Category Archives: Jobs & Internships

Spring & Summer Volunteer Opportunities with the Intervale Center

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We’re getting into our favorite time of year – volunteer season! We need volunteers for a variety of activities this spring and summer. As always, volunteer hours with the Intervale Center count towards City Market member worker hours! Continue reading →

UMD seeks Community Garden Coordinator (VISTA position)

The Community Garden Coordinator, with a coalition of community partners, will facilitate the creation of an intergenerational training ground for small-scale, intensive, sustainable agriculture. Working with a dynamic team of project leaders, the VISTA will transform an abandoned parcel of land into a garden bursting with nutritious vegetables grown by refugee families, middle school students, and other neighborhood residents. Continue reading →

Intervale Food Hub Packing and Distribution Staff Openings

Part Time • Nonprofit

Intervale Center • Burlington, Vermont • Chittenden County

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Details:

Type of position: Regular, Hourly, Part Time 24 hours/week
Compensation: $12 -13/hr

Description: The Intervale Food Hub is an online local foods market offering convenient, year-round delivery. We collaborate with ecological farmers and food processors in our region to provide the community with an array of the highest quality foods. The business is owned by the Intervale Center and is committed to cultivating a local economy that sustains healthy food,
farms, land and people.

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Burlington City Hall Summer Internship – Apply Now!

Deadline is May 6th CEDO is now seeking motivated candidates for the City Hall Internship Summer Program. Internships will provide individuals with educational experience in local government that will help them develop skills and proficiencies through attendance at city meetings, coordinating communications, planning events and initiatives, researching and drafting reports, and more. Click here for […]

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Intern with Educating Children Outdoors!

ev-3.owaECO, Educating Children Outdoors Internship

The North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier is looking for an energetic and motivated intern to be a part of Educating Children Outdoors for the 2013-2014 academic school year.  The intern will enjoy working with elementary aged children, be charismatic, take initiative, stand out as a leader, be willing to learn and share best practices and follow safety protocols put in place by the North Branch Nature Center.

ECO connects children with the natural world and helps foster stewardship in their communities.  Through collaboration with public schools ECO helps to open doors to the joy of learning outside in all kinds of weather. By using city parks, public lands, and other local green spaces ECO engages children in the natural inquiry based learning of their surrounding environment. ECO provides an opportunity for teachers and students to apply integrated academic curricula beyond the classroom to the outdoors for exploration, experimentation, creativity, and personal growth.

Each week the intern will volunteer their time and work in a public school with a lead ECO teacher.  There are currently 5 Central Vermont schools participating in ECO (Montpelier, East Montpelier, Moretown, Waitsfield and Plainfield).  Depending on the availability of the intern, the hours are flexible and can be 4 to 12 hours a week.

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Full-time Job with VT DEC Stormwater Program–Deadline May 6th

A perfect fit for a soon to be graduating senior who is interested in water quality, compliance, and law.  Looking for a computer savvy person who would be able to put together a simple database/tracking tool to track our environmental compliance efforts and the compliance reports that we require of permittees.  This job will be a perfect […]

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State of Vermont Job: Solid Waste/Environmental Analyst IV, Deadline May 3rd

The State of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation has a job opening in the Solid Waste Program. Their offices are located in Montpelier VT.

Contact:  Bryn Oakleaf  Environmental Analyst IV   Waste Management & Prevention Division  802.522.5783// bryn.oakleaf@state.vt.usYou must apply on-line to be considered for any position.  Go to “Job seekers” on the Department of Human Resources website, https://humanresources.vermont.gov/career_center, to view the job posting and to apply online.
Position Date: 4/8/2013  Postion Number: 660245
Job Title:  Env Analyst IV AC: General
Agency: Environmental Conservation
Location: Montpelier
Reference: 31897    Job Code: 145208
Full Time, 23 Pay Grade, Hourly Rate $20.61
This Environmental Analyst IV AC: General position, Ref #  31897 , is open to all State employee and external applicants.

If you would like more information about this position, please contact Cathy Jamieson via email: Cathy.Jamieson@state.vt.us.  Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail.  You must apply online to be considered.

Overview
This position will be working in the Solid Waste Program of the Waste Management and Prevention Division of VT DEC.   Primary responsibilities include developing and implementing a statewide solid waste management plan and the provisions of Act 148.   A focus of the work will be on waste reduction, recycling, and organics diversion.    Other duties include working with solid waste districts, municipalities, and others with respect to improving solid waste management in Vermont, developing and disseminating outreach materials, and other solid waste issues.
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Our Changing Planet Internships Charlotte Central School

Help educated the environmental leaders of the future!

Announcing the “Our Changing Planet” Internship at Charlotte Central School

Synopsis:  Help third graders [ 7 and 8 years old ] understand that the Earth is always changing and that we have a dynamic relationship with our planet.  Learn to use hands on activities to help children investigate forces of nature and their part in the planet’s story.  Then use Jan Reynolds, “Vanishing Cultures” series and your knowledge of ecosystems and the environment to take the children on a journey to indigenous cultures around the world.  Help the children become experts on a specific biome and indigenous culture.  Guide them in making connections between the land, its climate, plants, and animals, and the development of that culture.  Explore how planetary changes and technology are changing the traditional way of life for the people they studied.

When:  Fall Semester 2013        Dates:  August 26th – December 13th                                                                             Number of Internships Slots:  4 – 8                                                                                                                  Credits:  6  or use as a senior project / thesis

Contact Person:  Cher Feitelberg, M. Ed.  cfeitelberg@gmail.com

 Inquiry Meeting

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