Joan Wrench Kirstenbosch Scholarship Fund

The Joan Wrench Kirstenbosch Scholarship Fund was established in 2018 to recognise academic achievement of young professionals and to provide financial support to pursue practical training or postgraduate studies in relevant biodiversity fields.

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for internships in any of the following fields at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Newlands, Cape Town:

Field	Minimum qualification
Horticulture - Fragrance Garden development & maintenance and collection development and curation	BTech / Advanced Diploma Horticulture
Horticulture - Database management / Plant recording	Advanced Diploma Horticulture or BSc Botany
Plant taxonomy	Honours Botany
Response to illegal succulent trade	BSc Botany / Biodiversity Conservation
Biological invasions / Ecological restoration	Honours / Masters Ecology
Animal Red Listing	Masters Biology / GIS
Knowledge Management (Records Administration), Information & Computer Sciences; Information & Library Science; Information Systems; Information Systems & Technology	BSc Honours / Masters Environmental Science or related
Research and Development Management	Honours / Postgraduate Diploma / Masters Environmental Management / Environmental Science / Biological Science / Nature Conservation
Conservation / Species Assessment (Genetic Diversity Indicators),  Bioinformatics (Data analysis), Molecular Laboratory work	Masters Botany / Zoology
Environmental Education	BTech / Advanced Diploma or BSc / BA Environmental / Conservation fields or Bachelors Education with Environmental Education as a specialisation

Requirements:

Candidates must be enthusiastic and have a keen interest in the conservation of biodiversity. No prior working experience is required but a strong academic record at university will be an advantage. A driving license with at least one year’s driving experience will be an added advantage. These internships are only available to South African citizens and will be awarded in line with national equity targets.

 Conditions:

• Applicants must be South African citizens
• Applicants must not be enrolled for higher degrees for the duration of the internship
• Applicants can only apply for one of the positions

Internship monthly stipend values:

• Bachelors completed (or equivalent to NQF 7): R8 349
• Honours completed (or equivalent to NQF 8): R9 876
• Masters completed (or equivalent to NQF 9): R11 385

Application procedure:

Each application is to be accompanied by a standard application cover sheet

Applications are to include

• a letter of interest;
• full CV;
• certified copies of academic record/transcript and highest qualification;
• certified copy of ID;
• letter of academic reference.

Contact details:

Dr Ferozah Conrad (f.conrad@sanbi.org.za)
Ms René du Toit (r.dutoit@sanbi.org.za)

SANBI reserves the right not to fill these internships. If no response has been received within 60 days of the closing date, candidates may assume that their applications were unsuccessful.