About This Role
This role involves supporting wildlife conservation projects, encompassing habitat planning, protected areas, species recovery, and managing human-wildlife conflict. It suits a professional who can conduct field surveys, analyze ecological data, and contribute to conservation action plans.
Responsibilities
- Support the design, implementation, and monitoring of wildlife conservation projects covering habitat/landscape planning, protected areas, species recovery, and human-wildlife conflict
- Undertake camera-trap, transect, sign/occupancy, GPS, and other biodiversity field surveys; ensure data quality and documentation
- Analyse species distribution, habitat suitability, landscape connectivity, and wildlife corridors using RS-GIS, camera-trap, and ecological data
- Contribute to protected-area management/zonation plans, eco-development and eco-tourism frameworks, species conservation action plans, and monitoring systems
- Facilitate community and stakeholder consultations; document conflict and support locally appropriate mitigation, infrastructure, and livelihood measures
- Support proposals, RFPs/EOIs, and conservation-finance programmes involving CSR, biodiversity credits/funds, and wildlife co-benefits in carbon/NbS projects
- Prepare technical reports, maps, presentations, training material, and publications aligned with the Wildlife (Protection) Act, CITES, EIA requirements, and IUCN frameworks
- Participate in meetings, workshops, and capacity-building activities; undertake extensive project-related field travel in India and, when required, internationally
Requirements
- 2 - 10 years of experience
- Master's degree in wildlife science, Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Forestry, Biodiversity Conservation, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Geography, or a related discipline
- Knowledge of wildlife ecology, habitat and protected-area assessment, species monitoring, corridor conservation, and human-wildlife conflict mitigation
- Familiarity with camera trapping, transects, sign surveys, GPS-based data collection, and species identification
- Proficiency in ArcGIS/QGIS and Google Earth/Google Earth Engine, with the ability to manage and analyse ecological, spatial, and camera-trap data
- Familiarity with KoboToolbox, eBird, iNaturalist, SMART, and the Wildlife (Protection) Act, CITES, IUCN Red List, and relevant environmental regulations
- Strong report/proposal writing, stakeholder engagement, communication, Microsoft Office, and presentation skills
- 2+ years of relevant experience, preferably in wildlife surveys, biodiversity monitoring, habitat/corridor assessment, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, or protected-area projects
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