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: Tuesday, 20 October 2026.
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.
Current openings (34 postings listed): Conservation Biologists — Vulture programme · Wildlife Veterinarian · Veterinarian – Avian Conservation Breeding Programme and Research Biologist – Conservation Breeding Programme, Nagpur · Field Assistant and Research Fellow, Ladakh · Field Assistants (2), Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg · Junior Project Fellows (ornithology, fish & fisheries, Lesser Florican — Nagpur/Ratlam/Bidar, marine benthic studies, Wetlands and Flyways, digitization) · Project Scientists (2) and Project Fellows (2), National Chambal Sanctuary/Ganga · Project Fellow, Upper Ganga (Bijnor and Narora) · Project Fellow, Bharatpur (bird migration studies) · Asst. Director (Conservation), Mumbai · Scientific Administrative Officer, Wetland Eco-Restoration and Fisheries Development Programme · Botanist (Goregaon-Mulund Link Road / Sanjay Gandhi National Park) · Senior Education cum Centre In-Charge · Academic Coordinator · Scientific Associate · Project Assistant · Senior Editor and Assistant Designer (Publications) · HR Executive · Administrative Executives (Mumbai and Pinjore) · Membership Officers (2) · Sales Executive · Junior IT Officer. An internships notice (“Internships at BNHS”) is also listed. The listing page shows no deadlines; pay and deadline details are in each role’s linked document.
🔗 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). See the WTI jobs portal for the complete current list. (The portal needs JavaScript and could not be re-read on the last check, so this list is carried over from the previous update.)
🐘 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 (intakes in February and October; apply to internships@wwfindia.net). (The careers landing page did not display listings on the last check, so this list is carried over from the previous update.)
🔗 careers.wwfindia.org · Internship info
🔬 Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bengaluru. Five roles are listed: Program Manager – Human Resources · Chief of Staff (Bengaluru, immediate start) · Outreach Fellow · Wild Surakshe Trainer — two full-time openings, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh/Telangana · Executive Assistant (Bengaluru, immediate start; the stated deadline of 20 March 2026 has passed but the role is still posted, so confirm with CWS before applying). Deadlines are not stated for the other roles; applications go through the online form on the careers page. (The Program Manager – Finance role listed previously is no longer shown.)
🐻 Wildlife SOS
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Eleven full-time roles are listed: 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; apply by emailing a CV with the position name in the subject line.
🔗 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) · 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). (The openings page has a “Load more” button, so further roles may exist.) Internship: Intern – RS GIS (Delhi, Rs 10,000–15,000/month, 3 months, immediate start, 5 openings; apply to careers@ioraecological.com) — see the internships page for details.
🔗 ioraecological.com/opportunity-job-openings · Internships
🐦 Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Kolkata-based. Documentation & Communication Officer (Advt. NEWS/007/2026-27; Mayiladuthurai Coastal District, Tamil Nadu; Rs 25,000–30,000/month) and Livelihood Officer (Advt. NEWS/006/2026-27; Mayiladuthurai Coastal District, Tamil Nadu; Rs 40,000–45,000/month) — both with a deadline of 25 October 2026. (The Officer, Documentation and Communication post at Deepor Beel, Guwahati, Advt. NEWS/005/2026-27, closed on 15 October 2026 but is still shown on the site.) Also running a paid Biodiversity Internship (Sundarban, Rs 15,000/month stipend) — see Internships & Volunteering below.
🔗 naturewildlife.org/career-opportunities
🌏 Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
MoEFCC-supported, Ahmedabad HQ. Large roster (about 30+ postings) spanning Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Noida and other locations; several carry deadlines that have already passed (e.g. the Sundarvan Nature Discovery Centre posts, 21 June 2026, and Executive Associate to the Director, 10 September 2026) but are still posted, so confirm status with CEE before applying. Sample of current entries: 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 · Project Officer — Climate Resilience & Community Adaptation, Bhimashankar, Pune district (Rs 25–35k) · Project Coordinator — Watershed/NRM, Ahmedabad (up to Rs 50k) · NFD Accountant/Accounts Officer, Ahmedabad · Field Coordinators (Gujarat districts) · 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. (Most postings carry no dates, so open status is unconfirmed.)
🏜️ Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Bhuj. Three notices are posted: 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). Deadlines are inside the notice images and could not be read; all three are several months old, so confirm they are still open before applying.
🔗 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. No pay or deadline stated. Also taking Research Interns (Elephant Care Facility & BRC, studying animal behaviour) — see Internships & Volunteering below.
🔗 wrrcindia.org/opportunities-at-wrrc
🦉 Wildlife Research and Conservation Society (WRCS)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Pune. Communication Officer (Pune office, Pashan — 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.” A third listing, Conservation Officer – Forest Owlet Project (Khandwa and Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh), refers to a project start of June 2024 and may be stale. None of the pages carries a posting date, so confirm with WRCS (contact@wrcsindia.org) before applying.
🦉 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; salary negotiated on qualification and experience, plus PF and medical/accident insurance. Posted December 2025; rolling review until filled; apply with the subject “Vacancy: Projects Manager”.
🔗 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 (none currently; the only Asia listings are two Indonesia-based consultancies).
🔗 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.
🔗 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. WSP’s careers site could not be read on the last check, and third-party mirrors show at least two India ecology/biodiversity postings (Consultant – Biodiversity, Bengaluru; Senior Consultant Spatial Ecologist, Noida) as no longer accepting applications, so confirm current status on WSP’s careers hub.
🔗 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. (Arcadis’s jobs site did not render listings on the last check; a third-party copy of an Ecologist post in Bengaluru shows it as closed, so confirm status before applying.)
🔗 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. Four postings are live on the careers page: a PhD-linked position, “From Food Waste to Livestock Feed: PhD Research on Sustainable Rurban Food Systems” (Bengaluru, Rs 50,000/month stipend, deadline 23 October 2026) · Development Officer (fundraising role; deadline 6 November 2026) · Landscape Lead – The Grasslands Initiative (TGI) (Indian candidates only; valid through 15 November 2026) · Scientist – Grassland Socio-Ecological Systems (Bengaluru with frequent travel; master’s or PhD, about 5+ years; Indian candidates only; deadline 15 November 2026). Pay is not stated for the newer three. ATREE’s linked ERP jobs portal currently shows no job posts.
🔗 Development Officer · Landscape Lead – TGI · Scientist – GSES · atree.org/careers
🛰️ AiDASH
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: climate-tech firm doing satellite-based vegetation management for utilities (Gurugram), not a conservation NGO. Associate Ecologist (Gurugram, Haryana; early-career, 0–2 years; master’s in ecology/forestry/environmental science/botany/zoology; GIS skills; habitat mapping, land cover and biodiversity monitoring; UK/EU ecosystem familiarity preferred; application form live, no pay or deadline stated). 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 (carried over; AiDASH’s own careers page did not render listings on the last check, and a Lead Ecologist post in Gurugram also appears on a third-party mirror).
🔗 Associate Ecologist · aidash.com/careers
🌉 AtkinsRéalis
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Note: global engineering consultancy (EIA-consulting sector), not a conservation NGO. Lead Environmental Consultant (Bangalore and Mumbai; 10+ years) — a contaminated-land and waste-focused environmental-consulting role rather than an ecology post. A second India role is also listed: PECC/EIA – Environment Consultant II/Senior Environment Consultant (Mumbai). Dedicated ecology consultant roles on the site are mostly UK/Ireland/Canada-based. (The main careers listing showed no India ecology roles on the last check, so confirm status before applying.)
🔗 AtkinsRéalis — Lead Environmental Consultant · 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 are communications roles rather than field ecology. The page itself shows no dates, but earlier versions of the postings carried dates that have passed (a 25 May 2026 deadline for Assistant Editor, a 30 June 2026 start date for Digital Communications Editor), so they may be listings the organisation hasn’t taken down rather than genuinely open roles — worth confirming directly with editorial@sanctuaryasia.com before applying.
🔗 sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/get-involved
🌿 Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Dehradun. New: Advt. No. WII/ADVT. 1/RP–CELL/October, 2026 (posted 16 October 2026) — 19 contractual positions under various projects, with online applications via the WII recruitment portal. The listing page does not state the position titles, pay or closing date; these are in the advertisement PDF, so check it before applying. The previous cycle, Advt. No. WII/ADVT. 1/RP–CELL/September, 2026 (posted 22 September 2026; 11 categories of research-project positions including the Bringing Back Cheetah in India project, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park twin-tunnel study, Keoladeo National Park and the Nicobar Megapode study), had online applications from 24 September to 8 October 2026 and has now closed; the notice remains posted. Earlier August 2026 advertisements and two deputation-only postings (Finance Officer; Scientist-D/E/F/G, for existing government employees) also remain listed. Indian nationals only for research-project posts.
🔗 WII — October 2026 advertisement · September 2026 advertisement (closed) · Apply online · wii.gov.in/recruitments
🐦 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
🟢 ACTIVE JOBS
Coimbatore (WII’s South India Centre). Recruitment notices: research personnel and consultants in a project · Advt No. 08/2026 — 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. The careers page itself shows no deadlines or pay, and the portal’s Current Openings page showed “0 Active Announcements” on the last check, so confirm current status with SACON (rpcell.sacon@wii.gov.in) before applying. (Results of the Advt No. 07-2026 project-staff interviews, held 4 September 2026, are also posted — a results notice, not an open call.)
🔗 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; runs an active hands-on volunteer programme (minimum 2 weeks, maximum 1 month) across Research, Education and zoo-maintenance work, plus a Docent programme.
🔗 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 paid openings listed.
🔗 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: 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 page still shows “Accepting applications” with no dates, so contact swc3c@zooreach.org to confirm current intake status before applying. Zooreach’s home page also says people can take part “as a volunteer or as an intern” and links a Conservation Seed Grant, with no dates shown.
🔗 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. 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. (Carried over; not re-checked this run.)
🐦 NEWS — Biodiversity Internship (Sundarban)
🟡 INTERNSHIPS / VOLUNTEERING
Biodiversity Intern (Paid), Sundarban (Advt. NEWS/HR/1/2026-27) — field-based; B.Sc./M.Sc. in Zoology/Environmental Science/Wildlife Biology; stipend Rs 15,000/month; no deadline stated. 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.
🔗 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.
🔗 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). No separate careers page for full-time roles.
🔗 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 shows two postings: a Field Biologist / Education Officer / Field Assistant role still linked to a PDF dated April 2025 (possibly a stale link 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 older 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, please confirm directly with Satpuda before applying.
🔗 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). The Seed Grant (up to Rs 3 lakh, up to one year) shows an “Apply Now” link on the grants page, with no deadline stated and guidelines dated 2022 — confirm status with the Trust. No 2027 cycle open-date has been announced (the page says “Coming soon. Stay tuned!”). Grant sizes: Conservation Grant (up to Rs 1 crore over three years) · 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. Open calls: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (GEF Small Grants, closing 1 November 2026) and an Indo-Burma Hotspot second call for small and large grants (closing 2 November 2026; small grants up to US$50,000, large grants US$50,000–250,000). Although the Indo-Burma Hotspot includes parts of North-East India, that call was previously noted as open only to organisations headquartered in Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, so none of the open calls accept India-based applicants (eligibility is not stated on the calls page itself — check CEPF’s eligibility page). 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 as of the date above. Check back or contact directly.
🦅 Aaranyak
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Guwahati-based. The careers page is out of date: its newest notice (Advt-75, a paid PR Cell internship) has an application deadline of 15 April 2024. Aaranyak’s internship programme is fee-based: 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 — the opportunities page states “We do not have any opportunities currently.” A May 2026 Project Coordinator, Education and Public Engagement posting is still indexed by search engines but its deadline (12 May 2026) has long passed. 🔗 ncf-india.org/opportunities
🐯 The Corbett Foundation (TCF)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the careers page carries no specific current listing, only a standing invitation to send a CV/cover note plus an internship form; TCF accepts rolling applications for full-time, part-time and internship roles. An April 2026 Project Assistant/JRF drive (Kutch/Kaziranga) closed on 30 April 2026. 🔗 corbettfoundation.org/career · jobs@corbettfoundation.org
🍊 IUCN India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — no India Country Office postings on IUCN’s open-vacancies list (the nearest South Asia posts are in Bangladesh and Nepal). Older India vacancies that still appear in search engines are closed (e.g. State Project Associate, Gujarat, deadline 13 May 2026). 🔗 View openings (filter by India Country Office)
🐦 Bird Count India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the last posting, Project Coordinator (Bengaluru/NCF, Rs 35,000–45,000/month), had an application deadline of 22 April 2026. The site has no careers section; it currently promotes citizen-science events (the Kati Bihu Bird Count, 17–20 October 2026, the Karnataka Rajyotsava Bird Count, 30 October to 2 November 2026, and the Bunting Count from 1 November 2026) rather than jobs. 🔗 birdcount.in
🏔️ Snow Leopard Trust India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the listed roles, an IT Specialist (Seattle HQ, remote-recruited, not India-specific) and a Central Asia consultancy (UNDP Pamir-Alai), are not India-based. The page states there are no internship opportunities at this time. 🔗 snowleopard.org/careers
🌺 FERAL
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Western Ghats. The Joining and Volunteering page states “Watch this space for job opening,” with no listings. The earlier PhD-opportunity call (deadline extended to 10 July 2026) was academic, not employment, and has expired (it is still shown on the homepage). 🔗 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. The site has no Careers, Jobs or Internship section. 🔗 chennaisnakepark.in
🐍 The Liana Trust
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Mysuru, Karnataka; human-snake conflict and herpetological research/education. No jobs/careers/volunteer page on the organisation’s own site; a third-party page states it 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 — no independent website or standalone organisation by this name exists. The closest match is a loose, Zooreach-convened Western Ghats snake-conservation scoping-workshop network, not an employer with its own listings.
🌍 Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the opportunities page states there are no 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. No openings listed; the website’s “Join Us” page is currently blank. 🔗 devraiorganization.com
🌾 beforest
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — regenerative-agriculture/land-collective model, not primarily a wildlife-conservation employer. The careers page 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; current listings are all US/Caribbean-based. No India chapter or India-specific listing. 🔗 parcplace.org
🐟 Wildlife Association of South India (WASI)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Bengaluru; Cauvery River/Mahseer conservation since 1972. No careers/jobs section — “Join WASI” is 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 has no careers, jobs or volunteering page. 🔗 info@junglescapes.org
🌊 Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT)
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — the careers page states there are no job openings at the moment. CVs are accepted at careers@wctindia.org. 🔗 wildlifeconservationtrust.org/careers · careers@wctindia.org
🦅 Coexistence Consortium / Coexistence Fellowship
🔴 NO CURRENT OPENING — Bengaluru (hosted at TDU). The Communications Coordinator, Champions Programme role (remote, India-based) had a deadline of 12 October 2026, which has now passed. The Coexistence Fellowship page still reads “Apply now for the 2026 cohort,” but the programme FAQ gives the application window as 16 August – 16 September 2026 (now closed), with the two-year fellowship (stipend Rs 25,000/month plus fieldwork expenses) beginning 9 November 2026 and no 2027 cohort announced yet. Contact coexistence.fellowship@gmail.com. 🔗 coexistenceconsortium.com/fellowship · @coexistenceconsortium on Instagram
Other organisations to watch
Central Zoo Authority (CZA) (the official vacancies page shows only one listing, with a deadline of 24 Feb 2025; job boards reference newer 2026 CZA notices not visible on the official page) · Nature Mates (Kolkata; general volunteer and internship calls only, no dated or paid vacancy) · Tata Trusts (closest adjacent role is Programme Manager, Climate Resilience and Sustainability; no wildlife/biodiversity-specific listing) · Reliance Foundation (the careers page links to an external portal with no specific postings; Vantara advertises broad career categories — vets, animal caretakers, enrichment specialists — via its own channels and LinkedIn) · Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (co-runs the Samvardhan Biodiversity & Conservation Fellowship with Dasra — a 12-month programme with a Rs 3 lakh seed grant for early-career conservationists; the official site keeps an “Apply Now” button but posts no deadline, and a scholarship listing gives the 2026 deadline as 12 July 2026, so that cycle appears closed — no next-cycle date found) · Buro Happold (global engineering consultancy — its Nature & Biodiversity roles are Bath/London-based; no India role listed) · NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (Singapore research centre — seven open positions, all based in Singapore on Southeast Asian forest and carbon research; none India-based) · Rajasthan Environment & Energy Conservation Centre (REECC) (Jaipur; forest development, energy conservation and agricultural support work; the team page lists no openings, and its “Volunteer with Us” page is a general sign-up form for marketing, PR, content, technology and operations support rather than wildlife work).
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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.