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Lead - Finance, Landscape Restoration
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Lead - Finance, Landscape Restoration
Who we are and what we do
WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development.
WRI India s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
WRI India s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization.
Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Program Overview for Food, Land and Water:
WRI India s Food, Land and Water program aims to inform India s transition towards sustainable and resilient food and land use systems focusing on developing interdisciplinary nature-based solutions like landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture to mitigate climate impacts, enhance jobs and livelihoods and improve nutritional security.
To catalyse systems, change with a focus on circular food systems in India, we also focus on developing equitable strategies to reduce food loss and food waste and mitigate climate impacts.
To catalyse systems, change with a focus on circular food systems in India, we also focus on developing equitable strategies to reduce food loss and food waste and mitigate climate impacts.
With broader systems change and food systems perspective, we work with diverse stakeholders like governments, businesses, civil society partners and farmer producer organizations to inform and develop land use strategies based on robust evidence and analysis to build the resilience of local communities to mitigate climate impacts, bridge capacity gaps, monitor progress, and inform a pathway to building a restoration economy for people, nature, and climate.
About your role:
Landscape approach to restoration is gaining momentum in India as a strategy that delivers multiple benefits, including food and water security, biodiversity enhancement, job creation, livelihood improvements and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
To achieve impact at scale, restoration efforts need to be funded by philanthropy, CSR, bilateral grants, and private finance.
This requires a blended finance approach to mitigate the risks inherent in this early sector, and to ensure available finance is appropriate for restoration business models.
Restoration businesses deliver a range of products (eg, fruits, bamboo) and services (eg, water, carbon, biodiversity).
You will work with the restoration team, international offices, and partner organizations to lead and implement Food, Land and Water (FLW) programs related to finance and market, this includes execution of restoration strategy on finance, leading and mentoring a dynamic and interdisciplinary team, support with fundraising, research on use cases for blended finance, external engagement and communication.
You will grow the work of restoration on finance and markets within the FLW program.
To achieve impact at scale, restoration efforts need to be funded by philanthropy, CSR, bilateral grants, and private finance.
This requires a blended finance approach to mitigate the risks inherent in this early sector, and to ensure available finance is appropriate for restoration business models.
Restoration businesses deliver a range of products (eg, fruits, bamboo) and services (eg, water, carbon, biodiversity).
You will work with the restoration team, international offices, and partner organizations to lead and implement Food, Land and Water (FLW) programs related to finance and market, this includes execution of restoration strategy on finance, leading and mentoring a dynamic and interdisciplinary team, support with fundraising, research on use cases for blended finance, external engagement and communication.
You will grow the work of restoration on finance and markets within the FLW program.
How your day will unfold:
Executing restoration finance strategy and projects (60%)
- Lead the execution of restoration finance and markets projects, from launch to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, scope, financial compliance, quality standards.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of restoration finance projects, ensuring effective financial disbursement, risk management, and adherence to funding agency requirements.
- Develop sustainable financial models and instruments to unlock funding for restoration, and its alignment with public funding
- Design comprehensive investment strategies, including identifying key public, private, and blended finance sources and modalities for restoration projects.
- Explores knowledge gaps where WRI India s research can improve the quality and quantity of restoration finance available.
- Monitor relevant international and national finance landscape, identifying strategic opportunities for the program to develop blending finance mechanisms
- Oversee research and studies related to finance and investment within the program.
Author or co-author knowledge products (eg, reports, briefs, data-products)
- Advocate for progressive restoration finance policies at national, state, and local levels, ensuring alignment with India s global commitments and domestic targets
- Identifying key public, private, and blended finance sources for restoration projects and provide expert guidance to governments and other stakeholders
- Lead the execution of restoration finance and markets projects, from launch to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, scope, financial compliance, quality standards.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of restoration finance projects, ensuring effective financial disbursement, risk management, and adherence to funding agency requirements.
- Develop sustainable financial models and instruments to unlock funding for restoration, and its alignment with public funding
- Design comprehensive investment strategies, including identifying key public, private, and blended finance sources and modalities for restoration projects.
- Explores knowledge gaps where WRI India s research can improve the quality and quantity of restoration finance available.
- Monitor relevant international and national finance landscape, identifying strategic opportunities for the program to develop blending finance mechanisms
- Oversee research and studies related to finance and investment within the program.
Author or co-author knowledge products (eg, reports, briefs, data-products)
- Advocate for progressive restoration finance policies at national, state, and local levels, ensuring alignment with India s global commitments and domestic targets
- Identifying key public, private, and blended finance sources for restoration projects and provide expert guidance to governments and other stakeholders
Program Management (20%)
- Support strategic planning, ensuring delivery of the program s vision and goals for finance
- Lead and mentor an interdisciplinary team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and professional development.
- Develop and implement work plans and procedures that enhance project delivery.
- Facilitate internal capacity building through workshops, training, and knowledge-sharing events focused on restoration finance.
- Oversee the management of the program s budget on restoration finance projects with program leadership and the operations team, ensuring financial sustainability and accountability.
- Oversee the collection, analysis, and reporting of indicators on restoration finance projects to inform decision-making and track program impact with MEL expert.
- Ensure compliance with reporting requirements for donors and other partners by preparing narrative reports and other materials to enhance donor relations and support with fundraising
- Support strategic planning, ensuring delivery of the program s vision and goals for finance
- Lead and mentor an interdisciplinary team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and professional development.
- Develop and implement work plans and procedures that enhance project delivery.
- Facilitate internal capacity building through workshops, training, and knowledge-sharing events focused on restoration finance.
- Oversee the management of the program s budget on restoration finance projects with program leadership and the operations team, ensuring financial sustainability and accountability.
- Oversee the collection, analysis, and reporting of indicators on restoration finance projects to inform decision-making and track program impact with MEL expert.
- Ensure compliance with reporting requirements for donors and other partners by preparing narrative reports and other materials to enhance donor relations and support with fundraising
Partnership and engagement (20%)
- Develop new partnerships and engagements to build and take forward program strategy on finance
- Attend external meetings and travel related to ongoing projects.
- Represent the organization at events, coalitions, roundtables, and similar settings.
- Understand and promote the tools and solutions offered by the FLW program.
- Enable strategic communication on restoration internally and with external partners.
- Develop new partnerships and engagements to build and take forward program strategy on finance
- Attend external meetings and travel related to ongoing projects.
- Represent the organization at events, coalitions, roundtables, and similar settings.
- Understand and promote the tools and solutions offered by the FLW program.
- Enable strategic communication on restoration internally and with external partners.
Qualifications and requirements we seek:
- Master s degree in business, finance, economics or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, and project leadership within the finance and natural resource management/ restoration sectors.
- Experience leading teams in the design and delivery of market-oriented solutions and/or structuring, capitalizing, and implementing financial instruments.
- Experience with the private sector, especially corporate business or financial systems related to land use and/or restoration.
- Understanding of finance, restoration, sustainability investments, business models, ESG, green finance, and/or landscape and restoration in India.
- Proficiency in developing financial models for investment analysis and valuations.
- You have experience leading high-level research and communicating complex ideas to different audiences
- Excellent communication, partner management, and donor engagement skills.
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies.
- Professional fluency in English, fluency in one more Indian language (eg, Hindi) is an advantage.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to translate ideas into applicable plans.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Data-driven approach to decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with multiple partners.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, and project leadership within the finance and natural resource management/ restoration sectors.
- Experience leading teams in the design and delivery of market-oriented solutions and/or structuring, capitalizing, and implementing financial instruments.
- Experience with the private sector, especially corporate business or financial systems related to land use and/or restoration.
- Understanding of finance, restoration, sustainability investments, business models, ESG, green finance, and/or landscape and restoration in India.
- Proficiency in developing financial models for investment analysis and valuations.
- You have experience leading high-level research and communicating complex ideas to different audiences
- Excellent communication, partner management, and donor engagement skills.
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies.
- Professional fluency in English, fluency in one more Indian language (eg, Hindi) is an advantage.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to translate ideas into applicable plans.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Data-driven approach to decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with multiple partners.
Salary and Benefits : 25,00,000 to 34,00,000 CTC Per Annum
Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills.
WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.
WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.
Location: New Delhi, India
Duration : 2 Years (extendable based on performance and project requirements).
The start date is as soon as possible.
The start date is as soon as possible.
List of Documents to be attached:
- Cover letter
- Resume
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview purpose.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) @WRI India
WRI India values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion across all areas of our work and workforce.
Integrating these values into our actions fosters a progressive and collaborative culture and can also enhance our impact.
It is our responsibility to create a welcoming working environment for people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and experience to learn together.
We are responsible for fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where questions, concerns and information about diversity, equity and inclusion are part of our ongoing dialogue and development.
Integrating these values into our actions fosters a progressive and collaborative culture and can also enhance our impact.
It is our responsibility to create a welcoming working environment for people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and experience to learn together.
We are responsible for fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where questions, concerns and information about diversity, equity and inclusion are part of our ongoing dialogue and development.
Learn more about WRI India s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Click Here We keep our people at the centre of everything we do - from a welcoming work environment to benefits and a culture that encourages staff to stay healthy, happy, engaged, and growing.
Some of the non-monetary benefits that our staff get:
Health benefits: We cover health insurance for you and your loved ones for up to INR 8 lakhs
Health benefits: We cover health insurance for you and your loved ones for up to INR 8 lakhs
Term Insurance: Our term insurance policy covers life coverage of 50 lakhs per staff member
Employee Assistance program: Promoting mental well-being and supporting staff in achieving a satisfying work-life balance
Health Nutrition: Personalized diet recommendation from a certified dietitian based on the physical health condition and lifestyle
Flexible work schedule: Alternative work arrangements for all who are eligible by nature of their job
Learning culture : Workshops and trainings to empower staff, encourage new learning opportunities
Rest and Recharge weeks: We encourage staff to take time off to rest, rejuvenate, upskill, and pursue their interests.
Our leave policy: Avail personal time off at 36 per year, along with public holidays, maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves.
Click here to know more about our benefits Careers | WRI INDIA (wri-india.
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Equal employment @WRI India
We believe in equal employment, it is our policy to recruit, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to caste, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, or disability.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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