Start Date: November 11th, 2024 – June 23rd, 2025 (32 weeks, start date is flexible).
Compensation: $650 per week, housing available (if needed), assistance with travel costs to site, and ability to qualify for Public Lands Corp non-competitive hiring authority upon completion of the internship.
Application Due: October 23rd, 2024 (Applications reviewed as received).
Environment for the Americas’ Diversity Internship Program seeks to engage ethnically and racially diverse young professionals in natural resource careers. Additional requirements:
*A personal vehicle is recommended for this position
Position Description:
The Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex (WVNWRC) is comprised of four incredible Refuges: Ankeny, just south of Salem; Baskett Slough north of Dallas, and William L. Finley south of Corvallis. The new Willamette Valley Conservation Area was just established in August but does not provide public access at this time. The Refuges support some of the largest and most ecologically significant blocks of native habitat in the Willamette Valley. The Refuges’ seasonal wetlands and farmed fields provide important resting and feeding areas for migrating waterfowl and shorebirds within the Pacific Flyway and support the core population of wintering geese in the Valley. Visitors to the Refuges frequently view herds of Roosevelt elk, bobcats, a variety of bird species, and they enjoy a diverse number of habitats in which to hike and observe wildlife: oak savanna, wet prairie, upland prairie, riparian corridors, emergent and deep-water marshes, and Douglas fir forests.
WVNWRC is looking for an intern to support and promote their education and community engagement work. A focal interest of the complex is to weave the Refuge Complex into the local Latino culture as a resource, destination, and asset. The intern will work with partners and in communities throughout the mid-Valley implementing regular bilingual (Spanish & English) programs. The intern will be involved in facilitating bilingual programs, school field trips, an art program with the Boys and Girls Club, bird walks, and monthly family/community events centered around the 2025 conservation theme of “Native Plants Use Less Water”.
Primary Duties Include:
Qualifications:
Public Land Corps Non-Competitive Hiring Authority (PLC)
The Public Land Corps Non-Competitive Hiring Authority is a special hiring authority available to qualifying interns. The intern must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, inclusive, or a veteran up to age 35 and complete 640 hours of work on an appropriate conservation project to be eligible for this hiring authority. Upon successful completion of the PLC project(s), the intern is eligible for two years to be hired non-competitively into a federal seasonal, term, or permanent position. The applicant must apply to a PLC-eligible position advertised on USAJobs.govand be selected off a non-competitive certificate of eligibility. For more information, see DOI Personnel Bulletins 11-02, 12-13, and 17-03.
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