Landscape Lead – The Grasslands Initiative (TGI)

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 1,700 - 2,800; Full time

Job summary

ATREE’s Grasslands Initiative seeks a senior programme leader to shape landscape-scale restoration and sustainable management of grasslands in India. The role involves working across states, coordinating scientific and field teams and engaging government actors. Extensive travel and partnerships with funders are essential.

The position requires an advanced degree and about 15 years of relevant experience, including leadership of multi-partner programmes and proven donor mobilisation capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience at landscape, programme or institutional scale.
• Experience in landscape restoration, natural resource management or climate/environment programmes.
• Proven work with state or national government institutions and public programmes.
• Experience designing and managing multi-partner programmes across geographies.
• Experience with resource mobilisation and donor-funded programmes.
• Understanding of grassland ecology or rainfed/dryland ecosystems.
• Experience working with rural communities and local governance systems.

Responsibilities

• Landscape strategy, implementation and project management.
• Develop landscape-level strategies and action plans for restoration and sustainable management.
• Identify opportunities to expand work across states and regions.
• Coordinate between scientific teams, implementation partners and government agencies.
• Build and maintain partnerships with state departments and other stakeholders.
• Represent ATREE in policy, technical and multi-stakeholder forums.
• Contribute to targets for restoration and public finance mobilisation.
• Develop partnerships and raise resources with funders and donors.
• Create landscape-level concepts, proposals and investment cases.
• Collaborate with the scientific team to ensure rigorous evidence and learning.
• Produce technical reports, policy briefs and knowledge products.
• Communicate lessons to government, funders and practitioners.
• Support communities of practice around grassland restoration.
• Lead and mentor state teams; establish planning, monitoring and learning systems.

Skills

Landscape strategy

Project management

Partnerships

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Communication

Knowledge management

Education

Advanced degree in natural resources / related field

Job 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

• 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, practitioners and wider audiences.
• Support the development of communities of practice around grassland restoration.
• Team leadership and institutional development
• Build and mentor the state teams.
• Establish systems for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and learning across landscapes.
• 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/environment 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.

13 October 2026

November 15, 2026

Full-time

Bangalore