Summer Intern – Urban Greening

Main Duties

We are looking for a Summer intern with:

• Excellent research, writing and presentation skills.
• A creative approach to capturing and presenting information.
• The ability to take direction, but also to work independently, and
• A demonstrable interest in urban design/conservation and nature/creative arts/philanthropy.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 29 March. Interviews will take place in the week commencing 8 April.

What will the internship offer the student and what will they learn while they are with you? E.g. skills they could learn/develop and experience they could gain.

Job title:Summer intern – urban greening

Location: Westminster, London

Hours: 35 hours a week

Contract type: Temporary – six weeks in July and August (22 July to 30 August)

Pay: £600 a week

Reports to: Director of Lund Trust

We are looking for a Summer intern to explore the environment around our London office and capture – through text, maps, images or other media – our local nature and where there is potential for the area to be greener. The intern should also consider the context – land ownership, decision-makers, policies – as they develop ideas for an improved, more nature-friendly urban landscape. The intern will create a portfolio of work and give a presentation at the end of their internship.

Lund Trust is a grant-making fund. We fund work in the UK that greens people’s lives.