Apply for a Biodiversity Living Lab internship

Environmental Sustainability at York (ESAY) is hiring two Biodiversity Living Lab interns.

About York Living Labs

The University of York is committed to a sustainable future and our sustainability plan has the improvement of campus biodiversity as a key target. A major component of this is the York Living Labs initiative. York Living Labs (YLL) seeks to improve biodiversity on campus and engagement with it by implementing a range of projects and experiments aimed at achieving positive change. This provides a great opportunity for everyone across the university community to get involved with actions, campaigns, research and teaching working collectively towards a nature positive future.

• Promote links between our cutting-edge research and operations to develop solutions to sustainability issues on campus.
• Promote the use of the campus as a test-bed for sustainability solutions.
• Provide powerful learning opportunities for students to lead and work on ‘live’ real-world sustainability issues on campus.
• Raise awareness of specific sustainability issues and promote positive change within our campus community.
• Cohere and boost environmental sustainability knowledge and activities from across the University.
• These aims are in-line with the ESAY Vision for a strong collaborative approach to solving critical environmental sustainability challenges.

The project will provide important data on our on campus biodiversity by collating this key information, enabling knowledge sharing with students and staff as this is communicated to the university community. 

About the roles

ESAY is seeking to hire two interns for the following roles:

• 1 x Biodiversity Digital Communications Assistant - Review existing information about campus biodiversity and come up with creative solutions to share this knowledge with students, staff and the public. The internship includes creating an interactive digital map to communicate information on campus birds.

• 1 x Biodiversity Research Assistant - Collate and compile information about biodiversity and its management on the university campus, including the wealth of bird records on the estate. You will also have opportunities to research ideas for improvement of biodiversity on campus.

Both positions are available to undergraduate students at the University of York. These posts are brought to you by York Internships and are for 37 hours per week on a flexible working basis. Interviews are expected to take place on 14 and 15 June.

The deadline to apply is 6 June.

Click on the links above to find out about the individual roles and how to apply.