Forest Elephant Monitoring Intern

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cameroon is looking for Forest Elephant Monitoring Intern. Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working with WWF could be the opportunity of a lifetime: All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realization that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge. Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who believes they can help us create a better future for people and nature. What we do: We are an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable. WWF Network has moved to the development and the implementation of 9 Practices with Global Goals to be achieved. For our Cameroon Country Office, we are looking for a dynamic and committed Forest Elephant Monitoring Intern. Reports to: •Line Manager: Coastal Forest Program Manager •Dotted line report: African Forest Elephant Coordinator Supervises: n/a Location: Limbe Duration: till 30 June 2026, renewable Mission of the Department Support science-based monitoring of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) to inform adaptive conservation and management interventions that safeguard critical habitats, maintain landscape connectivity, and reduce human-elephant conflict (HEC) in the Coastal Forests Programme landscape, including Mount Cameroon, Bakossi, and Korup National Parks, and Banyang-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary. Major Functions •Implement standardized elephant monitoring (camera traps, line transects, dung surveys, GPS tracking) to generate reliable data on distribution, movements, connectivity corridors, and threats. •Support HEC documentation and response, including rapid assessments of crop damage, incident mapping, and community feedback loops under the Conflict to Coexistence (C2C) framework. •Maintain and improve data systems (SMART/CyberTracker) for forest elephant monitoring, ensuring data supports connectivity analyses and decision-making aligned with WWF’s Research and Monitoring protocols. •Contribute to adaptive management by synthesizing field evidence into concise reports and recommendations for elephant patrols, barrier placement, and outreach. Major Duties and Responsibilities: 1.Data collection •Conduct field surveys to monitor elephant populations, connectivity corridors, and habitats. •Conduct line transects (signs, dung, tracks) and threat patrols with eco-guards and cluster teams; collect GPS waypoints and habitat notes. •Collect and analyze data on elephant feeding patterns, migration routes, and habitat use, including identifying key movement corridors. •Deploy and service camera traps across priority sites and connectivity corridors; follow forest elephant photo-ID or capture–recapture protocols. •Support elephant data entry, quality control, and statistical analysis for research reports. •Contribute to scientific publications and presentations on forest elephants. •Record HEC incidents (crop types, damage extent, timing, proximity to homesteads) using standardized forms and mobile data tools. 2.Data Management & Reporting •Enter patrol