Job Details

Job Record No: 98204775
Company Name: GVI Australia
WWW-Address: http://www.gviaustralia.com
Nature of Job: Voluntary Work/Work Experience Program
Disciplines: Various disciplines including: Conservation, Teaching, Environmental Education & Community Development
Academic Status: Any
Job Title: Volunteer, Expedition Members & Internships
Job Specification: Make a difference in some of the world's most critical conservation and community volunteer projects with Global Vision International and selected partner organisations. Adventurous individuals can join challenging Marine Conservation and Wildlife Research expeditions in Patagonia, Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica and take part in volunteer teaching and wildlife projects in over 30 countries worldwide.

Critical conservation and humanitarian projects in over 30 countries rely on GVI for volunteers, promotion and direct funding. GVI works locally with its partners to promote sustainable development through environment research, conservation and education. GVI volunteers benefit from exceptional support, training and an internship scheme. For more information about GVI visit www.gviaustralia.com

The website www.careersabroad.co.uk details jobs in the field and field work placements ideal for graduates, students and professionals looking for practical fieldwork experience to enhance their career while at the same time benefiting local non-governmental or aid reliant organisations. The site features a range of jobs in the fields of education, research, environmental management and wildlife research with Global Vision International’s partner organisations in countries across the world.

Field work placements include: Turtle Monitoring and Whale Shark Tagging with Marine Conservation Society in the Seychelles and Internships in various National Parks in Mexico ranging from turtle and bird surveying to jaguar monitoring.

GVI also runs an internship programme, giving 10-week expedition members the chance to gain a further 10 weeks of fieldwork experience on an expedition of their choosing.

“Through GVI’s Career Opportunities Program, I have been given an opportunity in a fiercely competitive field that might otherwise have proven inaccessible. The training that I and others have undergone here has allowed me to be a part of something that many aspire to, and enjoy a career that I would not have been able to dream of before.”
Andy Cameron, Expedition Manager, GVI Mahahual Marine Expedition

Internships are available on the following programmes:

• Marine research in Mexico or the Seychelles - conducting coral reef transects using Scuba – for qualified and non-qualified divers, extra qualifications available.
• Wildlife conservation in the Amazonian or Costa Rican rainforests – Costa Rica involves turtle and jaguar surveys, Amazon (Ecuador) is mainly amphibian. Amazing adventure side-trips.
• Research and exploration in the wilds of Patagonia for 6 or 12 weeks - includes condor surveys and extreme weather training.
• Predator research, animal tracking and marine mammal studies in Kenya or South Africa – crucial conservation work tracking big game in South Africa, and also with dolphins and primates in Kenya.
• Gain a TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) qualification and teach in Mexico’s stunning Yucatan peninsula, or in the kingdom of Thailand. Amazing work-placement opportunities..