Ecology Intern

**Role: Ecology Intern**

**Location**: Andover, Hampshire

**Contract**: 2 days per week, for 12 months from Jan/Feb 2024

**Salary**: No salary but intern receives annual stipend of £3000, paid quarterly

We are looking for the next Ecology Intern to join our grassroots, community-led, environmental education and conservation charity.

This internship will run for 12 months from January 2024, and will give the successful applicant the opportunity to gain valuable experience of ecological surveying, running citizen science events, mentoring a youth team, and more.

As our intern, your main area of focus will be on the ecology, wildlife monitoring, and management of our community woodland and calcareous grassland, Harmony Woods. However, you will also have the opportunity to gain experience in other aspects of the charity’s work, and there is scope for you to steer your internship into areas that are of interest to you (e.g. fundraising, PR & publicity, education, event planning, and more).

A love of nature is essential, as is a keen desire to share your environmental passion and knowledge with the local community.

The intern is responsible for running our ‘Nature in Harmony’ programme, which has three aspects:

- planning and leading biodiversity surveying (wildflowers, birds, pollinators, butterflies) between April and September and writing a report on the findings,
- planning and leading citizen science events over the spring and summer,
- being a co-leader for our youth group, the Nature in Harmony Exchange Project, year-round.

You’ll be supported by our Trustees and volunteer Management Team, made up of experienced professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, and collaborate with our Nature & Community Officers, Admin Officer, and Operations Manager - so teamwork and good communication will be vital in this role.

You will get to help to plan and deliver interesting and exciting nature
- and arts-based community projects, and you’ll be doing a mixture of desk-based and outdoor work. Be prepared to get stuck in

This is a part-time role, minimum two days a week, and you will be expected to work some evenings and weekends (in particular the second Saturday of each month for the youth group session). This is not a salaried role, but you will receive a stipend of £3000 per year, paid in quarterly instalments, and there may be opportunities to write new projects that can include dedicated funding for you, the applicant, as a project officer.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Internship
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 16 per week

**Salary**: £3,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Andover

Application deadline: 18/12/2023