How to Apply WWF South Africa Graduate Internship Programme

WWF South Africa Graduate Internship Programme 2025 | 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. Read more

South Africa’s transition to a green economy needs creative and innovative leaders to tackle the complex and interrelated socio-economic and ecological issues and risks facing us today.

Across disciplines, graduates come from universities with new and novel ideas of how to respond to the increasing socio-ecological crises we are all caught up in. Law graduates are looking for new ways to ensure environmental rights are not violated.

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Urban Planners are looking for new ways to design cities for low carbon transport. Economists are trying to better value natural resources, and determine costs and impacts of environmental neglect. These graduates need both the workplace and opportunity to explore some of these new ideas in a real work environment, while at the same time building the foundations of their future careers and increasing their employability.

WWF South Africa Graduate Internship Programme 2025

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.

Internship Opportunities

Agricultural Scientists: study commercial plants, animals and cultivation techniques to enhance the
productivity of farms and agricultural industries.
Climate Change Scientists: evaluate scientific data and carry out research on the climate to create predictive
models of likely changes in the Earth’s climate, and identify concomitant impacts on natural ecosystems and civilisation.
Conservation Scientists: perform tests and experiments, and provide technical support functions to assist
Environmental Scientists and Technologists in research and teaching.
Ecologists: develop and implement programmes and regulations for the protection of fish, wildlife and other natural resources.
Environmental Journalists: report on issues related to society and the environment, including their causes,
impacts and possible solutions.
Environmental Lawyers: focus on litigation to do with a broad range of environmental concerns including
air and water quality; climate change; land use and agricultural issues; parks, game reserves and wilderness preservation; and wildlife and biodiversity protection, as well as problems concerned with resource extraction and transportation, plus chemicals, pesticides and waste disposal.
Environmental Research Scientists: study and develop policies and plans for the control of factors which may produce
pollution, imbalance or degradation of the environment.
Geneticists: study the anatomy, physiology and characteristics of living organisms and isolated biological molecules, and develop new materials for applying to a range of purposes.
GIS Technicians: assist Scientists, Technologists or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying or using geographic information system (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.
Landscape Architects: plan and design areas for projects such as open space networks, parks, schools,
institutions, roads, external areas for all building types and land subdivisions, as well as for commercial, industrial and residential sites.
Life Science Technicians: identify and collect living organisms, and conduct field and laboratory studies in
support of Life Scientists and Technologists.
Marine Biologists: study the anatomy, physiology, functions, characteristics, behaviour and environments of all forms of life living in the sea and connected water bodies.
Plant Taxonomists : study the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and ecology of plants.
Policy Analysts: collect and analyse information and data to produce intelligence for public or private sector organisations to support planning, operations and human resource functions.

Eligibility:

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.