The Galloway Fisheries Trust is on the lookout for a new intern.
The organisation is offering a six-month, paid post starting in July, with the lucky applicant working with trust staff on a variety of projects.
They’ll also get experience on everything from practical river and fish population management skills through to planning and delivering their own fisheries projects.
And they’ll be following in the footsteps of previous interns who have gone on to secure full-time jobs, with the most recent intern, Dan Pollard, having now secured a permanent job with the trust.
The position has been made possible thanks to the Galloway Glens Scheme and The Holywood Trust.
The trust’s senior biologist, Jamie Ribbens, said: “We are delighted that we can now offer this internship to a local young person. This initiative has been very successful with all previous interns finding good jobs in the conservation and fisheries sectors. We are very grateful for the funding from Holywood Trust and Galloway Glens which allows this work to continue.”
Galloway Glens education and community engagement officer, Jan Hogarth, added: “Galloway Fisheries Trust are nurturing and provide exemplar environmental training in all aspects of their important ecological work. Its great to see young people out in the landscape taking part in real life surveys and work on the ground. If I was a conservation, wildlife or ecology graduate I’d absolutely jump at the chance to work with them.”
The closing date for applications for the internship is June 15. For further information, visit www.gallowayfisheriestrust.org/news.php?nID=953.
