Description

ATREE’s Grasslands Initiative (TGI) is a mission-mode initiative to advance the recognition, conservation, restoration and sustainable management of India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems (ONEs). The initiative aims to support landscape-scale restoration and management across priority grassland regions of India, while ensuring that ecological outcomes, local livelihoods and the rights of local communities are secured.

Location: In Western, Rajasthan or Mumbai/ Pune (Maharashtra), with substantial travel to project landscapes and partner locations

Reporting to: Director, The Grasslands Initiative, ATREE

Responsibilities

1. Landscape strategy, implementation and project management

- Develop landscape-level strategies and action plans for restoration, conservation and sustainable management of grasslands in the focal landscapes.
- Identify opportunities for expanding TGI’s work across states and ecological regions.
- Facilitate coordination between scientific teams, implementation partners and government agencies and develop solutions for scaling.

2. Government and institutional partnerships

- Build and maintain strategic relationships with relevant state departments, district administrations, technical institutions and other stakeholders.
- Represent TGI in relevant policy, technical and multi-stakeholder forums.
- Contribute to TGI’s targets for landscape-scale restoration and public finance mobilisation.

3. Partnerships and resource mobilisation

- Contribute to the development of strategic partnerships with funders, philanthropic organisations, development agencies and private-sector actors.
- Develop landscape-level concepts, proposals and investment cases in collaboration with TGI leadership

4. Knowledge, learning and communication





- Work closely with TGI’s scientific team to ensure that implementation generates rigorous evidence and learning.
- Contribute to technical reports, policy briefs, case studies and other knowledge products.
- Communicate landscape-level lessons to government, funders, practitioners and wider audiences.
- Support the development of communities of practice around grassland restoration.

5. Team leadership and institutional development

- Build and mentor the state teams.
- Establish systems for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and learning across landscapes.

Qualifications

- Advanced degree in natural resource management, ecology, environmental sciences, rural development, development studies, geography, public policy, social sciences or a related field.

- Typically 15 years of relevant professional experience, including substantial experience working at landscape, programme or institutional scale.
- Demonstrated experience in landscape restoration, natural resource management, conservation, rural development, climate/setting programmes or related fields.
- Strong experience working with state or national government institutions and public programmes.

- Experience designing and managing multi-partner programmes across multiple geographies.
- Experience with resource mobilisation, proposal development and/or managing donor-funded programmes.
- Understanding of grassland ecology, or experience of working in rainfed area or dryland ecosystems is required.

- Experience working with rural communities, local institutions and landscape-level governance systems is desirable.

How to Apply

Please avoid excessive use of AI in writing your cover letter.

Contact

Please direct your questions regarding this position to [email protected]

Note

- Only candidates who are shortlisted for the interview will be contacted.

Date Posted

13 October 2026

Valid Through

November 15, 2026

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Location

Bangalore

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