Vacancy title:
Community Conservation Intern

[Type: INTERN, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Social Services & Nonprofit, Farming & Outdoors, Business Operations]

Jobs at:
International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 31 2026

Duty Station:
Musanze District, Rwanda | Kigali

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 24 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is a coalition of three international conservation organizations: Conservation International (CI), Fauna & Flora, and WWF. IGCP’s mission is to Secure the Future for Mountain Gorillas (Gorillaberingei beringei). The programme operates in the three countries that share the habitat of the mountain gorilla - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda - and works in partnership with the Protected Area Authorities of the three countries (Institute Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, ICCN, in DRC; Rwanda Development Board, RDB, in Rwanda; and Uganda Wildlife Authority, UWA, in Uganda). IGCP also maintains a large number of partnerships with civil society organizations, community-based organizations, research institutions, private sector and local government.

SUMMARY OF ROLE

IGCP seeks to recruit an intern to assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of IGCP’s work to strengthen community conservation activities around Volcanoes National Park (VNP) through supporting various community engagement and livelihood improvement initiatives. The intern will benefit from hands-on experience working with various stakeholders involved in gorilla conservation, mostly local communities grouped in Community Based Organizations (CBOs).

Responsibilities or duties

• participate in project proposal development and activities planning with IGCP team;
• regular field visits to follow up and monitor the implementation of community projects funded by IGCP and provide technical support with recommendations accordingly;
• assist in gathering data for IGCP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework;
• translate reports and other documents from CBOs into English;
• assist Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in the development of socioeconomic projects and submission to potential donors;
• perform any other duties as required.

Qualifications or requirements 

• Must be a Rwandan citizen.
• University graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Agronomy, Animal Production, Veterinary or related field.
• Early-career professional who graduated within the past two (2) years.
• Willingness and ability to undertake regular field visits to rural areas and farming projects

Work Hours: 8

Experience: No Requirements

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure
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If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you to apply by submitting your application PDF file that combines the following:

• Motivation letter,
• Updated CV,
• Notarized Degrees and
• Employment certificate if any.

Your application mail should be entitled “Community Conservation Intern” and submitted to the IGCP Executive Director before July 31, 2026  11:39pm CAT. All applications must be submitted electronically, hand delivered applications will not be accepted.

SHORTLISTING

Shortlisting and interviews will be done on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates are highly recommended to submit their applications as soon as they can. Only applicants fulfilling the above requirements will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within one month from the submission date of your application, consider your application unsuccessful.

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