{"id":45790,"date":"2022-04-21T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45790"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:40:13","slug":"internship-visitor-services-technician-the-great-basin-institute-sheldon-national-wildlife-refuge-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-visitor-services-technician-the-great-basin-institute-sheldon-national-wildlife-refuge-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Visitor Services Technician, The Great Basin Institute (Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, CA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.vscyberhosting.com\/greatbasin\/Careers.aspx?req=2022-ACI-015&type=JOBDESCR<\/a><\/p>\n

Salary-\u00a0<\/strong> Total Living Allowance: up to $7,820.00 (Approximately $1,203.08 biweekly before taxes)
\u2022 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award: $1,678.57 (Upon successful completion, the award may be used for past, present or future educational expenses, including payment of qualifying federal student loans and Title IV accredited college tuition.)
\u2022 Onsite housing provided at no cost
\u2022 Medical, dental, and vision insurance available at no cost\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Job Description:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex), is recruiting 1 Visitor Services Technician to participate in supporting visitor services, education and outreach efforts at the refuge complex. The AmeriCorps member will create public education and outreach videos to highlight conservation work, natural and cultural resources, visitor opportunities, and the overall importance of the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex.\u00a0

Primary Responsibilities:
\u2022 Interviewing Refuge staff to learn about programs and resources;
\u2022 Developing and editing short outreach videos, and posting these videos on the Refuge website;
\u2022 Assisting Refuge staff with miscellaneous projects to gain a better understanding of Refuge programs;
Additional Responsibilities:
\u2022 Developing longer educational videos for specific groups or target audiences;
\u2022 Developing \u2018in-person\u2019 education programs for local schools or other groups as COVID 19 safety guidance allows.
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Contract Timeline:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 13 – week appointment beginning May 25th, 2022
\u2022 Full time (40 hours\/week) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Location:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex includes Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge and Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge. Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge protects over 900 square miles of wildlife habitat in the northwestern corner of Nevada. It is home to large herds of pronghorn antelope, scattered bands of bighorn sheep and a rich assortment of other wildlife. Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is an oasis in the desert located in Southeastern OR. The refuge was established in 1936 to provide range for remnant pronghorn herds. Refuge management has since been broadened to include conservation of all wildlife and native plant species characteristic of this high-desert habitat. This position will be based at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Job Qualifications:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technical requirements:
\u2022 A bachelor\u2019s degree or completed courses related to visitor services, recreation, environmental education or a related field;
\u2022 Experience with video equipment;
\u2022 Experience with video editing software programs;
\u2022 Practical experience in environmental education, interpretation or outreach;
\u2022 An interest and familiarity with conservation efforts, visitor services, cultural and natural resources management.
Additional requirements:\u00a0
\u2022 Strong oral and written communication skills;
\u2022 Ability to effectively work with other team members such as refuge staff;
\u2022 Comfortable living in shared housing;
\u2022 Possess a valid, state-issued driver\u2019s license and clean driving record; and
\u2022 Meet AmeriCorps eligibility requirements: (1) U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status, (2) eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award (limit of four in a lifetime or the equivalent of two full-time education awards), (3) pass National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) and federal criminal background checks, (4) adhere to the rules, regulations and code of conduct as specified in the Member Service Agreement; and (5) not engage in any prohibited activities as listed in the Member Service Agreement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18],"tags":[4,36,28,33,141,13,131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45791,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45790\/revisions\/45791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}