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
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.
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.
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
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, prac

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