Agro-tech Intern - Onsite - Position 94
Agro-tech Intern - Onsite - Position 94
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04-06-2025
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Job Description
BE SICILIAMIA: Make Our Moments Your Moments
At SICILIAMIA we and our customers are united by a positive dedicated approach to life grounded in shared values and common outlook. As an international start-up together we embrace a lifestyle of purpose connection and the pursuit of meaningful experiences.
Our choices are made with care and integrity reflecting a commitment to doing things right. Its more than just a brand; its a way of life that celebrates authenticity thoughtful living and a drive to explore and grow. In this journey we and our community share the SICILIAMIA lifestyle rooted in values driven by experience.
POSITION OVERVIEW
As an Agro-tech intern you will commit to a 4 9-month internship dedicating up to 40 hours per week. You are expected to represent your skills and qualifications accurately and work collaboratively with our team to achieve the best outcomes for the project and your professional development. This role provides a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in permaculture practices while contributing to agricultural initiatives. You will combine research and applied field work experience to complete company goals and deliverables.
Note that you will be responsible for covering your own food and accommodation expenses during the internship.
This internship will take place in Ragusa Sicily and the length is 4-9 months and starts in August-September 2025
KEY ACCOUNTABILITY
- Develop and implement innovative agricultural technologies to improve crop yields reduce environmental impact and increase efficiency.
- Monitor and record ecosystem changes over time through careful periodic observations of flora and fauna health and climatic data.
- Research and test new agricultural technologies and practices.
- Analyse data to identify trends and areas for improvement in agricultural systems.
- Develop and implement sustainable solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change soil degradation and water scarcity.
- Establish ecosystem baseline by cataloguing site flora and fauna as well as the qualities of desired plants. (growth speed seeding capacity etc).
- Conduct soil health metrics such as water infiltration and percolation tests basal ground cover etc.
- Participate in site design planning and execution by researching native plant communities off grid systems technological opportunities for agricultural automatization and monitoring.
- Sharing of undertaken observations of the land and experiments as well as your ideas and suggestions based on how the site is evolving.
- Support on-ground development of the site by helping establish critical supply sources.
- Dimension and contribute to planning of water resources irrigation greywater systems and similar engineering projects.
- Work may include reaching out to visiting suppliers for and securing seeds plants composts and other supplies or equipment needed.
- Carry out other project duties as needed (due to the nature of the work we cannot predict all project needs in advance).
Requirements
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Advanced level of spoken and written English. Knowledge of Italian and Sicilian language is a plus.
- Experience in and/or completed coursework in ecosystem restoration permaculture syn-tropic farming agro-forestry regenerative farming and/or related area(s).
- Basics in programming languages such as Python R or MATLAB.
- Experience with data analysis and visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Knowledge of engineering principles such as mechanical electrical civil engineering or environmental sciences.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with farmers engineers and scientists.
- Interest in technology and software for environmental analysis and monitoring.
- Love for nature.
- Proven track record and/or ability to demonstrate personal reliability and teamwork.
- Proactive communication within work.
- Independently manage their time to complete work in a quality manner.
- Ask for help when needed and look for opportunities to support the whole team to achieve goals.
- Is organized detail-oriented and flexible.
- Able to do fieldwork safely including lifting up to 20 kilos.
- Possesses intermediate skills in using office software (e.g. email Word PowerPoint etc.).
- Knowledge in GIS is valuable.
Benefits
THE SICILIAMIA EXPERIENCE
Becoming our trainees comes with great benefits:
- Housing in beautiful Ragusa Ibla for the duration of the internship.
- Hands-on experience building an agro-tourism site and working with nature.
- Opportunity to work with an international English-speaking team of which there are two: an offsite permaculture design team (which will be the primary team you will work with); and an
- onsite team involved in villa rentals and other aspects of the business (which you will interact
- with socially and as needed).
- Professional development including knowledge sharing / training feedback on work and professional guidance with our permaculture design team.
- Exposure to how startups work from the inside.
For financial compensation we participate in the Erasmus internship program.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Advanced level of spoken and written English. Knowledge of Italian and Sicilian language is a plus. Experience in and/or completed coursework in ecosystem restoration, permaculture, syn-tropic farming, agro-forestry, regenerative farming, and/or related area(s). Basics in programming languages, such as Python, R, or MATLAB. Experience with data analysis and visualisation tools, such as Tableau or Power BI. Knowledge of engineering principles, such as mechanical, electrical, civil engineering or environmental sciences. Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with farmers, engineers, and scientists. Interest in technology and software for environmental analysis and monitoring. Love for nature. Proven track record and/or ability to demonstrate personal reliability and teamwork. Proactive communication within work. Independently manage their time to complete work in a quality manner. Ask for help when needed and look for opportunities to support the whole team to achieve goals. Is organized, detail-oriented, and flexible. Able to do fieldwork safely, including lifting up to 20 kilos. Possesses intermediate skills in using office software (e.g., email, Word, PowerPoint, etc.). Knowledge in GIS is valuable.
Employment Type
Full Time
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