Advisor, Eco-Hydrology at Conservation International

Conservation International is  seeking international expertise in eco-hydrology to fill an Advisor position in our Science and Knowledge Division.  This position includes refining and leading the research agenda for our institutional freshwater strategy, conducting strategic research in priority CI regions, creating and managing research institution partnerships in eco-hydrology, hydrological modeling, research related to impacts of land uses on water quality, quantity and distribution,  and providing technical guidance to our Science and Knowledge, Global Initiatives, and Field Divisions to implement projects with eco-hydrological components.  The Advisor is also expected to provide critical input into CI’s policy engagement on freshwater issues.  This is a high profile position within a fast moving and effective conservation organization, sought to connect our work on species and habitat conservation to the hydrological properties of ecosystems.  
RESPONSIBILITIES:  
•Conduct research, develop tools, and publish peer reviewed journal articles in one or more of the following areas: freshwater ecosystems and hydrological properties/processes, river and wetland pulse and flooding dynamics linked to biodiversity, freshwater protected area design and management, environmental flows assessment and maintenance, integrated land and water management, links between deforestation/habitat loss and flooding, and eco-engineering applications, impacts of climate change on freshwater provision, and links between climate change, freshwater availability and food security •Refine and lead implementation of CI’s freshwater research and tools agenda as part of our institutional freshwater strategy, working closely with CI’s freshwater team and Science and Knowledge.  Establish a research niche, goals and metrics; coordinate fundraising efforts for the research and tools agenda; and report quarterly progress to the freshwater team against yearly freshwater research and tools deliverables •Cultivate new and manage existing research and academic institution partnerships to develop proposals and further CI projects in eco-hydrology, expanding the scope of our internal expertise and reach (i.e., includes related fields of hydrology, soil and water management, as well as environmental flows) •Advise other  CI Divisions in the development of proposals, projects, policy-engagement and other work with eco-hydrological components