Qualifications: A Master's degree in Wildlife Sciences/ Life Sciences/ Ecology/ Conservation Biology is essential.
Work Experience
Minimum work experience of 6-8 years required in habitat ecology, habitat restoration, and species interactions at different trophic levels in human used natural habitats.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure quality and timely implementation of assigned project activities within stipulated time and budget.
- Ensure project activities are implemented in an ecologically sound manner
- Develop methodologies, data collection protocols and toolkits for wildlife habitat management and restoration in and around protected areas and wildlife corridors in the project landscape.
- Implement activities to provide inputs for strengthening of management plans of PAs, buffer areas and wildlife corridors
- Implement habitat management and restoration activities in the project area, monitor the interventions periodically and prepare report on the interventions and results.
- Draft project reports, scientific papers, white papers etc. on the subject area.
- Conduct timely and periodic reviews of project plans and activities and conduct weekly reporting on project activities.
Essential Qualities
- Candidate should have experience working on forest and grassland ecosystems, and with protected area authorities. 2.Experience in ecological study of long ranging mammals is desirable.
- Data analysis and working knowledge of local language is desirable.
- Preference will be given to a candidate having working experience in Eastern Ghats/ Odisha landscape.
