{"id":41193,"date":"2024-10-14T10:28:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savetheelephants.org\/?page_id=41193"},"modified":"2025-10-28T07:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:40:41","slug":"samburu-internship-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/about-ste\/careers\/internships\/samburu-internship-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Samburu Internship Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Internship period:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March, June and September 2026 &#8211; Applicants must specify which track they are applying for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application window:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 1 &#8211; December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This opportunity is open to <strong>Kenyan students<\/strong> with a <strong>BSc<\/strong> in Zoology, Botany, Environmental Sciences, GIS, or a Diploma in Wildlife Management\/Conservation from WRTI (or equivalent). Applicants must have at least <strong>one previous experience<\/strong> in fieldwork, including as part of their academic training. P<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revious attachment and\/or internship with another conservation organization is a bonus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Submit your application as a <strong>single PDF<\/strong> with your name as the file name, and email it to <a href=\"mailto:interns@savetheelephants.org\">interns@savetheelephants.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English proficiency.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience with scientific writing in English (e.g. BSc project).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good knowledge of Excel and of the Microsoft Office package.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to conduct basic statistics and produce graphs in Excel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preferable: basic knowledge of GIS environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preferable: basic knowledge of softwares for statistical analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least one academic supervisor listed as a reference, with contact details.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internship period: March, June and September 2026 &#8211; Applicants must specify which track they are applying for. Application window: November 1 &#8211; December 31, 2025. Eligibility: This opportunity is open to Kenyan students with a BSc in Zoology, Botany, Environmental Sciences, GIS, or a Diploma in Wildlife Management\/Conservation from WRTI (or equivalent). Applicants must have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":24229,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43787,"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41193\/revisions\/43787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetheelephants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}