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Job Opportunity

Environmental Education Intern

Application Deadline: March 19, 2009
Internship Date: Mid-May through August 2009 (start and stop dates flexible)

General Description: The Lake George Association (LGA) is an environmental not-for-profit located in Lake George, New York. For additional background information on the LGA, please visit our website at www.lakegeorgeassociation.org. The Education Intern will be responsible for assisting the LGA Education and Outreach Coordinator with programs and activities to meet the LGA's goals and objectives. The Education Intern will help to expand individual and community awareness, involvement, and support for a reasoned and balanced approach to the conservation and protection of Lake George's water quality and its surrounding watershed.

Duties: The main duty of the Education Intern will be to develop and present a series of family programs on topics related to the Lake George Watershed. The Education Intern will have the opportunity to plan the programs on their own, deciding on the topic and activities for each one. The Education and Outreach Coordinator will provide assistance and guidance in planning and conducting the programs, but the intern is expected to be largely responsible for the development and success of the programs.

Other duties of the intern will be to assist with a variety of LGA activities, including but not limited to: The Floating Classroom program, the Lake George Watershed Lake Steward Program, Drop a Brick on Zebra Mussels, Invasive Species Awareness Week events, Website and publication research and writing, and various other events and programs during the summer.

Required Skills and Background: Strong written and oral communication skills, public speaking skills, organizational skills, self-motivated and outgoing, creative and resourceful, interest in working in various settings with students in grades 3-12 and adults.

Preferred Coursework and/or work experience in any of the following areas: environmental education, environmental interpretation, limnology, fisheries, hydrology, stream ecology, soil and water conservation, field biology, general aquatic ecology, natural resource management, plant ecology, or related studies.

Salary: $8-$10/hour depending on experience. Please note: housing is not provided with this internship. Intern is responsible for own housing.

Send resume and cover letter to:
Emily DeBolt
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Lake George Association 
PO BOX 408
Lake George NY 12845

Email: edebolt@lakegeorgeassociation.org

Phone: 518-668-3558 ext. 309

Cover Letters and resumes may be mailed or emailed to the above addresses. Please indicate the date you can start and the date you can work until in your cover letter.
All Applications must be received by March 19, 2009.

Posted 2-16-09