[meetyeti] Fwd: WCS-India Job opening: Law Officer

From: YETI <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>
To: meetyeti <meetyeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:41:40 +0530

Might be of interest.

For YETI
Debabrata Phukon

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From: WCS India <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 12:25 PM
Subject: WCS-India Job opening: Law Officer
To: Young Ecologists Talk & Interact Yeti <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>

*Job Title:* Law Officer

*No. of positions open:* 1

*Duration:* 1 year

*Remuneration:* Will be commensurate with experience.

*Location:* Bangalore/Hyderabad

*About the Organization: *Wildlife Conservation Society-India is an
organization that works towards conservation backed by science. We engage
with governments and partner with several other NGOs to achieve the best
results. We have undertaken a project called Counter Wildlife Trafficking
which aims at addressing illegal wildlife trade in India.

*About the Project:* Wildlife Conservation Society-India has initiated a
project called Counter 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.
   - Assist enforcement agencies with legal advice and help with cases on
   an ongoing basis.
   - Conduct research on other aspects of environmental and wildlife law.

*Eligibility Criteria:*

Educational Qualification: B.A/B.B.A, L.L.B.

Excellent communication skills and fluency in English required. Knowledge
of Telugu is desirable. 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 us at cwt@xxxxxxxxxxxx with the subject line
“Application: Law Officer”, your CV and a letter of intent by 15.11.2019,
if interested. Please note that applications without a letter of intent
will not be entertained.

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Best Wishes,

Wildlife Conservation Society - India
Tel: +91-80-2673 7455
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