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Just starting your conservation tech career path? Our Early Career group is the best place to network, chat about your master's projects, and seek advice from your peers and those who have been down this path before! Join now to get to know community members and students from around the world!

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Where to Look for Conservation Jobs (running list)

Talia Speaker

2 September 2019 6:47pm

A common challenge for early career conservationists is not knowing where to look for opportunities in our highly interdisciplinary field. Dr. Stephanie Schuttler...

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7 November 2019 12:18am

I would suggest focusing on honing a skillset that would make you a killer applicant. Wildlife is a hard field to get into, so instead of targeting a species of interest, it would be helpful to jump on any opportunity to get more experience. Even if it is not directly related to what you want to do. Try picking up some volunteer work or internships to get your foot in the door and see if it is still what you would like to do too!

7 November 2019 12:20am

But honestly, there are conservation organizations that would also benefit from the skillset of an engineer! Try looking into different organizations that interest you and see where your skills may fit in with that. Honestly, there situtations where conservation groups depend on engineers to help preserve a species or protect a habitat. You can look into wildlife parks, national parks, wildlife refuges, etc to see how your skills fit in there... unless you want to completely leave engineering behind of course.

Somak Sengupta

7 November 2019 7:43pm

@Michiko Thanks a lot for the motivation and guidance.

I am looking for a job in this sector for quite sometime but have been unable to find one. Since one must keep running the house, I am working in Jacobs as a design engineer for the last 2 years.

I will try and try and try. But if u do find something do let us all eager eco-concerned Indian engineers know.

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Internship and Early Career Opportunities 2019

Stephanie O'Donnell

3 May 2019 4:33pm

Hi ECG!  This thread is a place to share any relevant #tech4wildlife internship or project (e.g. honours/masters/phd opportunities) you hear about that might be of...

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Stephanie O'Donnell

3 May 2019 4:37pm

WildCRU Camera Trap Internships
WildCRU’s wide-spread and long-term camera trapping study spans South East Asia to West Africa to Scotland. Based at Tubney House, we are looking for early career undergraduate or masters students to work closely with our camera trapping co-ordinator to identify species and tag camera trap images using WildCRU’s camera trapping protocol. You will learn a variety of skills, attend WildCRU’s camera trapping workshop and have the opportunity to network with WildCRU’s international community.

Interns will be appointed for 3 month, usually on a part time basis, at £9 per hour, ideally starting 10th June. To apply, please send us a CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a covering letter detailing your experience to [email protected] and [email protected] by 24th May 2019.

More info: https://www.wildcru.org/opportunities/

Casey Slaught

24 May 2019 11:41am

Caracal

Caracal is a cloud-based data integration & analysis platform for protected areas. We are looking for creative graphic designers and frontend developers who are willing to contribute remotely to our young yet exciting conservation technology project. We primarily need help developing intuitive map icons for categorizing incidents and species, as well as building frontend components for our web app.

This project is ongoing and those interested are encouraged to email us at [email protected] or by completing this form:

https://forms.gle/e2TA24scf5Ceq7LK6

 

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