Environmental/Community Service Intern Opportunity
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Willistown Conservation Trust internships serve as an excellent opportunity for fulfilling community service requirements and providing valuable real-life work experience with a well-recognized and community-based, environmental organization. Selected interns will gain exposure to a wide spectrum of responsibilities within the various WCT departments, including land protection, stewardship, fundraising, event planning, mapping, business/financial, and communications/technology.
Trust interns typically assist professional staff with the following tasks:
Land Protection:
Land Protection office recordkeeping and administration
Compiling baseline documentation
Site mapping and measuring
Site baseline photography
Stewardship:
Stewardship office recordkeeping and administration
Annual monitoring of conservation easements
Planning and implementing habitat restoration projects
General property maintenance at the Trust headquarters and preserves
Site mapping and inventories
Trail construction and/or maintenance
Event Planning:
Implementing work plans for educational, cultivation, stewardship and fundraising events
Mapping:
Researching tax and conservancy records to update conservation easement data
Using ArcGIS software to archive old maps and projects
Plotting trails and easement information in the field using Global Positioning System (GPS)
Business/Financial:
Assisting with the financial aspects of record keeping, fund accounting, budgeting, insurance needs and human resources for a non-profit organization
Administration/Communications/Technology:
Web editing/web development
Converting documents to Adobe (.pdf) files for Trustee manuals, documents
Searching, selecting and editing photographs
Taking photographs needed for upcoming publications
Photocopying and distributing documents
Researching specific topics on the Internet
Searching for/developing compelling graphics for publications
Ordering office supplies
Compiling survey data into usable formats
Drafting press releases for programs and events
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Additional information regarding the WCT may be obtained by visiting our website at www.wctrust.org
Hours and time frames are flexible. Internships can range from two weeks to a full academic year.
WCT internships are generally unpaid, although small stipends may be available on a case-by-case basis and when allowed by a student’s particular institution.
Please contact Bill Hartman for further details and/or to request an interview at
610-353-2562, ext. 14
or wrh@wctrust.org
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