Field Operations Intern

What is Sylvera anyway? ‍👩‍👨🌳

Sylvera helps organisations make confident decisions in carbon and commodity markets. We independently assess the quality of carbon projects, track market pricing and supply signals, and provide geospatial and carbon intensity data — giving our clients the clarity they need to invest in real climate action.

We're a team of 130+ scientists, engineers, and market experts based across London, New York, São Paulo, Singapore, and Tokyo. Our work spans market intelligence, geospatial analytics, multi-scale lidar research, and policy analysis. We partner with governments and policymakers to raise the bar for transparency and rigour across carbon markets.

Backed by over $96 million from investors including Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners, we're trusted by Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, and governments worldwide.

If you care about climate, enjoy solving hard problems, and want to work with people who take the mission seriously — we'd love to hear from you.

What will I be doing? ‍‍👩‍💻👨‍💻

Over the coming months, Sylvera’s Earth Analytics - Field Data Science team will be collecting unprecedented volumes of multi-scale lidar field data, ultimately to help scale the flow of finance into the restoration and protection of the world’s ecosystems. This includes work based in the UK in collaboration with Scottish Forestry, IUCN UK Peatland Programme and CivTech, focused on the Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code, as well as a large multi-partner campaign in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We’re therefore looking for a Field Operations Intern, who will split their time between office-based planning of these complex field campaigns, and participate extensively in the field work itself. This internship is for 6 months, with the possibility of conversion to a full-time role at the end of the internship.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Permissions management: driving the end-to-end application process for UK and other international fieldwork, liaising directly with stakeholders

• Logistics coordination: managing complex travel and scheduling logistics

• Technical fieldwork: supporting forest plot establishment, conventional inventory (ideally able to identify UK tree species), terrestrial laser scanning measurements, and soil coring

We’re looking for someone who: 🧠💚

• Has excellent organisational skills, with great attention to detail and the ability to multitask

• Is highly proactive and a quick learner, with a positive hands-on approach following managers guidance

• Has strong written and verbal communication skills

• The desire and flexibility to travel for up to 3 months continuously across the internship

• Able to adapt and thrive in a variety of challenging, remote, and potentially hostile environments, including long walks with heavy items, and working long days in the field

• Full / clean UK/EU driving license is essential

• Cares deeply about the climate and ecosystems of the earth

• Is a self-starter who thrives in constantly evolving environments, ideally with early-stage experience

We’d like someone highly ambitious, motivated and eager to propel their career forward. We prioritise initiative, grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Benefits 💰

- Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance

- Unlimited annual leave - and encouragement to actually use it!

- Enhanced parental leave

- Up to 20 days paid sick leave

- No corners cut in having the best tech to do your job

- Access to Mental Health support

- Monthly team socials

Location 🌍

- London, with extensive work in the field itself

Our values 🙌

• Own it: We make new mistakes. We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.

• Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.

• Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.

• Collaborate with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.

• Empower Customers - Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.

What if you’re a partial fit? 🌱

We prioritise grit and positivity and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Equal employment opportunity 🌈

Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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