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📢 Exciting Opportunity: Join groundWork as an Environmental Justice Education Intern!
groundWork is looking for a committed and enthusiastic Intern to join our Environmental Justice Education (EJE) Campaign on a 12-month fixed-term contract from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027.
Application deadline: Friday 27 March 2026
This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in environmental justice work while supporting grassroots education and activism initiatives.
The Environmental Justice Education campaign focuses on building a cohort of knowledgeable and skilled environmental justice community activists who can mobilise democratically against environmental injustices and foster restorative, people-centred just transition practices.
In this role, you will:
- Support planning, logistics, and administration for EJE events, including:
- Curriculum Review Processes
- Anglophone African Environmental Justice Schools (EJS)
- South African Environmental Justice Schools
- Supervise Environmental Justice School participants in residence
- Attend meetings and take minutes
- Provide administrative and logistical support, including:
- Financial requests
- Disbursements
- Reconciliations
- Support the EJE Campaign Lead with planning and facilitation of workshops
- Attend and support EJE workshops
- Maintain the EJE learning materials cataloguing system
- Monitor EJE social media platforms
- Work collaboratively with the EJE team and assist with ad-hoc tasks
We’re looking for someone who:
✅ Is between the ages of 18 years and 35 years
✅ Holds a qualification or equivalent experience in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or Environmental Studies
✅ Resides in Durban
✅ Is passionate about environmental justice and community development, or willing to learn
✅ Is fluent in at least two South African languages – with any additional languages being a bonus.
If you are looking to kick start your career while contributing to meaningful environmental justice work, groundWork is the place for you!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn, grow, and network with the environmental justice movement.
Closing Date: 27 March 2026
📧 Apply by submitting your CV to:
Nozipho Ngonyama (HR Officer)
