Our Mission
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks to improve quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land. A nonprofit private operating foundation whose origins date to 1946, the Lincoln Institute researches and recommends creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges. Through education, training, publications, and events, we integrate theory and practice to inform public policy decisions worldwide. With locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Washington, DC; Phoenix; and Beijing, we organize our work around the achievement of six goals: low-carbon, climate-resilient communities, and regions; efficient and equitable tax systems; reduced poverty and spatial inequality; fiscally healthy communities and regions; sustainably managed land and water resources; and functional land markets and reduced informality.
Center For Geospatial Solutions Overview
The Lincoln Institute’s Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) generates data insights that help partners to design and implement equitable land, water, and climate solutions.
Internet Of Water Overview
In our effort to address the impacts of climate change, including drought, flooding, pollution, and other water-related challenges, information is perhaps the most important solution. How much water is available for use in a particular location? What is the quality? How is it used? Answering such questions is the mission of the Lincoln Institute’s new Internet of Water Initiative—so named because it aims to do for water what the internet did for real estate, weather forecasts, and countless other sources of data. The initiative, housed at CGS, standardizes, and connects water-related data in the United States from thousands of different sources to enable better decisions, ultimately making communities more sustainable and resilient. The Internet of Water Initiative modernizes existing systems for managing water data and helps government agencies and private organizations coordinate with each other and make their data more accessible.
University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Project Overview
Through collaboration with UCAR, IoW will conduct regional climate, weather, and water data code-sprints and training for two regions in Africa in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). You will rapidly deploy free open-source software for weather and climate data to cities in Africa that need it the most. It also requires you to provide additional training sessions to build capacity in the region to use the system in perpetuity at very low cost. The WMO Information System (WIS) connects all National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and regions together for weather, water, and climate data exchange. WIS 2.0 is the new technical framework for WMO data sharing which is designed to dramatically modernize WMO’s precursor legacy system, the Global Telecommunication System (GTS). Currently, however, most data and products published through WIS are still distributed using the old system.
Position Overview
The Center for Geospatial Solutions, Internet of Water Initiative seeks a hardworking Program Manager for our Open Data Access for Urban Climate Resilience in Africa project.
The individual in this position will develop and support partnerships and networks with global stakeholders, through the planning and implementation of engagement, management of contract logistics and reports, and the development of materials about and for the program for diverse audiences, including high-level decision-makers. The Program Manager will be expected to take a leadership role and to provide other support as assigned for both CGS and for the larger Lincoln Institute of Land Policy related to this program. This individual will ensure that technical development activities associated with WIS2.0 are informed by stakeholder engagement activities, ensuring that data sharing is enabled by technology in a useful and socially relevant manner.
This is a full-time position that reports to the Associate Director of Engagement for the Internet of Water Initiative. The position requires up to 50% travel, primarily in Africa, with occasional travel within the U.S. The length of this project is anticipated to run four years and possible extension based upon performance and available funding.
What You’ll Do
- Champion as the thought partner, manager, and coordinator for all program logistics, ensuring that contract deliverables are met in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with diverse multi-cultural stakeholders, located across multiple time zones in different countries across Africa, requiring nontraditional work hours.
- Serve as lead author and editor on program materials, including meeting agendas, technical presentations, publications, such as documents and reports for technologists (e.g., data producers and users) and about the project for CGS audiences.
- Plan, facilitate, and execute meetings and workshops including all logistics in African countries, ensuring coordination and alignment between technical activities and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Present and lead workshops, including providing logistical information and giving programmatic presentations about technical information to diverse muti-cultural stakeholder groups.
- Represent Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Center for Geospatial Solutions, and the IoW in high-level regional, national, and international groups.
- Contribute to the overall success of the team by participating in strategy sessions, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with all.
- Perform other coordination and management of tasks as requested.
