Jobs and Internships

Any available paid positions in the World Land Trust office are posted on our vacancies page together with volunteer positions. Internships are described in full below.

WLT Internships 

The World Land Trust offers six-month unpaid internships based in Suffolk, UK. While contributing to the work of WLT, interns gain valuable experience of project development and conservation management by being involved with real-life day-to-day issues arising in our many overseas projects. Interns are offered a training programme individually tailored to equip them to fulfil the role they are performing.  Interns attached to the Projects team may have an opportunity to travel to some of our overseas projects (this is not guaranteed).

The WLT Internship Programme is designed primarily for graduates, who must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Internships are entirely voluntary, although all costs connected with work, such as travel to meetings and training courses, will be paid for, and some out-of-pocket expenses may be claimed. The intern will therefore be expected to be self-supporting, but it is possible that they will be eligible for housing and other state benefits. Successful candidates will be offered a six-month placement, during which they will gain hands-on experience of project management, fundraising and general office/administrative skills.

Previous interns have been involved in a variety of activities, from hosting overseas project partner visits to shadowing the CEO at meetings in London, assisting with event organisation to evaluating project proposals, writing web page content to drafting press releases.

A majority of the previous interns and volunteers with the WLT have subsequently found employment in conservation or related areas. See what previous interns say about the programme.

Internship vacancies

Internships become available depending on the work, staff to supervise and space available in our office. There is no annual start date for interns. We will advertise when we have an opportunity.

There is currently a vacancy for a Project Development Assistant (General) to undertake the internship. The closing date for applications is 25th May, with interviews being held during the first week of June.

More information

For more information about WLT Internships, download a the Internship Booklet as a PDF file:

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Diploma course in Conservation and Project Administration

You may also be interested in this new Diploma Course in Conservation and Project Administration, created by the University of East Anglia in collaboration with the World Land Trust.