Salary: £18,525 per annum
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Four months
Location: Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge. The current policy offers partial remote working within the UK.
FFI has been collecting sea turtle data on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua for nearly 20 years. However, over that time, the systems used to collect this data have changed, making comparing data between years, and identifying conservation impact achieved, challenging. This inconsistency in data management is a challenge faced across FFI, and the Conservation Science & Design Team, among other cross-cutting teams, is supporting project teams to improve this.
FFI is offering a paid internship for a four-month period.
This internship will therefore assist both the work of the Conservation Science & Design Team, and the Nicaragua Marine Team. A key component of this internship will be to ensure that historic turtle datasets, including nesting datasets that date back nearly 20 years, are compatible with the current data. Doing so will enable the Nicaragua team to reflect on turtle data trends from over the last 20 years, which can be used to inform FFI conservation interventions and feed into regional databases. This internship will require close engagement with the Nicaragua Marine Team to ensure that anything developed fits their needs and is suitable for their context, capacity and needs into the future. It will also enable the Conservation Science & Design Team to test the use of a data collection and management system in a key project context, learning which could be applied to other FFI projects.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with advanced skills in computer applications, as well as fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish. You will be a team player with good organisational and time management skills.
Please note that this internship has been designed to create a professional development opportunity for people who are new to the conservation sector. Therefore, applicants should have less than two years paid or unpaid experience in the conservation sector (not including education).
Please view the following document for further details of the position and how to apply:
This role closed on 27th November 2022. View other job opportunities with FFI.
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 27th November 2022.
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