Highlights
With a focus on recruiting and developing a diverse staff, we strive to create an environment where people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities feel welcome to participate in conservation. The 6-month position will involve working with TNC's Central Stewardship Program team to learn more about our work in Virginia and assist our staff with a variety of essential activities.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Industry | Nonprofit Charitable Organizations |
| Salary | $22 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1951 |
| Website | http://www.nature.org |
Description
What We Can Achieve Together:
Join TNC Virginia's STEP Program!
The goal of STEP is to create pathways for people seeking to gain experience with a conservation focused organization. We currently offer paid internships and short-term roles in a range of disciplines across our Virginia Teams. With a focus on recruiting and developing a diverse staff, we strive to create an environment where people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities feel welcome to participate in conservation. Wherever you are on your educational journey; community college, technical school, four-year program, or graduate school, STEP may have an opportunity for you to consider!
All STEP hires will receive an orientation, professional development webinars, and have chances to visit TNC sites. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to broaden your experiences through interactions with Nature Conservancy staff and partners. At the end of your internship, you will give a short presentation about your time at TNC to the Virginia staff.
This position will be open for at least two-weeks from the posting date. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Application materials will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Schedule: 35 hours/week for 6 months
Pay: $22/hour
State Date: January 18 preferred, but no later than January 29
Location: Charlottesville, VA
We're Looking for You:
TNC's Central Stewardship Program is looking for a STEP intern to assist with land stewardship and community outreach. This will be accomplished by supporting three areas of our program: (1) stewardship and prescribed fire, (2) fee land and easement monitoring, and (3) volunteer/community outreach. This position will work closely with several TNC staff members and be supervised by our Prescribed Fire and Stewardship Specialist.
The 6-month position will involve working with TNC's Central Stewardship Program team to learn more about our work in Virginia and assist our staff with a variety of essential activities. The internship will focus on field-based stewardship on preserves across the state. This includes participating in prescribed burns, easement monitoring, and supporting volunteer programs. The intern will have the opportunity to work with the entire Stewardship Team and members of our Landscape Programs. The position will spend approximately 2/3 time in the field and 1/3 time in the office working both with the team and independently. Some overnight or weekend travel should be expected.
Specific work tasks may include but not be limited to:
STEP is designed for people early in their careers or with limited prior professional experience.
Join TNC Virginia's STEP Program!
The goal of STEP is to create pathways for people seeking to gain experience with a conservation focused organization. We currently offer paid internships and short-term roles in a range of disciplines across our Virginia Teams. With a focus on recruiting and developing a diverse staff, we strive to create an environment where people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities feel welcome to participate in conservation. Wherever you are on your educational journey; community college, technical school, four-year program, or graduate school, STEP may have an opportunity for you to consider!
All STEP hires will receive an orientation, professional development webinars, and have chances to visit TNC sites. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to broaden your experiences through interactions with Nature Conservancy staff and partners. At the end of your internship, you will give a short presentation about your time at TNC to the Virginia staff.
This position will be open for at least two-weeks from the posting date. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Application materials will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Schedule: 35 hours/week for 6 months
Pay: $22/hour
State Date: January 18 preferred, but no later than January 29
Location: Charlottesville, VA
We're Looking for You:
TNC's Central Stewardship Program is looking for a STEP intern to assist with land stewardship and community outreach. This will be accomplished by supporting three areas of our program: (1) stewardship and prescribed fire, (2) fee land and easement monitoring, and (3) volunteer/community outreach. This position will work closely with several TNC staff members and be supervised by our Prescribed Fire and Stewardship Specialist.
The 6-month position will involve working with TNC's Central Stewardship Program team to learn more about our work in Virginia and assist our staff with a variety of essential activities. The internship will focus on field-based stewardship on preserves across the state. This includes participating in prescribed burns, easement monitoring, and supporting volunteer programs. The intern will have the opportunity to work with the entire Stewardship Team and members of our Landscape Programs. The position will spend approximately 2/3 time in the field and 1/3 time in the office working both with the team and independently. Some overnight or weekend travel should be expected.
Specific work tasks may include but not be limited to:
- Participating in prescribed fire operations (Rx fire, prep, mop up, monitoring)
- Maintenance of fire and stewardship equipment and vehicles
- Marking and field monitoring of fee ownership and easement boundaries
- Conducting field mapping and condition assessments of preserve roads, trail systems, and other features of conservation interests
- Monitoring for the presence of invasive species or other ecological inventories
- Assisting in the execution of small-scale treatments for timber stand improvement, primarily using hand tools
- Recording data with field iPad, GPS, ESRI Survey 123 or Field Maps software
- Operating, loading, and unloading a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle, truck and trailer according to established safety protocols
- Assisting with the planning, implementation, and reporting associated with volunteer land stewardship and community outreach activities
- Assisting with conservation easement and TNC Preserve monitoring and reporting
- Assisting with land protection record management and retention
- Providing support to other Central Stewardship Program staff as opportunities and needs may arise.
STEP is designed for people early in their careers or with limited prior professional experience.
- High school diploma or GED and 1 year's training in science-related field or related experience in land management
- A demonstrated interest in working in the conservation field
- Experience working in remote, outdoor settings in variable and sometimes physically challenging conditions, including inclement weather
- Must achieve physical fitness standards as determined by local Fire Program Manager and the TNC Fire Manual (Work capacity test: walking 3 miles in 45 minutes while carrying a 45 lb pack)
- Experience recognizing plant and animal species.
- Experience operating various types of equipment in a safe and efficient manner (e.g. Lawn
About Company
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of our more than 1 million members, we’ve built a tremendous record of success since our founding in 1951:
We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of our more than 1 million members, we’ve built a tremendous record of success since our founding in 1951:
- We've protected more than 119 million acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
- We work in all 50 states and more than 72 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
- We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands.