Closes 24 Jul 2025 **Location** - Bogotá, Colombia **Deadline** - 24 July 2025 **Contract details** - Labour contract without fixed time limits Full time - Join the SEI Latin America centre and help shape SEI’s growing presence in this dynamic region. Our team currently includes 37 colleagues from seven countries across the Americas, conducting policy-relevant research on water management and sustainable transitions. We are committed to building a talented and dedicated team of environment and development professionals to support further growth and increase our impact. **About the role**: We are recruiting a** Research Associate** who will work under the leadership of the SEI Latin America Water program manager. This role will contribute to manage and implement research, capacity development and policy design projects in the Latin America centre related to water management, river basin planning and sustainable sanitation. **Key duties and responsibilities**: - Under the supervision of the Water program lead, implement projects of the Latin America centre’s Water program. This includes developing, using and transferring planning tools and participatory processes that promote holistic, transparent and robust decision-making for planning and management of river basins and water systems. - Develop platforms for visualization and analysis of water management models - Deep knowledge in Geographic Information Systems for the analysis of water resource management systems. - Propose and develop research on innovative approaches in sustainable water management. - Develop activities to engage stakeholders, build capacity, and inform decision-making among public and private institutions in the water and environmental sectors. - Plan and perform work in the office, in the field, and with public and private institutions across various areas to collect necessary information for project implementation. - Prepare materials to disseminate results and facilitate capacity building, including reports, scientific publications, guides, manuals and presentations, among others. - Support the development of new proposals relevant to the Water program. **Who you are**: You have a MSc in Engineering, Environmental or Earth Science, and have had postgraduate study in Geographical Information Systems. You are committed to supporting research work carried out in pursuit of a more sustainable future for human communities and natural ecosystems. To succeed in this role, you should be organized, collaborative, problem-solving, proactive, and have excellent communication skills in both Spanish and English. You should have the ability to work independently to meet objectives and deadlines, and be able to work in the field under variable climatic conditions, in remote locations, and in physically demanding circumstances. You will also be required to travel to different places (both within and outside the country). In addition to being able to work effectively in the Water program, you should possess the following specific characteristics: - Knowledge in Geographical Information Systems, remote sensing, and spatial data management - Knowledge and experience of work in analysis and modeling of surface or groundwater hydrology, water resources systems, and water management-ecosystem interactions - Experience in developing online visualization platforms for sharing model results and spatial data - Desired experience developing and deploying WEAP models - Solid knowledge and experience in the use of scientific computing tools for spatial analysis (R, MATLAB, Python, others) Experience with machine learning or deep learning models applied to spatial data and remote sensing will be highly valued. **How to apply**: Applications must be written in English and include: - cover letter (maximum one page) highlighting your relevant qualifications and experience - curriculum vitae (CV) or resume (as attachment) **Questions?**: **About SEI**: Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research institute that tackles climate, environment and sustainable development challenges. We empower partners to meet these challenges through cutting-edge research, knowledge, tools and capacity building. Scientific quality and integrity are foundations of our work. Partnership is at the heart of our approach, leading to change that lasts. Our work connects science to policy and practice, aiming to drive tangible impacts. It spans climate change, natural resources, water, air, and health, and addresses questions of governance, innovation, finance, poverty, gender equality and social equity. We are committed to transparency and full disclosure of our funding. The Government of Sweden is our largest funder, and we also receive funds from a range of public research funders, philanthropic foundations, bilateral and multilateral development agencies, governments, NGOs and other partners. Through SEI’s HQ and seven centres around the world, w