Senior Project Officer Hyderabad Office
Senior Project Officer Hyderabad Office
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Job Description
WWFIndia one of the largest conservation organizations engaged in wildlife and nature conservation in the country invites applications fromcandidatesto join as Senior Projects Officer in the Hyderabad Office.
TheSenior Projects Officer(SPO) willbe attached to the WWFIndia Hyderabad office inHyderabad Telangana and be based in Hyderabad Office and various field camps as required both within Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The primary role will be to anchor and advance WWFIndias programme activities in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana which will entail the following:
Location: Hyderabad
Job Profile:
- Programme Implementation and Technical Support:Collaboratively design and implement biological surveys in key sites in the landscape with a focus on
- Wildlife monitoring
- Humanwildlife interactions
- Habitat assessment and recovery
- Protection efficacy
- Assessing corridors and strengthening connectivity and
- Conservation in private lands.
- Working with forest communities
- Training and capacity building
- Analyse data from the aforementioned surveys to produce timely conservation or management relevant documents.
- Networking Coordination and Communication
- Coordinate with supervisors (State Director WWFIndia Hyderabad Office) as well as Wildlife and Habitat team at WWFIndia Secretariat for communicating progress and documenting progress with project activities.
- Interact regularly with various Govt. department(s) and community groups and other stakeholders for planning out and implementation of project activities and updating them with the progress as and when required.
- Analyse data and prepare technical reports as required. Also develop and publish scientific papers relevant to the various aspects of this study. Developing collaborations to bring out highquality papers will be encouraged.
- Programme Development
- The SPO will be responsible for assisting in preparing project proposals and strategies for conservation programmes for the two states.
- The candidate will be responsible for effective liaison with stakeholders including Govt. department(s) Institution(s) and NGOs for any issues pertaining to planning and implementation of project activities in the landscape.
- Additional responsibilities:
- Support the Hyderabad Office team in education and outreach activities.
- Support in fundraising initiatives
Requirements
Desired Qualifications Experience & Skills:
- Masters degree in Wildlife Science Ecology or related disciplines with 2 years or more of experience.
- Strong oral and written communication skills in both English and local language
- Ability to undertake fieldwork in remote areas
- Familiarity with population estimation and modelling animalhabitat relationships
- Strong interdisciplinary interests and ability to collaborate with diverse groups
- Ability to take independent charge of projects
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
