Are you curious how cities can deliver on a more sustainable urban food system? Want to explore reporting, policies and actions on city level for sustainable, healthy, resilient food? Apply for an internship with WWF!

WWF is looking for an intern to join the Food team and support the transition toward sustainable food systems with cities in focus. The intern will contribute to the development of WWF’s global and international work with municipalities and cities.

WWF works to promote healthy and sustainable food environments, and transforming cities is a key piece of this work. WWF’s work with local communities is anchored in the global initiative One Planet City Challenge (OPCC), where cities report their climate data through the international CDP-ICLEI platform. WWF analyzes this data and provides tailored feedback to guide cities toward best practices in climate mitigation and adaptation. The strategic development of food-related reporting and guidance components will be in focus here.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to:

• Learn about and contribute to the development of WWF’s Food program, with a focus on food environments and urban food system transformation.
• Support operational processes, including preparation and documentation of meetings with WWF offices and other stakeholders as well as contributing to funding applications.

• Contribute independently to various aspects of the program such as analysis, communication, or developing new approaches.

Focus area of the Internship Project

The work will include activities such as mapping of cities reporting on different aspects of urban food systems and local engagement, with a particular focus on how community resilience can contribute to sustainable transformation.

The internship may include:

• Analyzing data via the CDP-ICLEI platform

• Conducting in-depth interviews with municipalities

• Summarizing your findings in a PowerPoint presentation and a report to WWF

• General support to the WWF Food teams work

Desired qualifications

• Excellence in written and spoken English. Spoken and written Swedish is an advantage.

• Has strong analytical skills and enjoys working with data

• Experience in designing and conducting interviews

• Strong communicator and skilled writer

• Is thorough, proactive, and takes initiative

• Is creative and solution-oriented

• Relevant education, preferably in sustainable food systems, urban planning with relation to food, environmental science or a related field.

Time and arrangement

The internship is full time, 38 hours per week, and not suitable to combine with other full-time studies/work. The internship period is the spring semester 2026, the exact weeks are flexible and can be adjusted to fit in with the structure of different courses. Being able to stay longer is a plus but the internship should not be shorter than four months.

The internship can be remote for up to fifty percent of the time.

Requirements for internship

To apply for an internship with WWF Sweden, you need to fulfil one of the criteria listed below, throughout the entire internship period. You are responsible for researching and ensuring that you meet one of the criteria.

• You are admitted to or have applied to an internship/work placement course (as part of a programme or independent course) via a university or higher education institution.

• You are eligible to apply for arbetspraktik via the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen).

• You are eligible to apply for Erasmus+ funding.

We do not make any exceptions from the requirements.

We do not offer any salary or compensation during the internship.

WWF Sweden’s internship programme

As an intern at WWF, you will be one of several interns within WWF Sweden's internship program. You will have the opportunity to learn more about and be inspired by other aspects of WWF’s work, and become part of a social, learning-oriented community with your fellow interns and WWF employees. You will have a supervisor who supports you, helps you to develop and wants you try your hand at as much as possible in your field. Here you can read more about internships at WWF Sweden and take part in the experiences of previous interns.

WWF Sweden’s office is beautifully situated at Ulriksdal Castle (Solna, Stockholm), with views overlooking the water. You will be part of a team with dedicated, skilled employees in a stimulating, international environment. The official language at WWF Sweden is Swedish, but some teams and programmes use English as their working language.

The work is based on our core values, which provide clear guidance for our approach to work and cooperation, both within our organisation and externally. Our core values consist of the following watchwords: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.

Application

This recruitment process will involve continuous selection which means we may call applicants to interview before the deadline for applications. We therefore ask you to send in your application in Swedish or English as soon as possible, however no later than October 26th 2025.

WWF Sweden works actively to ensure that everyone has the same opportunities and rights irrespective of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity and gender expression, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability.

Contact

If you have any questions about the internship, please contact Aaron Juarez, lead of the work on Urban Food Systems, aaron.juarez@wwf.se or Anna Richert, senior food expert, anna.richert@wwf.se

Do you have general questions about internships at WWF Sweden? Contact Olivia af Rolén, HR-specialist, olivia.afrolen@wwf.se