Applications are now open for the 2025 WWF South Africa Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About WWF South Africa Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship Programme
If you have graduated in the natural, legal, engineering, arts, business or social sciences, we invite you to apply for an internship with WWF South Africa’s 2025 Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship Programme. WWF (the World Wide Fund for Nature) is a leading global environmental organisation with a vision of a future in which people and nature thrive.
To realise this vision, WWF South Africa invests in the development of future leaders for the environment through a year-long graduate internship placement, from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Interns are placed within WWF South Africa’s Environmental Programme and partner organisations associated with our work. Working with a dedicated and trained mentor, you will have an opportunity to get involved with the work of the organisation with which you are placed and interact with professionals pursuing the same vision of a better world for all.
Benefits of WWF South Africa Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship Programme
WWF’s Graduate Internships provide a practical and paid bridging experience for new graduates to gain valuable experience and workplace-based training, and connect into professional networks to establish their careers for the environment.
WWF South Africa Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship Programme Requirments
- Completed a post graduate degree in the natural, legal, engineering, arts, business and/or social sciences.
- First degree graduates are considered only in the case of exceptional academic achievement.
- A commitment to career development in the environment sector.
- A demonstrated and clearly articulated commitment to a better and sustainable world for all.
- A record of exceptional academic and professional achievement.
- Exceptional leadership potential.
- Southern African citizenship.
Application Date and Process
- Download and complete the application form.
- Review the placement opportunities below and then motivate for your three preferred placements, in the application form.
- Attach the following documents to support your application:
– Certified copy of your ID or passport.
– Certified copy/copies of your academic transcripts only. Certificates need not be included.
– An abridged CV of no more than 2 pages.
– Please merge these documents and save using your name and surname as the file name. Do not submit any additional documentation with your application, other than those specified.
– Submit your completed application, with supporting documentation, by email to Mrs Lameez Bayat-Janson at WWF South Africa.
Application Deadline
30 August, 2024
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