Environmental Education Intern

Buncombe County Government • Asheville, NC

3d • $15 • Hybrid

About The Position

Buncombe County Soil & Water (BCSW) is hiring a paid summer intern. The intern will be working with staff environmental educators on youth and community programming. The pay rate for this internship is $15/hour. Firm start date of June 1st with an End date of July 29th which can be flexible. Required Work Schedule: Work hours are expected to occur between 8am and 5pm weekdays and at least 2 Saturdays. They will vary between10-35 hours a week based on programming. The total number of hours may differ, depending on the selected candidate(s) academic program requirements but will likely be 150-200 hours. This internship is a temporary part-time position. Specific workdays and hours will be set with the site supervisor and the student’s academic advisor. This position has limited flexible work availability for applicants residing within a 1-hour drive of the Agriculture and Land Resources Building located at 49 Mount Carmel Rd, Asheville, NC.

Requirements

• The selected candidate(s) should be enrolled in good standing in a Bachelor’s or Master’s-level degree program in education, parks and recreation management, natural resource conservation, or similar.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Comfortable working and communicating with children.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute work effectively.
• Ability to exercise judgement and discretion in applying and interpreting policies and procedures.
• Ability to work up to 8 hours outdoors in summer weather, hike at a slow/moderate pace for 2 miles, lift 35 lbs.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Common Core & NC Essential Standards with experience in science, environmental education.
• Spanish language proficiency
• First Aid/Wilderness First Aid and CPR certified
• Lifeguard certificate

Responsibilities

• Assist with setup, activity facilitation, and participant supervision during Camp RIO youth summer day camps for elementary students including students in the Migrant Education Program and foster system.
• Assist with daily care of animal ambassadors – Southern toad, corn snake, and isopod colony.
• Other environmental education based on scheduling including library programming, festivals, and external camp partnerships.
• Maintain collaborative working relationships with students, parents, the community, and our staff.
• May assist in researching grant funding options for grants and prepare report(s) on various options.
• Opportunity to shadow work of other Soil and Water Staff; opportunity to attend and present at BCSW board meetings.
• Opportunity to pursue personal project based on interest and academic program requirements including but not limited to: creation and delivery of EE activity, development of educational resources, etc.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern