Conservation Internship

Launch your ecological career with a hands-on Conservation Internship with Arid Recovery

Arid Recovery offers 2 to 3 internships each year for recent graduates looking to deepen their practical experience in ecology and conservation. Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, the intern will contribute to the delivery of ecological research and field surveys that support threatened-species recovery and arid land conservation. The role also offers exposure to land management, stakeholder and community engagement, and science communication within a small, innovative conservation NGO. 

• Location: Olympic Dam, South Australia

Bringing your own car for travel to and from the office and, as well as for personal use during the internship, is highly recommended.

Accommodation and a living allowance will be provided, as well as contribution to your travel to and from Roxby Downs. Opportunities for paid casual work (tour guiding) may be available. 

Past Interns

Courtney Proctor

Courtney commenced a three month internship with Arid Recovery in February 2019. She had previously completed a Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour) at Flinders University. Whilst at Arid Recovery Courtney was able to experience many different elements of the conservation and research program. Courtney spent majority of her time helping the team complete various jobs around the reserve including radio-tracking quolls, trapping bettongs and monitoring stick-nest rat populations using camera traps. Her favourite experiences included participating in the annual pitfall trapping and bettong trapping surveys. Courtney is now a Environmental Scientist for BHP. 

Anna Rogers

Anna commenced a two month internship with Arid Recovery in November 2018. She split her time between two projects; the western quoll reintroduction program and the UNSW prey naivety experiment, where she was heavily involved in radio-tracking both quolls and bettongs. Prior to joining Arid Recovery, Anna completed a Bachelor of Science majoring in Animal Science at the University of Adelaide. She has now returned to UoA to complete her Honours, where she is studying the effectiveness of audio-lures in Felixer traps.

Kaely Kreger

Kaely began an internship at Arid Recovery in the winter of 2018. Originating from Tasmania and accustomed to cold, damp conditions, she found even the winter in this new environment unusually hot and dry. Before the internship, she worked as a park ranger and completed an Honours degree in Biological Science at the University of Tasmania, with a thesis on the historical biogeography of the metallic snow skink. Her research involved analyzing skink DNA to understand ecological changes over the past 35 thousand years. After the internship, Kaely explored the Ikara-Flinders Ranges before returning to Tasmania, where she engaged in fauna consulting.

Ben Stepkovitch

Ben commenced a 3 month internship at Arid Recovery in February 2018. He had previously completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Zoology) and Masters of Research at Western Sydney University, where he studied the diets of Sydney’s urban foxes. Whilst at Arid Recovery, Ben completed a research project assessing the effectiveness of using SPOT Trace technology to remotely track feral cats. Since completing his internship, Ben went on to complete his PhD on quolls at Arid Recovery. He has published sevral papers. 

Kirra Bailey

Kirra commenced a 3 month internship at Arid Recovery in February 2018. She had previously completed a Bachelor of Science (Biodiversity and Conservation) and Honours in Environmental Management at Flinders University, where she used aerial surveying to estimate feral goat population densities in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges. Kirra was involved in many elements of Arid Recovery’s research program and undertook a research project investigating inter-specific interactions between native rodent species.

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