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Conservation Education Internship
It’s
a jungle out there...Why not prepare for it with an internship at the
zoo?
Job
Description: Use your research, writing and organizational
skills to help save the earth! We are looking for a college student
or graduate with coursework in communications
or biology for a 10-40 hour-per-week, 10-week-long internship.
What
we offer...
Unfortunately, we cannot offer a salary, but we do offer the following
benefits:
- The chance
to develop your skills + talents.
- 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 workplace.
- Letters
of reference for future job opportunities.
- A chance
to help the zoo save endangered species and the environment.
- The zoo...you
get to visit every day!
What
you would do in this internship...
- organize
public information/education campaigns on backyard habitats, ocean
conservation,
and the zoo’s breeding programs for Northwest “sensitive” species
(turtles, condors, butterflies, etc.) This could include writing press
releases; developing content for web pages; working with graphic
designers to create
information displays and writing brochures, flyers and other written
communications pieces.
- Organize
conservation workshops and help prepare materials for conservation
events at the zoo.
How
to apply...
Send your resume and a cover letter that answers the following questions:
- What are
your career goals and how would this internship help you achieve them?
What do you hope to gain from this internship?
- What
kind of coursework and/or experience do you have that would make
you a valuable
intern?
- In what
areas are you most interested in attaining experience through this internship?
From the
applications, we will select interns to be interviewed. Deadline for
applications is:
- Spring
term February 15
- Summer
term May 1
- Fall
term September 15
- Winter
term December 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 Education Internship" in
the subject of your email.
OR
Mail
applications to:
Conservation Internship Coordinator
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
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