Benefits:
Shared Lodging on Site
Flexible schedule
Training & development

Internship Period: 40 weeks, Oct 21, 2024 – July 25, 2025
Last Date to Apply: 8/30/2024
Accommodations: Lodgings provided: dormitory style with roommates
Hours: 29 hours/week, sometimes weekends

Overview:

Join our education team and make a positive difference by communicating science and fostering a sense of place for children and adults in the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades. This environmental education position at Archbold Biological Station in Venus, Florida is designed with the intention of expanding our reach with the underserved communities in South Central Florida and to provide the intern professional development through skill building, professional experiences, mentorship, and participation in education conferences.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: leading elementary school field trips, assisting in virtual events, working outreach booths at community events, assisting with program evaluations, performing animal care (snakes) duties, and developing an independent education project. The intern can choose to receive fire training and assist on prescribed burns. During personal time, the intern can enjoy access to our preserve lands, including a private lake, and is invited to accompany researchers into the field to see rare plants, Gopher Tortoises, and Florida Scrub-Jays.

Archbold Biological Station is an independent not-for profit biological research facility founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold. The Station conducts and promotes long-term ecological research and conservation, and has a strong commitment to education. The work at the Station emphasizes the unique biological communities of the Lake Wales Ridge, part of the Northern

Everglades watershed, and one of the most distinctive and endangered biotic regions of Florida. For more information, please visit our website at www.archbold-station.org.

Archbold Biological Station is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our organization. Archbold Biological Station does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, sex, marital status, age, ability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political ideology, religion, national origin, and all other classifications protected by federal, state, or local law. Archbold Biological Station is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups.

Qualifications

– College degree, preferably with experience in wildlife biology, natural resources, ecology, environmental education, or other related fields
– Comfortable working outdoors in the Florida heat, alongside biting insects, mosquitoes, and ticks
– Strong interpersonal communication and computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel, Power Point)
– Spanish language skills a plus
– Able to lift up to 40 lbs.
– First Aid and CPR certification is desirable
– Possess valid drivers’ license with good driving record as determined by Archbold’s insurance carrier.
– Criminal background check using fingerprinting is required

To Apply:

Submit a cover letter, resume, and email contacts for two references.
Compensation: $13.00 per hour
Archbold is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected status. Archbold will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Archbold stands proud of its collaborative culture and all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and works to ensure that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging.

Archbold’s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of Florida, and beyond.  Archbold’s footprint encompasses the ancient scrub habitats of the Lake Wales Ridge; the Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape; the vast, open ranchlands of Central Florida; and the many waterways that flow south into Lake Okeechobee and then drain to the coasts, touching the lives of millions of Floridians.  Archbold studies and protects these natural wonders as ecosystems: as complex networks shaped by measurable natural processes.  Our dozens of research sites encompass the pristine sand dunes of the Lake Wales Ridge; the ranchlands and wetlands that make up much of Central Florida; and the rivers that flow south into Lake Okeechobee and beyond.

Today Archbold stewards a rich mosaic of natural habitats, native ecosystems, working lands, and historic buildings at Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch. The Station and the Ranch serve as the place-based crucible for our innovative science, conservation, and education programs. These draw from a long, deep history, dating back from our beginnings, founded by Richard Archbold in 1941.