Job Description

Program Overview From distant rainforests to neighbourhood street trees, forests provide tremendous benefits to urban areas such as clean air and water, climate resilience and biodiversity, human health, and well-being. Forests also provide jobs, recreation, and a suite of nature-based solutions for city infrastructure.
Cities4Forests helps cities from around the world connect with and invest in inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds) and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests). We encourage our cities to better conserve, manage, and restore these forests. And we provide technical assistance to align local policy, shared knowledge, peer-to-peer learning, and communication activities to help cities take climate action together.
Jakarta suffers annual flooding with serious damages not only to the physical buildings impacted but also to the economic activities. Various efforts have been carried out by the Provincial Government of Jakarta to reduce the impact of floods, starting from the normalisation of flood control infrastructures near rivers and dams optimization to the introduction of naturalisation schemes such as vertical drainage and open spaces area. However, these efforts do not seem to be able to completely mitigate the risk of flood in Jakarta, particularly due to the increased risk of climate change which affecting rainfall regime in the area and a troubled control of land use within the watersheds.
Currently, WRI Indonesia and Cities4Forests are involved in the study of flood analysis in Jakarta. Our objective is to integrate nature-based solutions as an alternative way to help the city of Jakarta mitigating flood risks. Together with the physical flood control infrastructures, the nature-based solutions will help to reduce the capacity gap between the potential amount of water entering Jakarta area and the total capacity of flood control infrastructures. Therefore, it is important to have a study on how nature-based solutions can effectively help to reduce those gaps.
General Internship Roles The Hydrologist Intern will be based in Jakarta and will be actively involved in research and data analysis for the analysis of Jakarta flood. He/she will contribute to the preparation of hydrologic modelling including data preparation and analysis, development of hydrologic model, and data visualization. He/she will also provide support in research analysis to achieve targets regarding the suitable recommendation of nature-based solutions for flood mitigation.
Duties and Learning Outcomes Your main duties will include, but not limited to, the following:

• Assist team members with collecting and preparing data from various sources
• Contribute to the development of hydrologic model
• Supporting research and analysis on various nature-based solutions topics, with particular focus on flood mitigation

The intern will gain experience in the following areas:

• Learning experience on developing hydrology model with focus on flood mitigation
• Developing research skills and applying findings to the ongoing project
• Learning experience and expose to various nature-based solutions topics, such as the concept of green, blue, and grey infrastructures

Job Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree (or pending completion of a bachelor’s degree) in hydrology, water resources management, geography, or a related field
• Familiarity on spatial and hydrological data processing and analysis
• Willingness to learn on developing hydrological model

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous study or experience on hydrological model, including data processing and handling
• Knowledge and interest on flood and nature-based solutions topics

Internship Period 5 July 2021 – 3 September 2021 (3 months)
Internship Terms This is a paid intern position. Intern will actively participate on the project activities and entitled for a compensation on monthly basis.
Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.
Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.
Qualified applicants should apply online through WRI career portal in order to be formally considered.
Application close: 1700 (Jakarta Time), 23 June 2021. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
WRI Overview World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade in order to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. We are passionate. We value our diversity of interests, skills and backgrounds. We have a flexible work environment. And we share a common goal to catalyze change that will improve the lives of people. Our shared ideals are at the core of our approach. They include: integrity, innovation, urgency, independence and respect. The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps and analysis to solve the world’s greatest environment and international development challenges, and improve people’s lives. We work with leaders in government, business and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.
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WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.
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