Hydrologist - Impact Based Forecasting

**Minimum Qualifications**

**Education**:

- Master’s or higher degree in Hydrology, Water Resources Engineering, or related field is essential
- Bachelor’s degree level certificates / certified training courses in atmospheric science, disaster management, agriculture and other related fields is desirable

**Knowledge Skills and Abilities**:

- Demonstrated ability to integrate hydro-meteorological forecasts into impact flood and droughts risks.
- Skilled in using GIS and remote sensing data for hydrological risk mapping.
- Demonstrated knowledge of flood hydrodynamic model, flood and drought hazard forecast products and vulnerability data analysis.
- Demonstrated knowledge in Python, R, or similar programming tools used for meteorological analysis, calculation, and visualization (including SPI, SPEI, NDVI, VCI, rainfall deviation, and soil moisture anomalies).
- Experience in working with WMO-compliant forecasting systems and climate service frameworks is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills, with prior work in multi-agency or international contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver results under tight timelines.
- Application of ML models (regression, classification, clustering) for drought forecasting is highly desirable_._
- Proficiency in technical documentation and user training.

**Experience**:

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in hydrological modelling and flood forecasting.
- At least 3 years of experience in operational flood forecasting.
- Proven track record in analyzing meteorological and hydrological patterns, designing forecasting systems, and integrating multi-disciplinary datasets.
- Proven experience with operational flood models (e.g., HEC-RAS, MIKE 11, Delft-FEWS, LISFLOOD).
- Experience in multi-stakeholder projects and facilitating capacity-building programs.

**Personal Qualities**
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and solution-oriented capabilities in applied climate science.
- Self-driven and capable of working independently while maintaining accountability and initiative.
- Effective collaborator with the ability to work in multicultural, interdisciplinary teams and manage cross-sectoral engagement.
- Detail-oriented and results-focused, with adaptability in dynamic and evolving operational environments.
- Professional, respectful, and proactive in both independent and team-based work settings.

**Major Duties and Responsibilities**

**Impact based forecasting**
- Collaborate with meteorologists to ensure seamless coupling between weather and hydrological forecasts of extreme hydrological events -Floods /Droughts.
- Downscale and customize hydrological forecasts to specific locations of interest.
- Analyse and interpret high-resolution hydrological forecast products in probabilistic terms for hazard forecasting.
- Conduct analyses of hydrological patterns and their historical impacts.
- Collaborate with meteorological/climatological AI/ML experts, GIS analysts, and disaster risk professionals for model fusion and automation.
- Integrate hazard (probabilistic) forecast data with geospatial datasets on population, infrastructure, historical damage, and socio-economic vulnerability to assess likely impacts and transform into impact forecast data/impact matrices.
- Produce urban-level risk and vulnerability maps.

**Early Warning**

**Rapid onset hydrological hazards ( Flood /Flash floods )**
- Integrate remote sensing, ground-based, and model data for comprehensive flood situation monitoring.
- Co-design and implement sector-specific early warning protocols for National/ State disaster management agencies.
- Set up alerts and thresholds for flood /flash flood early warning dissemination using automated systems.
- Generate daily / weekly flood situation reports and dashboards_._
- Assist Scenario Based Emergency Response Planning for flood / flash flood events.

**Slow onset hydrological hazard ( Drought )**
- track and assess drought conditions using multiple indicators (SPI, NDVI, rainfall anomalies, reservoir status, soil moisture, etc.).
- Integrate remote sensing, ground-based, and model data for comprehensive drought situation monitoring.
- Generate weekly /monthly drought situation reports and dashboards.
- Set up alerts and thresholds for early warning dissemination using automated systems.
- Assist Scenario Based Emergency Response Planning for flood / flash flood events.

**Contingency Planning & Risk Mitigation**
- Develop and update district-wise drought/flood contingency plans in collaboration with line departments.
- Identify vulnerable regions, sectors particularly agriculture/ urban /industrial zones, and communities at risk.
- Recommend flood / drought mitigation and adaptation measures based on data trends and risk profiles_._
- Preparation of Comprehensive Flood Mitigation Plans with River Basin Approach.

**Data Automation & Visualization**
- Automate the ingestion and processing of meteorological,