Internship Opportunity: Agroforestry/Operations – Acorn Program

Imagine…
contributing to production and income levels of smallholder farmers in developing countries by supporting them in their transition to Agroforestry and at the same time combating climate change, land degradation and food insecurity at a large scale!
Acorn, a new initiative within Rabobank, uses satellite images to measure farmers’ carbon storage (through biomass) and translates this into carbon removal units, providing smallholder farmers access to the international carbon market and finance for his transition into Agroforestry. This is how we are contributing to growing a better world as well as to a stronger Rabobank.
 

Making a difference
As an intern within the Agroforestry Hub of Acorn your primary goal is to support the Agroforestry Hub of Acorn with review and quality assurance of Agroforestry Designs from our Local Partners, support with knowledge sharing sessions and knowledge development on agroforestry (part of the Agroforestry Academy), assist the team with their day-to-day activities and next to that support in the development of tools and monitoring systems used by our Local Partners for large scale agroforestry implementation. You work together with colleagues, local partners (organizations with farmer networks) and external parties. Your tasks are:

• Support team members with review of Agroforestry Designs
• Development of agroforestry implementation support documents, tools and guidance that enhances further projects quality (implementation structures, analysis, data tools, templates, farmer communication);
• Assist in developing and analysing projects performance reporting in PowerBI and be able to share these insights with team members;
• Development of supportive and educative materials (manuals, video’s, infographics etc) for our local partners and farmers on agroforestry topics (e.g. tree management, designs, training);
• Contribute to biomass growth estimations for our projects business cases;
• Supporting the team with business administrative activities;
   

You and your talent
Integrity, eager to learn, and a drive for success are essential for the role of Agroforestry Intern. You work in an organized way and you think rigorous. It is important that you recognise yourself in the majority of the items below:

• Relevant Master degree (e.g. forestry, agronomy, business);
• Passion for agroforestry and making impact with smallholders (and some experience is always welcome);
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills;
• Analytical, structured and feeling for data management (nice-to-have);
• Availability as soon as possible, the duration of the internship is 6 months.
• Fluent English, both spoken and written. Any other language is a nice-to-have.
   

While our team is always available for guidance and advice, we value individuals who can work independently and make their own decisions. This is an opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive environment while being accountable for your own progress and deliverables. If you're ready to take on this challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: It's your responsibility to find a suitable University assignment
 

This is what we offer you

• A market-conforming internship allowance
• Flexible hybrid working with remote and physical weekly meetings at the head office of Rabobank in Utrecht.