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Job Title: Policy Intern - Impacts

Hours of work: full time, 37 hours per week

Pay: Real living wage £10.90 per hour (£11.95 London)

Contract: 10 weeks, July to September

Can you distil scientific research into potential actions? Butterflies and moths and among the most threatened groups of wildlife in the UK. The national picture is one of serious, long-term and ongoing decline. We know that when we invest time, resources and knowledge into a problem we can deliver positive outcomes. But there are still too many barriers at a policy and advocacy level. We have now reached the point where we need to see a step change in effort if we are to help deliver a healthy and functioning environment for future generations.

This is a really exciting time to be joining us, we are developing our policy work and launching advocacy campaigns to tackle the chief drivers of decline in butterfly and moth populations. We are offering a unique opportunity for a Policy Internship at Butterfly Conservation to undertake reviews of both the scientific literature as it relates to impacts of light pollution on moths, and practical experiments on implementing artificial lighting changes. You will need experience of undertaking literature reviews and the ability to turn the results into real life proposals for change.

Please read through the job description and person specification, to see if you have the right skills to join the team and visit www.butterfly-conservation.org/jobs to learn more about Butterfly Conservation. To apply, please upload your CV and a description (up to 1000 words) of how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification.

If you are interested in the role and want an informal chat, please contact Frances Winder, Policy Manager, via our HR team at [email protected]

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Midday Monday 26 June 2023

Interviews will take place via zoom on Monday 3 or Tuesday 4 July 2023

No agencies please