River Restoration Intern
Galloway Fisheries Trust
A paid internship is available from October 2025 for 6 months to work with Galloway Fisheries Trust on our River Annan Restoration Project.
The intern will help to deliver a varied range of tasks and responsibilities surrounding the role of Nature Finance in habitat restoration, while providing opportunities to learn and develop their professional skills.
The candidate should be fit, motivated and hardworking. There will be a requirement to undertake some lone working. A full valid driving license is required. The position will be based at Newton Stewart (Dumfries and Galloway) however a lot of the work will take place in the Annan catchment.
This full time, fixed term intern post is a wonderful opportunity for someone with a suitable ecological or conservation qualification to develop their skills and work experience. They will gain valuable experience in natural capital enhancement work and how to develop and deliver nature restoration projects.
Closing date for applications is noon 29th August 2025.
Face to face interviews plan to be held on the 9th September 2025 in Newton Stewart.
The River Annan Restoration Project is delivered by GFT working closely with the Annan DSFB and
is supported by NatureScot, through the Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland FIRNS
and the National Lottery.
About Galloway Fisheries Trust
The aim of Galloway Fisheries Trust is to restore and maintain aquatic biodiversity, particularly native fish, in Galloway by means of practical, responsible and sustainable approaches to land, water and fishery management, based on sound science, for the benefit of the community as a whole.
The aim of Galloway Fisheries Trust is to restore and maintain aquatic biodiversity, particularly native fish, in Galloway by means of practical, responsible and sustainable approaches to land, water and fishery management, based on sound science, for the benefit of the community as a whole.
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