building and expanding the work programme, deliver high-quality, timely outputs, engage with the sectoral stakeholders, strive for impact, and develop CEEWs thought leadership. - Build and lead your team. Hone the team members to the best of their abilities. Stretch and strive and set leadership by example. - Lead the strategic outreach of the programme. Lead external meetings, conferences, seminar and be the face of CEEW in your programme area, while also creating platforms for your team for public engagement. Strategise communication and outreach of research outputs along with the outreach team. Ensure implementation of developed strategic outreach plans. Build strong relationships based on trust and credibility with key policymakers and sector stakeholders.

Delhi NCR

CEEW - Senior Programme Lead/Programme Lead - Sustainable Food Systems 

CEEW - Senior Programme Lead/Programme Lead - Sustainable Food Systems  ,Job Description for CEEW - Senior Programme Lead/Programme Lead - Sustainable Food Systems  in Council on Energy Environment & Water in  Delhi NCR for (6-8) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for CEEW - Senior Programme Lead/Programme Lead - Sustainable Food Systems  in Council on Energy Environment & Water in  Delhi NCR for (6-8) years of experience. Apply Now!