Northern Tanzania Program Interns
About the role
What We Can Achieve Together: Our goal is to conserve northern Tanzania’s rangelands and critical wildlife habitats while improving community livelihoods and resilience. Working closely with local communities, government institutions, Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), Community Wildlife Management Areas (CWMAs), and other partners, we promote sustainable rangeland management, responsible livestock grazing, biodiversity conservation, and community-led natural resource management. The Northern Tanzania Program focuses on maintaining healthy grasslands, securing wildlife corridors, strengthening local governance, and supporting sustainable livelihood opportunities, including women’s economic empowerment initiatives such as the Enaboishu Women Trading Center at Randilen WMA. Through this work, we aim to foster the long-term coexistence of people, livestock, and wildlife across northern Tanzania. We’re Looking for You: The goal of this internship is to provide practical learning opportunities for an early-career professional while supporting the implementation of The Nature Conservancy's Northern Tanzania Program. The intern will work closely with the program team to support conservation, community development, and women's economic empowerment initiatives. The internship is for a specified period of six months from the date of engagement, and the intern will report to the Livestock and Grazing Officer. Under close supervision by the technical team, the scope of this internship is; • Support the implementation of conservation, rangeland management, women’s economic empowerment, and community development activities across the Northern Tanzania landscape. • Assist in coordinating field activities, stakeholder engagements, meetings, workshops, exchange visits, and training events involving communities, government agencies, and conservation partners. • Contribute to data collection, analysis, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and reporting activities to track project performance and conservation outcomes across program sites. • Support efforts to identify and establish market opportunities for products produced at the center, including engagement with tourism operators, cultural centers, local businesses, exhibitions, trade fairs, and online marketing platforms. Assist in showcasing success stories and promoting the center's products. • Support the preparation of technical reports, donor updates, success stories, presentations, communication materials, and oth