Cool Farm Science Internship

Job Description

Internship Outline:

• Location: Kent, UK (Virtual option available) 
• Duration: 5 to 6 weeks, Summer 
• Hours: 40 hours per week (part-time is also available)
• Pay: £12.50 per hour
• Application Deadline: 07/04/2024
  

About Cool Farm Alliance: 

The Cool Farm Alliance is a science-led, not-for profit community interest company that brings together the agriculture supply-chain network on a global scale. It occupies the space where three nodes converge: Agriculture, Commerce, and Knowledge. The Cool Farm Alliance growing membership includes many of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, NGOs, academic institutions, farmer groups and agronomists. Cool Farm Alliance members share the need for a respected, consistent, standardised, independent calculation engine and have joined the Alliance to ensure the Cool Farm Platform meets this need, now and in the future. Building connections, as well as leveraging and sharing knowledge, is key to this platform.

Internship Overview: 

We are offering an exciting internship opportunity for a student passionate about sustainability and science. This position is designed to provide hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture, carbon, and GHG reporting.

We are looking for someone to support a specific science project at Cool Farm, contributing to our efforts in making farming part of the solution to climate change. The exact project will depend on the interns skills and interests, but will contribute to the development of our new GHG calculator the Cool Farm Platform. This platform assists farmers in transitioning to sustainable practices and models on farm GHG footprints. Tasks will involve developing the equations and methods to model GHG emissions, coding, user interface design, and user testing.

You will be coached and supported by our science and methods manager and supported by the full Cool Farm secretariat.

We actively invite applications from individuals represented by the criteria for broader participation outlined below, reflecting our dedication to enhancing diversity and inclusion and expanding opportunities in sustainability and environmental science careers.

As this role can be fully remote, the internship can be adapted to your requirements for example allowing part-time hours, or to be fully based working from home. We aim to create flexibility in the role to suit our colleagues' needs.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Application Process: 
We are striving to make this application process as accessible as possible. In the interest of accommodating diverse backgrounds and abilities, if you require any accommodations or assistance during the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. Additionally, as we would like to assess your writing skills, this application is written-based.

For more information about Cool Farm, please see our website (https://coolfarm.org/) or contact us methods@coolfarmtool.org

Join us in making a difference in the world of sustainable farming!