IFS Officers (Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre)

Advertisement No. DWII/690/2009

Applications are invited from IFS Officers for appointment on deputation basis to Seven (07) posts at Scientist – E (pay scale Rs. 37400-67000 with grade pay of Rs.8,700) & Scientist-F (pay scale Rs. 37,400-67,000 with grade pay of Rs. 8,900).  Out of these seven posts, one post is earmarked for Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre of WII with headquarters at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. There is no earmarking of posts at Scientist-E and Scientist-F level separately.

Selection to the post of either Scientist – E or Scientist – F will be made based on the basis of essential and desirable qualifications as given below:

A.         Eligibility:

Essential Qualifications:

Scientist – E (Pay scale Rs. 37,400-67,000 with grade pay of Rs. 8,700):  Minimum of 11 years of service with reference to year of allotment in IFS.

Scientist – F (Pay scale Rs. 37,400-67,000 with a grade pay of Rs. 8,900):  Minimum of 16 years of service with reference to year of allotment in IFS.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management.

2. Experience in the field of Protected Area Management/ Ecodevelopment/ Wildlife Research or any other relevant area relating to wildlife conservation and management.

3. Experience in the field of marine biodiversity (for one deputation post at Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre of WII with headquarters at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.

1. Tenure & Terms and Conditions::  During the period of deputation, the IFS officers will be governed by the terms and conditions prescribed vide MoEF letter No. 12026/6/2004-IFS.I dated 21^st February 2005 as amended from time to time (Annexure-I).

2. Submission of the application:  Application should reach the office of Director, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehra Dun – 248 001 latest by 30^th June,   2009 in an envelope superscribed with “Application for the post of Scientist-E/F on deputation”.

3. How to Apply:   Kindly see details as given in Annexure-II.

4. General Information: Candidates are advised to read carefully the general information as given in Annexure-III.

Annexure- I

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE OFFICERS
ON DEPUTATION TO WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA

1. Period of deputation would be governed as per Ministry of Environment & Forest's approval in this regard.

2. Pay: During the period of deputation, a member of the service will normally be eligible to draw his grade pay. This grade pay should be pay of the post which he held immediately before proceeding to the deputation post and he was promoted to the post in his cadre in accordance with the rules and Government of India decision in this regard. The member of the service may opt the pay scale of the post in the borrowing organization instead of his grade pay. He will be given further option in case if there is any change in the substantive notional pays in his parent cadre.

3. Deputation Allowance: A member of the service while on deputation will be eligible to draw deputation allowance wherever admissible in case he has given option to draw his grade pay of the cadre. However, he will not be eligible to draw deputation allowance if he opts for pay of the post of the borrowing organization.

4. Dearness Allowance: If a member of the service has given option to draw his grade pay of the cadre post along with deputation allowance, if any, he will be eligible to draw dearness allowance at the Central Government rates. However, in case the member of the service has opted for pay of the post in the borrowing organization, this allowance would be admissible as per the existing rules of the borrowing organization.

5. City Compensatory Allowance: If a member of the service has opted for his grade pay of the cadre post, the City Compensatory. Allowance would be applicable as per the Central Government rules otherwise this will be regulated in accordance with the existing provisions of the borrowing organization.

6. House Rent Allowance: If a member of the service has opted for drawing his grade pay of the cadre he would be required to pay 10% of the pay plus DA/DP and CCA or the prescribed license fee for similar class of accommodation in the Government, whichever is lower. However, if the officer has opted to draw pay scale of the post of borrowing organization this will be regulated as per existing rules of the organization.

7. Transfer T.A./Joining Time: A member of the service will be entitled to TA and joining Time both on joining the post on deputation and on reversion under the rules of the borrowing organization which shall not be inferior to the relevant provisions of the AIS Rules. The expenditure on this account will be borne by the borrowing organization.

8. TA/DA for journey on duty: A member of the service will be paid Traveling Allowance and Daily Allowance by the borrowing organization under its own rules for the journey undertaken in connection with the official work under deputation whether in India or abroad, which shall not be similar to the relevant provisions of the All India Service Rules.

9. Medical facilities: The borrowing organization shall afford to a member of the service medical facilities no inferior to those which are admissible to an All India Service Officer of the same status under Central Government rules on the subject.

10. Leave and Pension: During the period of deputation, a member of the service will continue to be governed by the All India Services (Leave) Rules, 1955 and the All India Services (DCRB) Rules, 1958. The entire expenditure in respect of leave taken during and at the end of deputation shall be borne by the borrowing organization. The member of the service shall not be allowed to join any of the pension schemes of the borrowing organization.

11. Provident Fund: During the period of foreign service, a member of the service will continue to subscribe to the AIS (Provident Fund) Scheme to which he was subscribing at the time of proceeding on foreign service in accordance with the rules of such fund.

12. Conduct, discipline and Appeal Rules: A member of the service shall continue to be governed by the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.

13. Leave Travel Concession: The organization shall allow Leave Travel Concession to a member of the service as admissible under its own rules provided these are not interior to those admissible to him under the AIS (LTC) Rules, 1975. The whole expenditure in this regard shall be met by the borrowing organization. This is, however, subject to the condition that the officer had not already, before proceeding on deputation, availed of the concession during the particular block years period of his deputation.

14. Disability Leave: The borrowing organization will be liable to pay leave emoluments in respect of disability leave, if any, granted to a member of the service an account of any disability incurred in and through foreign service even though such disability manifests itself after termination of foreign service. The relevant AIS rules will be applicable in such cases.

15. Leave Salary/Pension Contributions: The organization will pay to the Government of the parent cadre of the member of the service leave salary and pension contributions at the rates in force from time to time in accordance with the order issued by the President under F.R. 116. The payment of these contributions must be paid annually within 15 days from the end of each financial year or at the end of foreign service if the deputation expires before the end of a financial year. Delayed payment will attract liability of payment of interest in terms of the instructions contained in the Ministry of finance's Notification No.F1 (1)-E./11/83 dated the 10th August, 1983, as amended from time to time. Pending intimation of the rates of Leave Salary and Pension Contributions by the concerned Accountant General, the organization shall pay Leave Salary and Pension contributions provisionally at the prescribed rates.

16. Group Insurance: If a member of the service has not opted out of the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980, before 31.12.1981, the said scheme as appended to the Schedule to the AIS (Group Insurance) Rules, 1981, shall be applicable to him. In that case, an amount deducted from his salary as per prescribed rates as subscription towards the Insurance Scheme shall be remitted to the concerned Accountant General by the organization. If at any time the recovery of subscription falls in arrears, the same shall be recovered with interest admissible under the Scheme on the accretions to the Saving Fund.

17. Residuary Matters: In all matters relating to conditions of service and benefits/facilities and perquisites in, the Wildlife Institute of India not covered by Item 1 to 16 above, a member of the service shall be governed by the existing rules, regulations and orders of the Wildlife Institute of India

The above mentioned terms and conditions would be applicable till the member of the service remains on deputation with the borrowing organization. On reversion from deputation, he/she will be governed by the relevant rules laid down for the All India Services Officers.

Annexure – II

HOW TO APPLY

1. How to Apply:  Application should be on A4 size plain paper, typed and sent by registered post/courier so as to reach the office of the Director, Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehra Dun – 248 001, Uttarakhand.  The envelope should be superscribed with “Application for the post of Scientist-E/F". The application should give complete details namely (1) Name in full in Block letters (2)  Date of Birth (3)  Father’s/Husband Name (4)  Address for correspondence including phone, fax and email (5) Educational/professional qualification indicating clearly examination passed, year, university, subjects, marks obtained (6) Details of previous employment in chronological order specifying specialization or specialized experience acquired, if any (attach certificates, where necessary) (7)  Present pay scale, position held, basic pay and total emoluments drawn (8)  Details of experience of working in Protected Areas/ Wildlife Research, Conservation and Management (maximum 2 pages only) (9) Any other relevant information (10)  A certificate to the effect that all information furnished is true to the best of knowledge of the applicant and (11) Applicants signature with date.

2. Only certified copies of documents need to be attached, originals must not be attached.

3. Applicants should send their applications through proper channel.  Candidates may, however, send advance copy of their applications.

4. The concerned department/organization should enclose vigilance clearance certificate and attested copies of Annual Confidential Reports of the officers for the last five years while forwarding the applications of the candidates.  It may also be certified that the particulars furnished by the candidate are correct and no disciplinary case is pending or proceedings are contemplated.  It should also be certified that the officer selected for deputation assignment at WII would be released by the employer within a three months period.  Cadre clearance of selected officers will be obtained by the Institute before the joining of the officer on deputation at WII.

5. The IFS officers who have not completed the mandatory three/two years “cooling off” period, as the case may be, in his/her parent cadre between two spells of deputation as on 30^th June,  2009 will not be considered for deputation to WII.

6. The Institute reserves the right not to fill up the vacancy if the circumstances so warrant in the interest of the Institute.

7. The Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun reserves the right to reject any or all applications without assigning any reasons.

Director

Annexure-III

General Information

1. The headquarter for 06 (six) posts would be Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun and the headquarter for 01 (one) post would be Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre of WII with headquarter at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The candidates should accordingly indicate their choice of headquarters in their application.  However, the selected candidates would be liable to serve at any location(s) decided by the Institute as per functional needs.   

2. The IFS officers selected on deputation would normally be placed in the following three departments of the Institute (i) Department of Protected Area Network, Wildlife Management and Conservation Education; (ii) Landscape Level Planning & Management and (iii) Ecodevelopment Planning & Participatory Management.  They may, however, also be considered for placement in other Departments/Cells viz. (i) Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology; (ii) Habitat Ecology; (iii) Endangered Species Management; (iv) Population Management, Capture & Rehabilitation and (v) Wildlife Health Management (vi) Computer & GIS Cell; (vii) EIA Cell; (viii) Wildlife Policy Research Cell; (ix) Wildlife Forensic Cell; (x) Captive Breeding & Zoo Management Cell and (xi) Audio Visual & Wildlife Extension Cell depending upon their core competence commensurate with the requirement of the respective Department/Cell of WII. 

3. The faculty position at WII largely involves training and research and also other institutional activities as assigned by the Institute.

4. Candidates, selected on deputation, however, will have option either to get deputation allowance as per extant GOI rules Or 30% Training Allowance as applicable to the training Institutions in terms of Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel Grievances and Pension OM No. 12017/2/88-Trg. dated 9.7.1992 as amended from time to time.

5. As per Institute’s House Allotment Rules, 3 Type V and 5 Type IV quarters in the campus at Chandrabani have been earmarked for the IFS officers on deputation.  Currently, 3 Type V (living area 141.36 sq meter) and 1 Type – IV quarter (living area 84.48 sq meter) are occupied by IFS officers on deputation and  four (04) Type IV quarters are presently available.  In case, the Institute’s entitled class residential accommodation is not available, the faculty members on deputation will be provided a leased accommodation as per norms of the Government of India.

6. Functional working space and computer facility with LAN and other modern tools will be provided to them to work efficiently without secretarial assistance.