Biodiversity Ambassadors Traineeship at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Training Hours: 80 hours, over six-month period.  Split into 40 hours for training, and 40 hours for delivery

Dates: September 2025 to March 2026

Deadline to apply: 28 July 2025, 10:00 am

This traineeship is part of Planting Connections Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

Planting Connection project is looking for our new Biodiversity Ambassadors.  A Biodiversity Ambassador is a paid trainee who will learn more about community engagement and biodiversity. They will then use this learning to create and deliver workshops about biodiversity importance with community groups.

This traineeship is for people who want to improve their community engagement skills while they learn about biodiversity and the plants in our Garden.

Applicants will demonstrate and be able to communicate their love for nature. They will have a desire to share this love and excitement with communities.

This opportunity could be for you if:

• You want to delve into the world of community engagement in the environmental field. 

• You want to improve your facilitation, communication and leadership skills.

• You want to learn more about biodiversity and how the work of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is supporting nature in this climate emergency.

• You want to learn in a non-academic environment, learning from other trainees and staff, and from plants. 

• You are comfortable answering emails and using the internet. 

• You live in Scotland and are available to undertake the traineeship in person. 

• You are eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

No previous experience or formal knowledge in environmental science is needed to be a Biodiversity Ambassador.

Please read our application pack for all the details about the traineeship.

If you have any questions, you can have a look at our Common Questions and Answers document here or email your question to pnino@rbge.org.uk

Please email recruitment@rbge.org.uk telling us:

• What would you like to learn from this traineeship? 
• Why do you think it is important to speak with more people about nature and how we can care for it?
• You can submit your answer in video (max 2 minutes), audio (max 2 minutes), visual (such as a sketch, digital artwork or mind map), or writing (max 1 page).
• Provide a completed equal opportunities questionnaire*: EOQ form  

The equal opportunities monitoring online form will not be shared with anyone involved in assessing your application, please complete as part of the application process.

If you have any questions about access, please email pnino@rbge.org.uk