Landscape Architects at WWF South Africa

Job Description

• Gain valuable experience, network in professional communities of practice and participate in meaningful work for the environment. 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Greenpop focuses on sustainable urban greening and forest restoration projects, spreads environmental awareness, and activates people to become environmental stewards across sub-Saharan Africa.
• The intern will work on Greenpop’s urban greening projects in South Africa.
• Tasks include assisting with planning, stakeholder engagement, implementation and facilitation of greening projects, as well as monitoring and evaluation of the projects.
• Work areas include stakeholder engagement, supporting garden designs and installation, and nursery management.

To apply you would ideally have

• 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.
• To support the growth of inclusivity and diversity in the environment sector, Black South African graduates are strongly encouraged to apply