If you’ve ever wanted to work in India’s forests, rivers, and wild places — or behind the scenes keeping them protected — this page is for you. We track jobs, fellowships, internships and volunteering opportunities across India’s leading wildlife conservation and research organisations, plus international bodies with India operations or roles open to Indian applicants. Updated regularly.
Last updated: Monday, 28 September 2026.
This update re-checked directly: WII, SACON, NCF, WCT, WCS India, CWS, WPSI, ATREE, The Habitats Trust, CEPF, The Corbett Foundation and beforest — all unchanged since the previous update. Bird Count India’s jobs page returned no content on a direct fetch this time, so its entry is carried forward as it was. Entries not in that list are carried forward from their most recent check (27 September or earlier); where they say “this update”, that refers to that earlier check.
Key: 🟢 ACTIVE JOBS 🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING 💰 GRANTS (not jobs) 🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING
🟢 Active Jobs
🏛️ Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
India’s oldest natural history organisation, working on birds, habitats and conservation policy since 1883. Based at Hornbill House, Mumbai.
Selected current openings (via BNHS’s own careers page): Conservation Biologists — Vulture Safe Zone/Release programme · Wildlife Veterinarian, wild water buffalo breeding programme · Veterinarian – Avian Conservation Breeding Programme and Research Biologist – Conservation Breeding Programme, Nagpur · Senior Biologist and Project Fellows (2), Mahanadi Project · Field Assistant and Research Fellow, Ladakh (biodiversity monitoring with the Indian Army) · Field Assistants (2), Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg · several Junior Project Fellow posts (ornithology, fish & fisheries, Bharatpur, Upper Ganga, Prayagraj, Chambal, Rajasthan bird migration, Lesser Florican, marine benthic studies, digitization) · Project Scientist, National Chambal Sanctuary/Ganga · Asst. Director (Conservation), Mumbai · Scientific Administrative Officer, Wetland Eco-Restoration and Fisheries Development Programme · Botanist, Sanjay Gandhi National Park · Senior Education cum Centre In-Charge · Academic Coordinator · Scientific Associate · Project Assistant · Senior Editor and Assistant Designer (Publications) · HR Head & Admin · HR Assistant · Administrative Executives (Mumbai and Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore) · Account Assistant · Membership Officers (2) · Sales Executive · Junior IT Officer. An internships notice is also listed.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch on 26 September — roster now runs to about 40 postings. This fuller read picks up roles not captured in the previous update’s selection (Ladakh Field Assistant/Research Fellow, Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Field Assistants, Asst. Director (Conservation), Senior Education cum Centre In-Charge, HR Assistant, Account Assistant, JPF Digitization, Project Assistant). Many listings carry older file dates, so some may be long-running rather than freshly opened. Pay details sit in each role’s linked PDF rather than the listing page itself.
🔗 bnhs.org/career · cv.hr@bnhs.org
🦁 Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
India’s largest conservation action organisation. Programme Officer – HR (Noida) · Programme Officer – Emergency Relief Network (HQ) · Field Officer – Sociologist, DDS (Assam-Arunachal) · Chief – Marketing (Noida) · Field Officer, Wildlife Crime Control Division (UP) · Field Officer – Sociologist, Sundarban Conflict Mitigation (West Bengal) · Field Officer – Sociologist, Terai Tiger Project (UP) · Field Officer – Biologist, Assam Hathi Conflict Mitigation (Assam) · Programme Officer, Technology & Innovation/GIS (Noida) · Head – HR (Noida) · Head – Marketing (Noida) · Field Officer – Restoration Ecologist, Garo Hills (Meghalaya).
jobs.wti.org.in remains JavaScript-rendered and could not be fetched directly again this update. This roster is drawn instead from the legacy static mirror (old.wti.org.in/job/) and only partially corroborated by search — a different-looking set of roles from previous updates, so treat as unconfirmed against the live portal. Check jobs.wti.org.in directly for the complete current list. The legacy mirror was re-fetched on 27 September and shows the same 12 roles. Separately, a third-party job board (17 August 2026) reported a Field Officer – Biologist, Gandak Gharial Recovery Project (Valmiki Nagar, West Champaran, Bihar; PG in Zoology/Wildlife Science or allied field), linking to a jobs.wti.org.in listing. That listing could not be confirmed on the live portal, so check it is still open before applying.
🐘 WWF India
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Senior Officer/Assistant Manager — E-Commerce (New Delhi) · Senior Officer/Assistant Manager — Graphic Design (New Delhi) · Head/Director — National Conservation Programme (New Delhi) · Lead — Programme Development, Advocacy & Partnerships (New Delhi) · Project Officer — Raptor Conservation Programme, MP & Karnataka (Bhopal) · Performance Marketing Associate — Digital Fundraising (New Delhi) · Associate Coordinator — Aquatic Biodiversity (Rupnagar, Punjab) · Coordinator — Sustainable Agriculture Programme (Hyderabad) · Director — Brahmaputra Programme (Tezpur). WWF India also runs a standing internship programme.
Confirmed this update via the underlying Zoho Recruit widget (careers.wwfindia.org’s static shell itself returns no listings) — a substantially different, smaller roster than the previous update (9 roles vs roughly 12), now concentrated in Delhi with no Mumbai, Ahmedabad or Kolkata postings currently live. TRAFFIC India continues to recruit through this same portal; no separately branded TRAFFIC listing was visible.
🔗 careers.wwfindia.org · Internship info
🔬 Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bengaluru. Media Fellow (0–2 yrs, visual/multimedia storytelling for conservation science, Bengaluru) · Finance Manager (Bengaluru) · Field Programme Coordinator — Wild Carbon (Karnataka agroforestry/restoration programme) · Field Operations Lead — Wild Seve (human-wildlife conflict response, Karnataka) · HR Manager (Bengaluru) · Principal Scientist (PhD required) · Fundraising Coordinator · Wild Shaale Programme Coordinator (Karnataka; Kannada fluency required) · GIS/RS Fellow (AI/ML wildfire-prediction modelling; Telugu fluency required) · Wild Surakshe Trainer — two openings, Karnataka/Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra/Goa (stated deadline 10 October 2025 has long passed but both remain posted live). Also open: an unpaid 3-month internship supporting an elephant occupancy and distribution survey in Rayagada, Odisha (Odia fluency required; accommodation and field travel covered).
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; roster unchanged from the previous update.
🐻 Wildlife SOS
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Field Researcher — Elephant Conservation Program (Pan-India) · Veterinary Officer (Maharashtra) · Community Engagement (Mumbai) · Community Engagement Associate (Pune/Hyderabad) · Communications Associate (Bangalore) · Education Officer (Agra/Mathura) · Data Management Associate — Photo & Video Content (Delhi/Agra) · Civil Engineer (Delhi NCR/Agra-Mathura) · Marketing Officer (Delhi) · Resource Mobilization Executive (Delhi/Mumbai/Hyderabad/Bengaluru) · Face-to-Face Fundraising Officers (Delhi). Rolling basis, no fixed deadlines.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; roster unchanged.
🔗 wildlifesos.org/careers · careers@wildlifesos.org
🌿 IORA Ecological Solutions
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Nature restoration and biodiversity conservation. Project Manager — Satpura-Melghat Landscape (Madhya Pradesh, field-based) · Assistant Manager — Agriculture (Delhi) · RA — Climate Change (Delhi) · RA — Remote Sensing and GIS (Delhi, 2 positions, open until filled) · Manager — NbS Origination/Business Development (Delhi) · Senior Manager, Finance (Delhi) · Finance Manager (Delhi) · HR Manager (Delhi) · HR Intern (Delhi) · Associate — Green Economy & Community-Based Agroforestry (Delhi). Internship: Intern – RS GIS (Delhi) remains listed; the internships page itself was too large to fully re-fetch this update, so the previously-stated “5 positions / Rs 10,000–15,000/month” detail is carried forward unconfirmed rather than re-verified.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch of the job-openings page this update; some roster turnover since the previous update (Senior Manager Finance, HR Manager, Finance Manager and HR Intern are listings not previously captured).
🔗 ioraecological.com/opportunity-job-openings · Internships
🐦 Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Kolkata-based. Manager – Climate, Environment & Youth Citizen Science (Deepor Beel, Guwahati; Rs 50,000–55,000/month) — stated deadline 15 August 2026 has passed but the listing remains live; confirm status before applying. Conference Operations & Stakeholder Coordinator (Kolkata, 9–10 months, Rs 55,000–60,000/month) and Conference Operations & Coordination Associate (Kolkata, Rs 35,000–40,000/month) — consultancy roles for the 17th International Living Lakes Conference 2026, jointly organised with Global Nature Fund, Germany. Also currently running a paid Biodiversity Internship (Sundarban, Rs 15,000/month stipend) — see Internships & Volunteering section below.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; roster unchanged.
🔗 naturewildlife.org/career-opportunities
🌏 Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
MoEFCC-supported, Ahmedabad HQ. Large roster (~20+ postings) spanning Ahmedabad and New Delhi. Sampled current entries: Executive Associate to the Director (Ahmedabad, three-year fixed-term; deadline stated 10 September 2026 has passed but remains posted) · Field Coordinator, Kalawad/Jamnagar (Rs 30–32k) · Project Coordinator (Education), Agar-Malwa, MP (up to Rs 55k) · Project Officer (HR), Ahmedabad (Rs 40k) · Project Officer — Sustainable Textiles/Circular Economy, Ahmedabad · NFD Accountant/Accounts Officer, Ahmedabad · Project Staff & Naturalists, Sundarvan Nature Discovery Centre, Ahmedabad · a New Delhi cluster: Account Assistant, Finance Officer, Project Assistant–Administration, Project Executive–M&E, Project Manager–Waste Management, Project Officer–Reporting & Traceability, HR & Procurement Assistant, Communication Officer, Project Officer–Facility Management.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update — a fuller read of the roster than the previous update’s partial snapshot managed.
🏜️ Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bhuj. Three active notices, unchanged since the previous update: Project Scientist / Project Fellow (Advt. No. GUIDE/Recruitment/Project Scientist or project fellow/2026-27/008, 16 July 2026) · Project Assistant, EMAD/IGSTC (Advt. No. GUIDE/Recruitment/EMAD/IGSTC/PA/2026-27/007, 2 July 2026) · Project Staff (Advt. No. GUIDE/Recruitment/Project Staff/2025-26/005, 28 April 2026, downloadable application form). All three notices are posted as scanned images — role/pay/deadline detail is in the linked notices, not extractable as page text.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged.
🔗 gujaratdesertecology.com/recruitment
🦍 Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre (WRRC)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bengaluru. Animal Care Assistants & Experts (BRC Attender), Bannerghatta Rehabilitation Centre — daily feeds, enclosure hygiene, monitoring animal health/behaviour, assisting vets. Also currently taking Research Interns (Elephant Care Facility & BRC, studying animal behaviour) — see Internships & Volunteering below.
Not independently re-checked this update — the page returned no content on a direct fetch, likely JS-rendered; carried forward unchanged.
🔗 wrrcindia.org/opportunities-at-wrrc
🦉 Wildlife Research and Conservation Society (WRCS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Pune. Communication Officer (Pune office — manages website, social media and the WRCS handicraft shop, plus donor-report support) · Research Biologist (Central India, Forest Owlet population study; 2-year field-based post). Both listed as rolling/urgent applications; pay described only as “commensurate with experience.”
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update, including both individual role pages; roster unchanged.
🦉 Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Projects Manager (New Delhi HQ), reporting to CEO & Executive Director — Master’s in Wildlife Sciences preferred, 5+ years’ experience. Posting dated December 2025; rolling review until filled.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; listing unchanged. (A third-party search summary also referenced an “Accounts Assistant” role, but this does not appear on the live jobs page, so it is not included.)
🔗 vacancy@wpsi-india.org · wpsi-india.org/jobs
🐯 TRAFFIC India
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Recruits primarily via WWF India — see WWF India entry above. TRAFFIC’s international network also maintains its own careers page, which may occasionally carry India-specific or India-relevant roles.
🔗 careers.wwfindia.org · traffic.org/careers
🏨 CGH Earth (incl. Wayanad Wild)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: hospitality/ecotourism sector, not a conservation NGO — included because Wayanad Wild and other CGH Earth properties employ resident naturalists. CGH Earth runs a standing recruitment channel across its 19 properties in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Karnataka (including Wayanad Wild). No individual naturalist vacancy is separately posted — apply direct to be considered as roles open.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; page still shows only the general “join us” invitation, no dated postings — unchanged.
🔗 careers@cghearth.com · cghearth.com/careers
🏗️ WSP India
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: global environmental/infrastructure consultancy (EIA-consulting sector), not a conservation NGO. Assistant Consultant – Ecology and Environmental Consultant roles referenced in India (Noida cited for the Environmental Consultant role); a Principal Consultant – Ecology (Noida) listing also surfaced.
Reconfirmed via search this update; WSP’s own careers hub (wsp.com/en-in/careers) and the individual listing both remain JS-rendered/unfetchable directly, so exact current status could not be independently verified from primary source.
🔗 wsp.com — search “WSP India careers” for current listings
🌍 Arcadis
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: global environmental consultancy (EIA-consulting sector), not a conservation NGO. Consultant – Ecology postings in Bangalore, Karnataka and Noida, Uttar Pradesh · Senior Consultant – Ecology (India) · a Principal Consultant – Ecology (Navi Mumbai) listing also referenced.
Reconfirmed via search this update; the Bangalore Consultant – Ecology posting loaded on direct fetch (confirmed live, though too JS-heavy to parse in full); other roles confirmed via listing titles/URLs only.
🔗 jobs.arcadis.com — search “Consultant – Ecology”
🌳 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bengaluru-based interdisciplinary conservation and environmental research organisation. Fellow in Agroecology (Bengaluru, 5-year appointment with possibility of extension) — leads practice- and policy-oriented interdisciplinary research in agroecology across India’s agroclimatic zones, particularly the Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats, within a Food–Water–Biodiversity–Climate nexus framework. PhD in Life Sciences/Agriculture with 3+ years’ postdoctoral research experience preferred. Posted 17 July 2026, open through 10 October 2026. Two further postings are also live: a Research Assistant role (deadline 15 October 2026) and a PhD-linked position, “From Food Waste to Livestock Feed: PhD Research on Sustainable Rurban Food Systems” (deadline 23 October 2026).
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September) — the same three live postings as the previous update.
🔗 atree.org — Fellow in Agroecology · atree.org/careers
🛰️ AiDASH
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: climate-tech firm doing satellite-based vegetation management for utilities (Gurugram), not a conservation NGO. Manager, Nature & Ecology (Gurugram; 8–10 years’ experience; full-time) — leads a team of ecologists on habitat mapping and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessments for UK/EU and other-region utility clients; requires UKHab/DEFRA/BNG knowledge and GIS skills.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch and a job-board mirror this update; listing appears to remain active. AiDASH’s own careers page loads its listings via an embedded JS widget that could not be independently parsed.
🌉 AtkinsRéalis
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: global engineering consultancy (EIA-consulting sector), not a conservation NGO. Lead Environmental Consultant (Bangalore, Karnataka) — a general environmental-consulting role rather than a dedicated “Ecology Consultant” post. A second India role has appeared since the last update: PECC/EIA – Environment Consultant II/Senior Environment Consultant (Mumbai).
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; the Bangalore listing remains live and a second India role (Mumbai) is now also confirmed on AtkinsRéalis’s own careers portal. No dedicated “Ecology Consultant” title exists for India — related ecology/EIA roles on the site are UK/Ireland/Canada-based only.
🔗 AtkinsRéalis — Lead Environmental Consultant, Bangalore · search “PECC/EIA” on careers.atkinsrealis.com for the Mumbai listing
📸 Sanctuary Nature Foundation
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
The Get Involved page currently marks two roles “Hiring now”: Digital Communications Editor (digital marketing/graphic design, remote-capable) and Assistant Editor (editorial/writing for Sanctuary Asia and Sanctuary Cub, preferably Mumbai-based; a near-identical earlier Assistant Editor posting cited Rs 3–5 lakh p.a.). Both postings carry stated dates that have already passed (a 25 May 2026 deadline for Assistant Editor, a 30 June 2026 start date for Digital Communications Editor), so these may be listings the organisation hasn’t taken down rather than genuinely open roles — worth confirming directly with editorial@sanctuaryasia.com before applying.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; moved back from No Current Vacancies since both roles are still actively marked “Hiring now” on the live page, though the caveat above applies.
🔗 sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/get-involved
🌿 Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Dehradun. New research-project recruitment cycle: Advt. No. WII/ADVT. 1/RP–CELL/September, 2026 (posted 22 September 2026), billed as 11 categories of positions for various research projects; Indian nationals only. Online applications open 24 September and close 8 October 2026. Positions in the notice include: Project Associate-I, twin-tunnel wildlife impact study, Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Rs 37,000 + HRA with NET/GATE, Rs 30,000 + HRA without) · Bringing Back Cheetah in India — Principal Project Associate (Rs 67,000 + HRA), Senior Project Associate – Ecology (Rs 57,000 + HRA), Project Associate-II – Ecology (Rs 42,000/33,000 + HRA), Project Associate-I (2 posts) and Project Assistant (2 posts, Rs 27,000 + HRA) · Project Associate-I (2 posts), amphibian/reptile/fish monitoring protocol, Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur · Project Assistant, Nicobar Megapode movement-ecology study, Nicobar Islands (Rs 27,000 + HRA). All roles are one year (most likely to be extended). Application fee Rs 500 (General) / Rs 100 processing fee (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PC); maximum two positions per candidate.
Moved here from No Current Vacancies on 26 September — confirmed via a direct fetch of WII’s recruitments listing and the advertisement PDF. The earlier August 2026 cycle (with its 31 August corrigendum) and two deputation-only postings (Finance Officer; Scientist-D/E/F/G, for existing government employees) also remain listed. The September advertisement page was re-fetched and confirmed still live on 27 and 28 September, with the online application link unchanged and no corrigendum posted. A fetch of the main recruitments index returned only a partial listing, so it was not used.
🔗 WII — September 2026 advertisement · Apply online · wii.gov.in/recruitments
🐦 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Coimbatore (WII’s South India Centre). Three new recruitment notices are flagged “new” on SACON’s careers page: Advt No. 08/2026 — research personnel and consultants for the Centre of Excellence on Human-Wildlife Conflict · Advt No. 09/2026 — research personnel in various projects · Advt No. 09a/2026 — research personnel for the Udhwa LBS project. Applications are through the WII-SACON recruitment portal. According to third-party job listings (not yet confirmed on SACON’s own site), Advt 09/09a closes 5 October 2026 at 5 pm. A second job board repeated that date on 27 September. That listing also names a Project Associate-II post on caracal conservation in Rajasthan (Rs 42,000 + HRA with NET/GATE, Rs 33,000 + HRA without).
Moved here from No Current Vacancies on 26 September — the three notices were confirmed on SACON’s own careers page, and were still flagged “new” on a direct re-fetch on 28 September. SACON has also posted the selection results of its 4 September online interviews for the earlier Advt No. 07-2026. The recruitment portal (wii-saconrp.in) did not return usable content on a direct fetch, so the deadline and role details above come from a third-party job listing. Check them on the portal before applying.
🔗 sacon.in/careers · wii-saconrp.in (apply)
🟡 Internships & Volunteering
🐊 Madras Crocodile Bank Trust & Centre for Herpetology (MCBT)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu — one of the world’s largest reptile zoos, founded by Romulus & Zai Whitaker in 1976. No paid job listings found; runs an active hands-on volunteer programme (minimum 2 weeks, maximum 1 month) across Research, Education and zoo-maintenance work, plus a Docent programme. No current openings listed for paid roles.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged.
🔗 volunteer@madrascrocodilebank.org · madrascrocodilebank.org/volunteer_with_us
🐍 Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Shimoga District, Karnataka — a permanent field station of MCBT in the Western Ghats, founded by Romulus Whitaker in 2005, focused on rainforest ecology and King Cobra research. Volunteering runs year-round in three tiers: short-term (under 15 days), long-term (over 15 days) and internship (long-term, tied to academic projects); volunteers contribute a nominal amount for food/accommodation. Apply via CV + letter of intent. No current paid openings listed.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged.
🔗 research@agumberainforest.org · agumberainforest.org — Volunteer with Us
🦎 Zoo Outreach Organisation (Zooreach)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Coimbatore — species/habitat conservation planning, publishes the Journal of Threatened Taxa and Zoo’s Print. The Sally Walker Centre’s “Conservation Proficiency Course” (3Cs/SWC3C) is running its 2026 cohort with confirmed dates: applications opened 6 May and closed 10 June 2026; the 2-month in-house RHATC training phase in Coimbatore began 1 September 2026; only 6 of the 10 selected Fellows then proceed to an 8-month paid internship, starting 4 November 2026 and running through 30 June 2027. (The course fee and scholarship detail from earlier updates — ₹30,000 all-inclusive, with scholarships for up to 3 Fellows — could not be reconfirmed on the current programme page.) The general “take part as a volunteer or intern” call previously on zooreach.org’s main site could not be located this update — its navigation no longer shows an obvious volunteer/careers link.
Reconfirmed via a fetch of swc3c.zooreach.org this update; the general volunteer-call page is unconfirmed (possibly removed or relocated) and needs a follow-up check next run. Contact swc3c@zooreach.org to confirm current intake status before applying.
🔗 zooreach.org · 3Cs / Conservation Proficiency Course
🐍 Centre for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation (CTBC)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Coimbatore/Malappuram, Kerala. Note: the openings found are tech/non-field roles, not wildlife fieldwork. The organisation’s own site (ctbci.org) remains JavaScript-rendered and returns no usable content on a direct fetch. Third-party listings continue to reference unpaid Backend Developer, MERN Stack Web Developer and Frontend/ReactJS developer internships — all for their tropical-biodiversity journal website, work-from-home, roughly 3 months. No field-based openings verified.
Reconfirmed via search this update; unchanged.
🐦 NEWS — Biodiversity Internship (Sundarban)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Biodiversity Intern (Paid), Sundarban — field-based; B.Sc./M.Sc. in Zoology/Environmental Science/Wildlife Biology; stipend Rs 15,000/month. NEWS also has active paid job openings — see Active Jobs section above.
🔗 naturewildlife.org/career-opportunities
🐍 Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology (KCRE)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Thirthahalli, Karnataka (Western Ghats). Runs a year-round Resident Internship programme (minimum 3-month commitment; unpaid, food and accommodation covered; best suited to gap-year students/recent B.Sc. graduates; month-long trial period before confirming the full term). Also runs paid training camps and workshops (e.g. STORM Certification, Wild Biome, Ecology Explorers). Apply via online form, CV, statement of purpose and two references.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged.
🔗 kalinga@kalingacre.com · kalingacre.com — Resident Internship
🐘 Freeland
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Bangkok-headquartered counter-wildlife-trafficking organisation. Rolling remote intern/volunteer positions for the Global Wildlife Trafficking Observatory project — data sampling/verification/proofreading for a wildlife-crime news database, flexible commitment (roughly 1–2 hrs/day, full-time possible for academic-credit interns), unpaid. Also runs a separate general volunteer track (research/analysis, fieldwork/investigation, campaigning, fundraising, writing/design; volunteers cover their own living/travel/visa costs) and a standing speculative-CV channel. Open to remote applicants, including from India.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged.
🔗 info@freeland.org · freeland.org/work-opportunities
🦅 People for Animals (PFA) — Wildlife Rescue & Conservation Centre, Bengaluru
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Kengeri, Bengaluru — established PFA unit rescuing and rehabilitating urban wildlife. Six structured internships, minimum 21 days each: General, Communication (onsite mandatory), Animal Behaviour, Veterinary (requires 3rd-year BVSc+), Rescue & Rehabilitation, and Outreach (Kannada + English fluency required). Apply via online form. Also runs general/corporate/young-volunteer tracks (72-hour completion earns a certificate).
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update; unchanged. No separate careers page for full-time roles was found.
🔗 reachus@peopleforanimalsbangalore.org · pfawildlifehospital.org/internship
🌿 Satpuda Foundation
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Grassroots conservation NGO, Central India. Runs a year-round volunteer/internship programme with rolling applications, subject to mentor and project availability. The jobs page now shows two postings: a Field Biologist / Education Officer / Field Assistant role still linked to a PDF dated April 2025 (likely a stale link left live rather than a fresh opening), and a Conservation Officer post at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra (honorarium Rs 10,000–12,000/month, initial 1-year assignment with provision for a 2-year extension, no posting date given). A separate legacy duplicate page also shows a Research Officer, Nagpur post (Rs 18,000–20,000/month). Given the mix of a dated PDF and an undated listing, treat the jobs page as unconfirmed pending direct contact with Satpuda.
Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update — the picture is more mixed than fully stale, but not yet clear enough to move back to Active Jobs.
🔗 satpuda2001@gmail.com · satpuda.org/jobs.php · Volunteer/Internship page
💰 Grants & Funding (not jobs)
🌿 The Habitats Trust — Conservation Grants
💰 GRANTS (not jobs)
Annual grants programme for lesser-known species and underrepresented habitats. THT Conservation Grant, Action Grant/Service Project and Research Grant applications are closed for the 2026 cycle (9th edition, which ran 10 January – 10 February 2026); 2026 recipients have been named — Srishti Manipal Institute and Arulagam (Conservation Grant), M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and CEDAR (Research Grant), Devvrat Singh and Nagpur Centre for Peoples Social Forum (Action Grant). No 2027 cycle open-date is posted on the site itself, reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September). Grant sizes: Conservation Grant (up to Rs 1 crore) · Action Grant/Service Project (Rs 25 lakh) · Research Grant (Rs 40 lakh) · Seed Grant (Rs 3 lakh).
🌍 Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
💰 GRANTS (not jobs)
Global biodiversity-hotspot grants fund (Conservation International, AFD, EU, GEF, Japan, World Bank and others). No Western Ghats or India-specific call is currently open. Calls still listed as open: Sri Lanka (GEF Small Grants, closing 9 October 2026) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (GEF Small Grants, closing 1 November 2026). The Wallacea Small & Large Grants call is still on the page, but its stated 26–27 September 2026 closing date has now passed. None of these calls are open to India-based applicants (reconfirmed via a direct fetch of the open-calls page on 28 September). Not a jobs board — grants go to organisations, not individual hires.
🔗 cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals
🔴 No Current Vacancies
Listed for completeness — no active jobs, internships or volunteering opportunities verified as of this update. Check back or contact directly.
🦅 Aaranyak
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — moved here from Active Jobs/Internships on 27 September: Guwahati-based. A direct check of aaranyak.org/careers/ confirms the page is stale — its newest notice (Advt-75, a paid PR Cell internship) carries an application deadline of 15 April 2024, and the “Senior Manager, Rhino Research and Conservation Division” and “Project Assistants (12 posts, Advt-101)” roles carried on this page in earlier updates could not be found live anywhere on the site; the closest match, Advt-66 for a Senior Manager – RRCD, is itself a stale 2023 listing. Separately, Aaranyak’s internship programme (aaranyak.org/internship-opportunities/) turns out to be fee-based rather than the paid PR Cell internship previously described: domestic applicants pay Rs 3,000–15,000 depending on duration (1 week–6 months), with only North-East India applicants eligible for a token stipend. 🔗 hr@aaranyak.org · aaranyak.org/careers · aaranyak.org/internship-opportunities
🌿 Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September): the opportunities page still states explicitly “We do not have any opportunities currently.” A May 2026 Project Coordinator, Education and Public Engagement posting is indexed by search but its deadline (12 May 2026) has long passed. 🔗 ncf-india.org/opportunities
🐯 The Corbett Foundation (TCF)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September): careers page carries no specific current listing, only a standing invitation to send CV/cover note plus an internship form; accepts rolling applications for full-time, part-time and internship roles. A search-indexed April 2026 Project Assistant/JRF drive (Kutch/Kaziranga) had a last date of 30 April 2026, already expired, and is not repeated on TCF’s own site. 🔗 corbettfoundation.org/career · jobs@corbettfoundation.org
🦅 Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September): careers page still states “There are no job openings at the moment.” 🔗 wildlifeconservationtrust.org/careers · careers@wctindia.org
🍊 IUCN India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch of the live open-vacancies list this update: still no India Country Office postings (open roles skew to Belgium, Costa Rica/Ecuador, Germany, Senegal, Switzerland and Uzbekistan). Older India vacancy IDs still indexed by search (Country Representative, Programme Officer, Office Assistant, Senior Programme Officer, Project Associate – Red List of Orchids) remain historic/closed postings cached by search engines, not live openings. 🔗 View openings (filter by India Country Office)
🐦 Bird Count India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch on 27 September: the Project Coordinator posting (Bengaluru/NCF, Rs 35,000–45,000/month) now explicitly reads “Application Deadline Closed.” No new posting found via search. (A re-fetch on 28 September returned a blank page, so this entry is carried forward.) 🔗 birdcount.in/jobs
🏔️ Snow Leopard Trust India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: the one listed role, IT Specialist (Seattle HQ, remote-recruited, not India-specific), shows its application window (7–28 August 2026) has now closed. Consultancy listings remain Central Asia-only (Pamir-Alai/Kyrgyzstan). Page states plainly there are no internship opportunities at this time. 🔗 snowleopard.org/careers
🌺 FERAL
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Western Ghats. Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (the page loaded successfully for the first time in several updates): the Joining and Volunteering page states plainly “Watch this space for job opening,” with no listings present. The earlier PhD-opportunity call (deadline extended to 10 July 2026) is academic, not employment, and has also expired. 🔗 feralindia.org
🐍 Guindy Snake Park / Chennai Snake Park Trust
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — one of India’s oldest reptile parks (NGO trust, est. 1972), Guindy, Chennai. Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: no Careers, Jobs or Internship section anywhere in site navigation. 🔗 chennaisnakepark.in
🐍 The Liana Trust
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Mysuru, Karnataka; human-snake conflict and herpetological research/education. No jobs/careers/volunteer page exists on the org’s own site, reconfirmed this update; a third-party page states the org is “not actively recruiting volunteers for specific roles at this time,” with interest registered via an enquiry form only. 🔗 thelianatrust.org
🐍 Snake Conservation Coalition – Western Ghats (SCC-WG)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via search this update: no independent website or standalone organisation by this name exists. Closest match is a loose, Zooreach-convened Western Ghats snake-conservation scoping-workshop network, not a standalone employer with its own listings.
🌍 Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September): the opportunities page states plainly “Sorry! We don’t have any openings at the moment.” 🔗 india.wcs.org/opportunities · careers@wcsindia.org
🌳 Devrai (Gavdevi Pratishthan Ganjavane)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Raigad, Maharashtra; Western Ghats/Sahyadri forest and biodiversity conservation trust. Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: both the homepage and “Join Us” page returned blank content, consistent with the previously-noted broken template. 🔗 devraiorganization.com
🌾 beforest
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — regenerative-agriculture/land-collective model, not primarily a wildlife-conservation employer. Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update (28 September): careers page still states “There are no open positions currently”; speculative CVs invited at jobs@beforest.co. 🔗 beforest.co/careers
🐸 PARC (Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — North America-only network; reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: current listings are all US/Caribbean-based (e.g. Dallas Zoo, Florida FWC, Central Florida Zoo). No India chapter or India-specific listing found. 🔗 parcplace.org
🐟 Wildlife Association of South India (WASI)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Bengaluru; Cauvery River/Mahseer conservation since 1972. Reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: no careers/jobs section — “Join WASI” remains a paid membership scheme (requiring two existing members to propose/second an application), not a jobs or volunteering programme.
🌴 Junglescapes
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — active on restoration work in the Western Ghats (Bandipur) and runs a Foundation Training Program on the Practice of Ecological Restoration (FTPPER), but reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: no careers, jobs or volunteering page could be found; site appears largely static, though still active (team/leadership page current). 🔗 info@junglescapes.org
🦅 Coexistence Fellowship
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the 2026 cohort’s application window (16 August – 16 September 2026) has closed; reconfirmed via search this update, with no news yet of a 2027 cycle. Two-year, community-paired human-wildlife coexistence fellowship hosted at the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bengaluru, supported by the British Asian Trust, Elephant Family and Rainmatter Foundation; fellows apply as a team of two (conservation practitioner + community member). Mandatory in-person training in Bengaluru begins in early November 2026. 🔗 coexistenceconsortium.com/fellowship
Other organisations to watch
Central Zoo Authority (CZA) (official vacancies page reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update — only listing shown has a deadline of 24 Feb 2025, over a year stale; third-party job boards reference newer 2026 CZA notices not yet visible on the official page) · Nature Mates (Kolkata; general volunteer and internship calls only, no dated or paid vacancy — page unreachable via direct fetch this update, status via search only) · Tata Trusts (reconfirmed via a direct fetch of the live 19-role vacancy list this update — closest adjacent roles are Programme Manager, Climate Resilience and Sustainability and Programme Manager, Water Resource Management; still no wildlife/biodiversity-specific listing) · Reliance Foundation (reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update — official careers page shows only a generic “Apply Now” link to an external portal, no specific postings; Vantara continues to advertise broad career categories — vets, animal caretakers, enrichment specialists — via its own channels and LinkedIn, but nothing confirmed on Reliance Foundation’s own careers page) · Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (co-runs the Samvardhan Biodiversity & Conservation Fellowship with Dasra — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: the site still frames it as the “inaugural” cohort with no second-cycle dates posted; a Rs 3 lakh seed grant for early-career conservationists, applied for via samvardhan.dasra.org) · Buro Happold (global engineering consultancy — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: “Associate Nature & Biodiversity Consultant” and “UK Nature & Biodiversity Lead” roles exist on their own portal but are explicitly Bath/London-based with expired deadlines; no Bengaluru role found on Buro Happold’s own site — the rumoured India role remains unconfirmed at source) · NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (Singapore research centre — reconfirmed via a direct fetch this update: now seven open positions — two Research Assistant, one Research Fellow, two Research Associate, two Senior Research Fellow — all Southeast Asian forest/mangrove carbon-stock and accounting roles; still none India-based or India-specific).
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This page is updated regularly. Always verify directly with the organisation before applying. International listings are included where the role is based in India or explicitly open to Indian applicants. Colour tags reflect what we could verify as of the “Last updated” date above and may lag real-time changes on each organisation’s own site.