WPP Water Quality Intern - Unpaid

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Worcester, MA

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About The Position

The Watershed Planning Program (WPP) within the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is seeking an intern to contribute to its mission of protecting, enhancing, and restoring the quality and value of the Commonwealth's waters. This role will support WPP's efforts in monitoring, assessing, and reporting on surface water conditions, with a specific focus on developing and enhancing a lake and pond database. This database will support various WPP initiatives, including a statewide volunteer monitoring program, improved assessment of Aquatic Life Use, identification of areas needing future monitoring, and prioritization of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). The project involves expanding an existing database with data elements such as physical attributes, locational information, data sources, characteristics, and metadata. Project objectives include coalescing existing WPP data, gathering information from partner agencies and public resources, consolidating and comparing modeled data with observed data, summarizing spatial data, and compiling biodiversity data.

Requirements

• NONE

Nice To Haves

• Basic knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental science.
• Experience gathering and tabulating data from a variety of sources.
• Experience summarizing data into a usable format.
• Ability to work independently and in an organized manner with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Preferred proficiency with R or ArcGIS, but not required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel) software.
• Effective communication skills, in writing, in person, over Teams, and on the telephone.

Responsibilities

• Aid in determining beneficial lake and pond information for all five WPP Sections.
• Review previous internal and external data, studies, reports, or other publicly available information.
• Extract relevant information from a variety of sources, including spatial datasets.
• Maintain a comprehensive list of sources of information.
• Review, collate, and summarize information into a tabular database.
• Develop appropriate metadata and other documentation.

Benefits

• Outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.
• Work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed