Applications are invited for Project Associates Under Consultancy Project at WII for the year 2021. The last date of application is 28 December.

The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun invites application for Walk-in-interview for engaging Senior Project Associate I (1 position), Project Associate – II (1 position) and Project Associate -I (1 position)for the Consultancy Project entitled “Estimation of economic losses in real term per hectare basis due to forest fire in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh” purely on contractual basis for a period of 6 months.

About the Project

A multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project “Estimation of economic losses in real term per hectare basis due to forest fire in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh” has to be conducted on pilot basis in the forest fire prone forest types of Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh to develop a framework methodology for estimation of economic losses in real terms on per hectare basis.

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This multi-facet project has several objectives as per the institutional expertise, however, the Wildlife Institute of India has to focus mainly for terrestrial and avi-faunal aspects. This will provide a framework/ approach/methods/tools and techniques to estimate tangible and intangible losses due to forest fire on per hectare basis and may be used in other similar forests/areas.

Senior Project Associate

  • Essential Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Wildlife Science/Forestry/ Biodiversity Conservation/ Zoology/ Environmental Science from a recognized University with 60% Marks with at least two years of field research experience
  • Desirable Qualification: Preference will be given to the candidate having working experience in Ecological economics/Environmental accounting/RS & GIS related studies. The candidate should have experience in habitat quantification using different approaches, wildlife surveys, occupancy analysis, population estimation. Additional skills in R, GIS and Statistics will be an advantage
  • Description of Work Conduct and coordinate field investigation with team members on the assessment of wildlife values, natural resource use, land use through participatory processes, conducting workshops, consultations, writing reports, preparation of maps, presentations, report writing and other project related activities
  • Age Up to 40 years (age relaxation applicable as per GoI norms)
  • Emoluments Rs 42,000/- month + HRA as applicable

Project Associate

  • Essential Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Wildlife Science/Forestry/ Biodiversity Conservation/ Zoology/Environmental Science from a recognized University with 60% Marks with at least one year of field research experience in Ecological Research.
  • Desirable Qualification: Preference will be given to the candidate having working experience in Ecological economics/Environmental accounting/RS & GIS related studies. The candidate should have experience in habitat quantification using different approaches, wildlife surveys, occupancy analysis, population estimation. Additional skills in R, GIS and Statistics will be an advantage.
  • Description of Work Conduct and coordinate field investigation with team members on the assessment of wildlife values, natural resource use, land use through participatory processes, conducting workshops, consultations, writing reports, preparation of maps, presentations, report writing and other project related activities
  • Age Up to 30 years (age relaxation applicable as per GoI norms)
  • Emoluments Rs. 35,000/- month + HRA as applicable for Project Associate – II & Rs 31,000/- month + HRA as applicable for Project Associate – I

Application

  • The candidates are required to submit their completed application forms in PDF format, with accompanying attachments, by email (with subject line: “Application for the post of Project Associate I (02 Nos) in Project (Estimation of economic losses in real term per hectare basis due to forest fire in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh) to registrarpr[at]wii.gov.innot later than 1700 hrs on 28th December, 2021.
  • The shortlisted candidates will be notified (through email and website notification) for online personal interview by 3 January, 2022. The online interview will be held on 4 January, 2022 from 1000 hrs onwards.

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