Job Description: Project Coordinator Natural History Project

Location: Delhi NCR

Position Type: Full-time

Experience: 6–10 years; Master's degree required

Tenure: 12 months, renewed based on performance

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We seek a capable professional to coordinate a national effort to identify, document, collate, and acquire natural history collections, with a particular focus on fossil collections held by institutions, repositories and private palaeontologists across India for our upcoming natural history gallery. The role requires building relationships with researchers, institutions, and curators of regional collections to locate significant material, assess its importance, and facilitate its transfer and acquisition. The successful candidate will combine a robust scientific background, preferably in earth sciences. Knowledge of palaeontology or geology will be an asset. The candidate must have excellent communication skills and a commitment to lead initiatives.

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To identify and lead the process of acquisition of fossils,



and support conservation of natural history material for a forthcoming natural history initiative.

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1. Conduct a nationwide survey and mapping of individual fossil collections.

2. Establish communication channels with palaeontologists, institutions, and retired researchers.

3. Document collection provenance, scientific value, condition, and conservation needs.

4. Develop and maintain a digital catalogue and standardized documentation system.

5. Coordinate logistics for the safe transfer, temporary storage, or long-term housing of collections.

6. Ensure ethical, traceable, and legal handling of fossils in accordance with national norms.

7. Map nationally available fossil resources, and in particular identify, collate, assess, and document orphan fossil collections across India and integrate them into a coherent, publicly accessible scientific repository.

8. Prepare monthly progress reports.

📌 Project Coordinator | Natural History Project (Noida)
🏢 Shiv Nadar Foundation
📍 Noida