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Tropical Conservation Voluntary Work Placement

3 months ago

Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Chester Zoo Full time

Tropical Conservation Voluntary Work Placement - Full-time voluntary industrial placement (min. 9 months) commencing September 2024
Are you excited by the prospect of gaining invaluable work experience with one of Europe's leading Zoological collections?

This placement will provide experience within our 'Field Programme' and 'Policy' Departments at Chester Zoo, which facilitate, coordinate and develop global field conservation projects, with a placement focus on African field projects and deforestation free commodities

What you'll be doing

  • Assisting with the daytoday coordination of our African Field Projects and our Sustainable Palm Oil Campaign projects
  • Experience handling and processing field data, with an emphasis on camera trap data annotation and analysis
  • Assisting with the development and implementation of new AI technologies for field science
  • Assisting with the research and processing of data for the PalmOil Scan app
  • Opportunity to develop an independent project on at least one specific project in relation to the current work of our Africa Field Programme or Policy team
  • Assisting with reporting project outcomes, writing summary articles and documents for a range of stakeholders, potentially including the opportunity to be part of peerreviewed publications
  • Opportunity to contribute to partnership activities, such as IUCN SSC Specialist Groups, policy partners from certification bodies to industry stakeholders, and local community partners

The Work Placement

  • Voluntary Work Placement for 12 months commencing in September 202
  • Full Training with the Conservation & Science Teams
  • Full uniform provided, along with lunch vouchers for the days you attend
  • Monthly stipends of up to £120 per month may be payable based on appropriate expenses
  • Full Time Hours 40 hours per week

Our Requirements

  • Keen interest in tropical conservation
  • A passion for insitu biodiversity conservation and its connection to exsitu work, demonstrated through previous work experience and related study
  • Highly organized and proactive in your approach to work
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • A diligent and meticulous approach to data handling
  • An interest in the role of technology in conservation
  • A desire to learn how science can be used to help support and inform best practice in field conservation projects
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office software such as Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and ideally statistical and GIS software.


This opportunity is only available to those studying at a UK university on a degree programme with an industrial year.


This is a full-time voluntary position for a minimum of 9 months, commencing September 2024
This role is a desk-based placement at Chester Zoo with
no overseas travel. There may be an opportunity for a hybrid working from home arrangement.


Although
no direct zoo animal contact takes place in this role, you will attend monthly workshops to gain wider knowledge of modern zoo management.


Interested in applying?
Interviews are anticipated to take place in January 2024