General Purpose:

Work with the Wildlife Protection department in India, and the global Wild Animals department at Humane World for Animals to advocate for policy reform, conduct policy research required for it, and build institutional capacity that furthers the organization’s goals of enabling coexistence between communities and wild animals and reduces commodification of wildlife.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*Policy Development and Implementation (70%)*
- Coordinates with Director, Government Affairs to develop working relationship with multiple central government agencies, including the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Recent Delhi.
- Coordinates with Director, Government Affairs to develop partnership with the Indian government’s CITES Cell and other non-government organizations that periodically represent India at CITES CoP
- Explore avenues of collaboration with SAWEN and its member nations, and the India UNEP office.
- Lead Humane World for Animals India’s efforts to protect wild animals through legislative reform.




- Represents Humane World for Animals India on government committees and at meetings in any region required.
- Assist Director, Wildlife in the development of any manuals, guidelines or policies as may be required by the government agencies.
- Works with Department of Government Affairs and legal counsel to legally amend or defend any policy or legislation that is detrimental to the interest of wildlife welfare.
- Routinely brief Humane World for Animals India’s legal counsel on the matter as required and assist in collating all supporting documents required for a particular matter.
- Coordinates with Director, Government Affairs to develop interventions or public comments, speaking for or against, a proposed government policy or legislation in consultation with Humane World.

*Research (30%)*
- Works with Director, Wildlife Protection and Senior Manager, Human-Wildlife Coexistence to identify gaps in policy research c

📌 Specialist, Wildlife Policy (New Delhi)
🏢 Humane World for Animals India
📍 New Delhi