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Job opening for Team Coordinator in Kanha Tiger Reserve, India

Position: Team Coordinator
Project: Predation risk mapping of tiger and leopard livestock depredation
Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Payment: Rs. 20,000 ($400) per month with meals and lodging included
Term: ASAP through September 2012
Supervisor: Jennie Miller, PhD Candidate at the Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies and Research Affiliate at the Wildlife Institute of India
Project overview available at: http://jenniemiller.weebly.com/research.html

Required qualifications:
- Completed an M.Sc. in Zoology, Environmental Studies or environmentally
related subject
- Fluent in both Hindi and English
- Previous fieldwork experience, including identifying tiger, leopard and
prey scat and pugmarks

Description: A position is available for a Team Coordinator to supervise and
carry out data collection on tiger and leopard livestock kills in Kanha
Tiger Reserve. Fieldwork will consist of interviewing Forest Department
staff about livestock kill cases, conducting vegetation and prey sign
surveys at kill sites, and collecting scat in the park buffer and core. The
Team Coordinator will also translate livestock reports from Hindi into
English and maintain project databases. The Team Coordinator will live at
the Mukki Forest Department gate and work on the eastern side of Kanha with
one local assistant. The position will involve working independently across
a large, remote and beautiful landscape.

Applicants should have completed an M.Sc. in an environmentally related
subject and have experience conducting wildlife or environmental research in
the field. Previous experience identifying carnivore and ungulate signs is
required. Candidates should be fluent in Hindi and English (speaking,
reading and writing) and maintain a good sense of humor while working long
days in challenging field conditions, including long walks/drives, extreme
heat and biting insects. The position is available from March-September 2012
and applicants MUST commit to work for the full period.

To apply, email Jennie Miller at jennifer.miller@yale.edu with:
1) Curriculum Vitae or Resume, and
2) 1-2 paragraph(s) describing why you are suitable for the job and why you
want the position.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and contacted only if they
are selected for a phone/Skype interview. 

Source: Nathistory Group