[internship] Husky Neighborhood Paid Internship Opportunity

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HUSKY NEIGHBORHOOD PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

 

Job Overview

Husky Neighborhood Interns (HNIs) work on projects to improve public safety, promote civility and foster a greater sense of community for the students and permanent residents living north of campus.

How to Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to Julie Draper Davis (jadraper@uw.edu) by October 10, 2013 to apply for this position.   Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis after we receive resumes and cover letters. 

Compensation

  • ·         Compensation will be $10-12/ hour with a maximum of 7 hours per week for 30 weeks during the academic year.  Students must be able to work in the United States. 

Time Commitment:

The time commitment for this internship is approximately eight hours per week. The length of the internship is from Fall quarter 2013 through the end of Spring Quarter 2014. Specific time commitments include the following:

•        HNIs will have weekly team meetings of at least an hour with other HNIs and UW Staff.

  • ·         HNI’s should plan on working roughly four to seven  additional hours each week on projects in the North of 45th area; students will set their own schedule to get their projects accomplished

•        HNIs will attend as needed meetings with supervisor for help on projects.

•        HNIs will attend North of 45th Committee meetings that occur once each quarter.

Responsibilities:

The following are the primary expectations for Husky Neighborhood Interns:

•        Each HNI will plan and lead specific projects during the academic year, collaborating with other HNI’s as needed. They will also play a supporting role for projects for fellow interns.

•        Facilitate dialogues with student groups about their neighborhood concerns and collaborate on ways to solve these issues.

•        Distribute educational materials helpful to off-campus living, including topics about: health and safety, rights and responsibilities, and ways to navigate through landlord, neighbor or roommate situations.

•        Attend University Park Neighborhood Association meetings and other relevant community forums to gain a better understanding of non-student perspectives, and act as a representative of students in your designated area, finding solutions to neighborhood issues that involve students.

•        Work with campus departments and groups to meet the needs of students in the neighborhood, as needed.

•        Develop appropriate communication mechanisms which may include social networking, forums, email, etc. 

•        Contribute to the monthly newsletter by writing articles and finding information helpful for students living off-campus.

•        Disseminate the monthly newsletter to residents in your area, and inform them about the availability of the online forums.

•        Help facilitate neighborhood cleanups.

Desired Qualifications:

  • ·         Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • ·         Desire to develop leadership skills
  • ·         Outstanding organization and time management skills.  Ability to manage projects and provide leadership.
  • ·         Ability to work independently to accomplish tasks and take initiative.

 

Elizabeth Lewis
Director
Community Standards and Student Conduct

Box 352231, Seattle, WA 98195-2231
Condon Hall Room 230
206-685-6194 office  
www.washington.edu/cssc

[internship]: Threatened and Endangered Species Intern (SCA, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina)

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Threatened and Endangered Species Intern
Quick Facts
Site Name:  Camp Lejeune
State:  NC
Location:  Camp Lejeune
Headline: This position involves monitoring, protection and management of protected species, including sea turtles, red-cockaded woodpeckers, piping plovers, bald eagles, seabeach amaranth, rough-leaved loosestrife on a Marine Corps Base.
Position Code (PO): PO-00357246
Organization:  Government
Agency:  US Navy
Start Date:  Sat, 06/15/2013
End Date:  Fri, 06/13/2014  Dates are flexible 2-4 weeks
Fill Priority: Hot
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
This position is with the Threatened and Endangered Program on Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune.  Main duties include protection, monitoring and management of threatened and endangered species.  Camp Lejeune has approximately 140,000 acres of forest and 11 miles of relatively undisturbed beach, which are home to several endangered, threatened or otherwise protected species.  Currently, threatened and endangered species on Camp Lejeune include the red-cockaded woodpecker, loggerhead and green sea turtles, piping plover, seabeach amaranth, and rough-leved loosestrife.  Other protected species include nesting bald eagles, and coastal goldenrod.  Duties include the following: – monitoring of nesting sea turtles (daily surveys from May-August, protecting nests from predators with cages)- protection of endangered species sites (signs, painted boundaries, roped off areas, etc)- protection of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees from fire (clearing vegetation from around the trees)- monitoring of endangered plants- locating and protecting shorebird (including piping plover) nests,- bald eagle nest monitoring- protecting potential shorebird habitat- GPSing locations of endangered species locations, boundaries, etc.In addition, there will be opportunities to work with the Base Forestry Branch (timber marking, prescribed burning), Land and Wildlife Resources (survey for game species and migratory birds, planting wildlife food plots, assist with wood duck boxes, etc.) and Archaeology. 
The SCA is a nationwide force of high school and college-age volunteers who are committed to protecting and preserving the environment. But SCA doesn’t just talk the talk—SCA is conservation in action. Through internships, conservation jobs and crew experiences, SCA members are rising to meet today’s environmental challenges while gaining real, hands-on field experience. They complete projects in every conservation discipline—from archaeology to zoology—and everything in between.
 
Get Real Conservation Experience with SCA Expense-Paid Internships. For college and graduate students, as well as other qualified individuals, SCA internships provide the opportunity to work directly with resource management professionals, while gaining tangible skills, and contributing substantially to the preservation of our natural and cultural treasures. Ranging in length from 3 – 12 months, in all 50 states, SCA Internships are available throughout the year in all conservation disciplines. All positions are expense-paid (living stipend, housing, round trip travel) and most offer insurance and AmeriCorps Education awards.
 
 
Evan Escamilla |Alaska/Northwest Recruiter
SCA – Student Conservation Association
Office 1265 South Main Street | Suite 210 | Seattle, WA 98144
Cell (269) 569-3552 | Direct (206) 496-1282
SCA Northwest Office (206) 324-4649

[paid internship]: Basel Action Network: Programming intern

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Basel Action Network (BAN) is a non-profit 501©(3) located in Pioneer Square advocating for global Environmental Justice. Our body of work includes preventing the export of toxic wastes, toxic products, and toxic technologies from the developed countries to developing countries.

 

BAN is currently seeking a programming intern to start as soon as possible. The intern will be responsible for the migration of our current web content (text, tables, graphs and other related material) into our Wiki using Wikipedia Markup. The work will involve copy, pasting and then properly formatting the text.

 

Knowledge, familiarity and comfort with formatting web content into Wikipedia Markup is a requirement.

You must know how to format the following in Wiki Markup:

·         Basic text formatting (italic/emphasis, bold, strike, indent, etc.)

·         Page formatting (headings, horizontal rules, ordered and unordered lists, etc.)

·         Data Tables, Images, and Links formatting

·         Referencing and Citing

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The project will be a 1-month project; this is a part-time position at 20 hours a week with flexible hours. Compensation is $10.00/hr.

 

If you have the qualifications for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to: jobs@ban.org