The Global Land Programme GLP wwwglpearth seeks a highly organized and motivated individual to join the Global Land Programmes International Programme Office GLP IPO as Land System Science Lead at the Assistant Research ProfessorPostdoctoral Associate level depending on experience The GLP IPO is hosted by the Department of Geographical Sciences at University of Maryland College Park The GLP is a global research network of more than 2300 scientists worldwide supporting the next generation of science based solutions to land system challenges at local to global scales and delivering knowledge in support of sustainable development The GLP IPO based at UMD serves as a catalyst to achieve the mission of this international network to enable research for sustainable development of land systems via four main objectives 1 Setting agendas and facilitating synthesis in land system science 2 Enabling the production of cutting edge land system science worldwide 3 Informing science based policy on land and 4 Building capacity of the Land System Science LSS community to deliver inclusive solutions oriented science This new position will support the GLPs IPO and Scientific Steering Committee SSC on a range of analytical and programming activities to investigate the implications of competing claims on land eg nationally determined contributions to reduce GHG emissions achieving carbon neutrality conserving biodiversity These activities will include identifying cataloging and wrangling diverse global datasets synthesizing available data sources to produce analytical generalizations of thematic land system challenges and overseeing the production and communication of reports papers and related high impact products targeted to diverse policy audiences eg State of the Land assessment The LSS lead will work in consultation with the SSC and analysts drawn from the wider GLP network This position is a Professional Track Research Faculty Member non tenure position at either the Post Doctoral Associate rank or the Assistant Research Professor rank commensurate with qualifications and experience Post Doctoral Associates have limited prior research experience and are within five years of their doctoral degree Assistant Research Professors conduct independent research and scholarly output This is a 12 month 50 effort part time position The initial appointment is for three years renewable This position offers excellent benefits including but not limited to health insurance generous leave package from the first year retirement subsidy ORP Pension System tuition remission and many professional development opportunities This position is also hybrid telework eligible with flexible work hours GEOG promotes growth in individuals and a healthy work life balance within a collaborative culture The anticipated start date is Fall 2023 The researcher will be located at the University of Maryland with options for telework There may also be periods of travel both domestic and foreign in support of GLP events and projects