Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo Internships 2026

About Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo

Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo is a municipal entity responsible for managing the city’s parks, nature reserves, cemeteries, and the Johannesburg Zoo. The organisation promotes urban greening, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable environmental practices while providing safe recreational spaces for the public.

Internship Overview

Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo, in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), is offering internship opportunities designed to provide young graduates with practical experience in environmental conservation, urban greening, and biodiversity management. Interns will gain hands-on exposure to projects that support sustainable park and zoo operations, assist with environmental programmes, and contribute to community and ecological initiatives.

Programme Title: Municipal Youth Graduate Programme

Reference No: REF EDMS 256981

Minimum Entry Requirements

• Matric plus 3 years of study
• Qualification with 360 credits or Degree/Diploma NQF 6/7.
• Youth between 18 – 35 years of age,

NB. People with disability are encouraged to apply

Available Opportunities

The following Departments / Units have Internships open for Applications:

Environmental Education

Duties: Educate and raise awareness about environmental issues, plan commemorative events for environmental theme days, and conduct outreach campaigns to schools and City residents, implement curricula aligned educational programmes at education centers and nature reserved.

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Environmental Management
2. Environmental Sciences

Project Management

Duties: Project management, communication, reporting, monitoring and evaluation including rendering reception and office admiration services.

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Project Management
2. Public Administration
3. Office Administration

Protected Areas and Conservation

Duties: Conservation Maintenance: Alien plant control, trail maintenance, fence monitoring, koppies and ridges, bird sanctuary, dam and riverbank management and the use of fire as a management tool. Law Enforcement and Compliance: Monitoring, reporting.

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Environmental Management
2. Conservation Management

Johannesburg Zoo

Duties: Cleaning animal enclosures, feeding animals, monitoring observing animal behaviour, paperwork, environmental education and awareness.

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Environmental Management
2. Conservation Management

Integrated Catchment Management

Duties: Conservation and management of catchment areas, botanical gardens and the nature reserves. This includes ecological management services in reserves and catchment areas to determine carrying capacity, wildlife management, management of aquatic and terrestrial alien plants, arboriculture, horticultural and integrated herbarium services

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Environmental Management / Conservation
2. Water Resource Management
3. Hydrology

Nursery Management

Duties: Nursery Management and propagation, Tree Census, Assisting with Safety and Health Issues in nursery management and tree planting services across the city of Johannesburg.

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Occupational Health and Safety
2. Environmental Management
3. Forestry Management

Capital Infrastructure

Duties: Scoping, assessing development projects as well as general project and environmental management

National Diploma or Degree in:

1. Environmental Management
2. Environmental Science