Gis Officer

**OFFICE LOCATION**:
New Delhi, India

**WHO WE ARE**:
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been doing work you can believe in protecting the lands and waters that all life depends on. Through grassroots action, TNC has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world working in more than 75 countries and territories. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive.

We’re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube on Glassdoor.

**Our Mission**
TNC’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Rather than viewing development - including economic growth - and conservation as contradictory goals, the Company works to demonstrate how nature has value for people and development and how nature can provide enormous economic benefit. TNC envision a future where people and nature can flourish together.

**Our Vision**
A world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfil our needs and enrich our lives.

**The Conservancy Team**
We achieve this through the dedicated efforts of our 3,800 diverse staff, including more than 600 scientists, all of whom support conservation in 70 countries and all 50 United States. We are striving to develop a workforce as diverse as the places where we work, and we have a deep commitment to diversity.

**YOUR POSITION WITH TNC**:
The GIS Head is responsible for development, direction, and management of all geospatial and related technological activities within the India Program. The GIS Head works closely with the science and program teams on different projects and provides geospatial data and analysis support. This position is a leader on the team who helps identify and progress opportunities related to GIS, technology, and partnerships that help to leverage our conservation work. Position is based in Delhi.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**

The GIS Head oversees and implements GIS, technology and innovation needs of the program. This role involves coordinating the geospatial and related technological activities between internal and external sources and builds internal and external relationships. Some key functions include:

- Data Management: Lead the process of building and maintaining a GIS library for ongoing and future conservation projects
- Integrate Geospatial program: Build and implement a shared vision across the program team to integrate geospatial and related technologies in TNC-India’s programs during all stages of a project - planning, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation - to advance TNC strategies. This includes but not limited to activities like developing predictive models, integrating spatial data with field surveys, conducting landscape analyses to assess ecological integrity, identifying potential priority sites using modeling tools,
- Technology: Work with TNC scientists to define problem statements and the role of technology in addressing them, including development of new tools, approaches, methods processes, and techniques to improve conservation action; advance appropriate technology partnerships
- Partnerships: Build partnerships with relevant geospatial and data science agencies and universities in India
- Program Management and Execution: Plan, manage, execute, and coordinate relevant projects and/or project work streams. Over time, identify the need for, and oversee additional related capacity (e.g., short-term or long-term interns, manager, analyst, specialist or technician). Identify, negotiate, and oversee contracts with vendors. Develop and manage program budget and integrate geospatial and technology budgets into program proposals and budgets as necessary.
- Significant opportunity to act independently within broad program goals.
- In supervisory capacity, plans, organizes and directs assigned project programs.
- Supervises project staff of managers, analysts, specialists and technicians.
- May negotiate and contract with vendors.
- Must be willing and able to travel.

**RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE**
- Broad conceptualization, execution, management and leadership responsibility for all geospatial and technology work, including setting programmatic objectives, and identifying and bringing on additional capacity as needed (e.g., interns, consultants, full time permanent or project hires).
- Designs, directs, and/or executes complex and diversified projects, coordinating the work of other professionals, managing budgets, and ensuring geospatial and technology program accountabili