Regional hiringpublishedExternal employer
WWTI
WTIConservation

Project Coordinator

Elephant Corridors

Location

Pan India, India

Work type

Field

Employment

Full Time

Experience

5+ years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

18h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Project Coordinator will support the Division Head in implementing WTI's national elephant corridor strategy, overseeing conservation initiatives, coordinating the Green Corridor Champion network, and providing technical oversight for assessments. This role involves extensive fieldwork, stakeholder engagement, financial management, and technical reporting to advance elephant corridor conservation across India.

Role Context

The SFO/OIC will support the Division Head – Right of Passage in implementing WTI's national elephant corridor strategy. The role requires overseeing the implementation of corridor conservation initiatives, coordinating WTI's Green Corridor Champion (GCC) network, providing technical oversight for elephant corridor assessments, and working closely with State Forest Departments, NGOs, research institutions, consultants, and other stakeholders to mobilise specific actions.

The successful candidate should be equally comfortable in the field, engaging with frontline staff and local stakeholders, as well as coordinating technical outputs, donor reporting, and programme planning at the national level.


Key Responsibilities

  • Support the Division Head in implementing WTI's national elephant corridor conservation programme.

  • Lead coordination of WTI's Green Corridor Champion (GCC) network, ensuring regular engagement, technical support, timely reporting and knowledge exchange.

  • Oversee the financial management of the programme, including budget monitoring, vendor payments and account settlements, ensuring timely utilization of funds and compliance with donor and organisational guidelines.

  • Coordinate elephant corridor assessments, ground surveys and monitoring across states, ensuring standardised data collection and quality control.

  • Liaise with GIS specialists, field teams and technical experts to develop corridor maps, Elephant Corridor Profiles, State Reports and other technical outputs.

  • Build and maintain partnerships with State Forest Departments, NGOs, researchers and other stakeholders to facilitate corridor conservation actions.

  • Organise capacity-building programmes, technical workshops and stakeholder consultations.

  • Assist in proposal development, donor reporting, programme monitoring and overall project management.


Must have Skills

  • Experience working across multiple landscapes and coordinating conservation programmes involving multiple stakeholders.

  • Experience working with State Forest Departments and conservation partners.

  • Strong understanding of ecological surveys, corridor assessments and conservation planning.

  • Experience in project management, donor reporting and proposal development.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Willingness to travel extensively across India.


Desirable Skills

  • Experience working specifically on elephant corridor identification, assessment, monitoring or securement.

  • Experience in landscape ecology, spatial ecology or habitat connectivity modelling.

  • Working knowledge of GIS, Remote Sensing and analytical tools such as R.

  • Experience managing multi-state conservation programmes.

  • Experience organising capacity-building programmes and stakeholder consultations.

Updated 18h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Wildlife Conservation • 1+ yrs
Elephant Ecology • 1+ yrs
Landscape Connectivity Conservation • 1+ yrs
Project Management • 1+ yrs
Ecological Surveys • 1+ yrs
GIS • 1+ yrs
Remote Sensing • 1+ yrs
Stakeholder Coordination • 1+ yrs

Experience

5+ years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationPan India, India
Work typeField
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh9/10
physicalHigh8/10
cognitiveHigh8/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityMedium6/10
uncertaintyMedium7/10
communicationHigh9/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

WTI

Team size

Growing team

Location

Pan India, India

he principal concerns of WTI include crisis management and the provision of quick, efficient aid to individuals, species or habitats that require it the most. In its 25+ years of operations, WTI has saved more than 54,334 animal lives, trained and equipped 20,076 frontline forest staff and covered them under India's pioneering supplementary accident assurance scheme that also covers COVID-19, assisted the govt. in creating 7 Protected Areas, sensitised more than 30 lakh children to conservation, protected almost 1,77,664 hectares of natural habitat including mangroves and coral reefs, and assisted enforcement agencies in almost 302 enforcement operations to dismantle wildlife trade and trafficking.

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Project Coordinator

Pan India, IndiaFull Time