Conservation and Research Internship
It’s
a jungle out there...Why not prepare for it with an internship at the
zoo?
Job
Description: We are looking for undergraduate or graduate
level college students wishing to earn course credits for work in the
zoo's Living Collections division. Our internships include animal
care, horticulture, animal behavior, conservation, and research.
What
we offer...
Unfortunately, we cannot offer a salary, but we do offer the following
benefits:
- The chance
to develop your talents and skills.
- Experience
that will look great on your resume.
- A progressive
management style that allows interns to take on a great deal of responsibility
and provides a supportive, stimulating and fun work place.
- Letters
of reference for future job opportunities.
- The Zoo...you
get to visit every day!
What
you would do as an intern...
The Conservation Research Section accepts a limited number of interns
each year who assist in our own research and conservation projects. We
have an ongoing understanding with Michigan State University and sponsor
students from MSU who wish to fulfill their Zoo and Aquarium Science
Internship requirement at the Oregon Zoo. Upper division and graduate
students from other institutions seeking research or conservation internships
at the Oregon Zoo are evaluated on a case-by-case basis depending on
the needs of our current conservation and research projects. To be considered
for a Conservation and Research Internship, a student must be receiving
academic credit from or be fulfilling an academic requirement of an accredited
Institution of Higher Education. It is the responsibility of the intern
to ensure that all university or college requirements are met to receive
credit.
Ongoing
conservation and research projects include:
Western
pond turtle head starting.
Propagation, behavior, husbandry, and health of pygmy rabbits.
Propagation and translocation of Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae
and other native butterflies.
Cultivation of the threatened Kincaid's lupine.
The Conservation Research Section also maintains the Zoo's Animal
Management Library. Internship opportunities are available to library
science students who
are interested in putting their academic skills to work in a small but professionally
cataloged research library.
How
to apply...
Send your
resume, application form, a letter
of recommendation from your academic advisor or sponsor, and a cover
letter that answers the following questions:
- What
are your career goals and how would this internship help you achieve
them?
- What
kind of course work and/or experience do you have that would make
you a valuable intern?
- A description
of your computer skills
- In what
areas are you most interested in attaining experience through this internship?
From the
Application Packets, we will select interns to be interviewed.
Deadline for
applications is:
- Fall
term July 1
- Winter/Spring
terms November 1
- Summer
term March 1
Email
applications to:
Conservation
Internship Coordinator
(we aren't putting
the actual address here in order to avoid harvesting by spammers!)
Please
put "Conservation Internship" in
the subject of your email.
OR
Mail
resumes to:
Conservation Internship Coordinator
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
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