Might be of interest.
For YETI
Debabrata Phukon
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From: WCS India <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019, 10:54 am
Subject: WCS-India Job Opening: Legal Assistant
To: Young Ecologists Talk & Interact Yeti <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>
*Job Title:* Legal Assistant
*Duration:* 1 year
*Remuneration:* Will be commensurate with
experience.
*Location:* Bangalore, may involve travel.
*About the Project:* Wildlife Conservation Society-India has initiated a
project called Combating Wildlife Trafficking, which seeks to build
capacity amongst law enforcement agencies and the judiciary to combat
wildlife trafficking in India. The project aims to improve India’s
detection and enforcement agencies’ capacity to investigate, arrest,
prosecute, convict and sentence criminal organizations that perpetrate
wildlife trafficking. To this end, WCS-India will conduct capacity
building workshops for various stakeholders involved in investigation,
enforcement and prosecution including the Forest Department, Police,
Customs officials, Directorate of Enforcement, public prosecutors,
judiciary etc.
*Job Description:* The primary responsibilities of the legal assistant are:
· Assist with creation of curriculum and conducting capacity
building workshops for various agencies.
· Conduct research on other aspects of environmental and
wildlife law.
· Conduct research to understand conviction rates of wildlife
offences in India.
*Eligibility Criteria: *
Educational Qualification: B.A/B.B.A, L.L.B.
Interest and passion for wildlife conservation is a must. Preferred if the
candidate has done an internship on environmental law.
Kindly get in touch with Mridula Vijairaghavan (mridula@xxxxxxxxxxxx) with
your CV, a letter of intent by 20.01.2018, if interested. Please note that
applications without a letter of intent will not be entertained.
Best Wishes,
Wildlife Conservation Society - India
Tel: +91-80-2973-7455
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