Wildlife Trade Intern

Start Date: September 2024
Duration of Contract: 3 months
Location: Fauna & Flora, Cambridge.
Current policy offers partial remote working with the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established
international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the
planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this
through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions
that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a
trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

The internship would be an opportunity for an individual to gain experience of working on
projects to tackle illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade, with a focus on our Combating
Wildlife Trafficking Activity project in the Caribbean.

This role provides an opportunity to enhance your quantitative and qualitative research skills
by investigating online wildlife trade to support projects. You will be trained to conduct
online market surveys and report findings for key reptile species in the Caribbean. You may
also have the opportunity to learn about other wildlife trade data sources such as physical
market surveys, literature reviews, interview data or CITES analysis to help research new and
emerging issues.

There will be opportunities to learn from and network with Fauna & Flora’s wildlife trade
project teams globally, to collate findings from market surveys across our projects. There will
be a chance to engage with other NGOs working on the topic to understand best practice
approaches to investigating online wildlife trade.

You will also have the opportunity to present back your findings and create communications
outputs to promote our work through our internal platforms.

Skills gained would include quantitative and qualitative data analysis, reporting, presentation
experience, communication skills and you would gain learning and exposure to many of our
wildlife trade projects.

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 academic work). 

This role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa.

The closing date for applications is 30 June 2024. Interviews are likely to
take place during the week commencing 8 July 2024.