{"id":49289,"date":"2023-05-07T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=49289"},"modified":"2023-05-04T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:10:14","slug":"internship-john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument-interpretation-park-ranger-internship-northwest-youth-corps-kimberly-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument-interpretation-park-ranger-internship-northwest-youth-corps-kimberly-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument &#8211; Interpretation Park Ranger Internship, Northwest Youth Corps (Kimberly, OR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Paid Internship<br \/><strong>Salary Details:<\/strong>\u00a0$9,860 stipend, prorated monthly<br \/><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> May 15, 2023<br \/><strong>Service Dates:<\/strong> June \u2013 October 2023<br \/><strong>Length of Term:<\/strong> 17 Weeks (minimum of 1360 hours)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong> John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is recruiting 1-2 Interpretation Rangers beginning in early June and serving through September or October. Interns will be trained and offer interpretive walks, talks, social media posts, and guided tours of a historic ranch. They will also work at the visitor center helping the public plan their visit to the three site units and encouraging safe discoveries and experiences during their stay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Northwest Youth Corps (NYC): <\/strong>Northwest Youth Corps was created in 1984 to offer teenagers and young adults an education-based, work experience modeled after the historic Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930&#8217;s. Today, we serve over 1,000 youth and young adults each year across a four-state region who restore critical habitat, build trails, lead volunteers, educate youth, and respond to local and national disasters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duties and Responsibilities: <\/strong>15% of the intern\u2019s time will be training (classroom and on-the-job). 65% of their time will be at the Visitor Center where duties include general orientation and information for visitors, assisting with the Junior Ranger program as well as providing interpretive pop-up\/patio talks. 10% of work will be assisting with education programs (on site and virtual). 10% of their time will be producing social media (posts, video clips, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Required Qualifications:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to work outdoors in remote settings during high temperatures, wind and on uneven ground.<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to work as part of a positive and collaborative team.<\/li>\n<li>Public speaking skills, high quality customer service skills, and IT skills.<\/li>\n<li>Good written and verbal communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to submit to a government background check.<\/li>\n<li>Current valid driver\u2019s license and clean driving record.<\/li>\n<li>A passion for sharing the park and its resources with the public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Desired Qualifications:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience in presenting informational or educational talks to the public.<\/li>\n<li>Experience teaching and\/or leading youth, conservation, reforestation and\/or outdoor rec skills.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to absorb and apply a great deal of information quickly and accurately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duty Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Duties are performed within John Day Fossil Beds National Monument\u2019s three units located near Kimberly, OR 97848.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terms of Employment:\u00a0<\/strong>Interns will complete a term of service starting in early June through September or October (subject to intern availability) The member must complete a minimum of 1360 service hours by the end of their term. The member will receive a 30-minute lunch each day and this lunch break does not count towards intern service hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interns will earn $9,680 prorated monthly throughout the 17-week term of service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">How to apply<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references and completely fill out the application form found at <a href=\"https:\/\/nwyouthcorps.workbrightats.com\/jobsearch\/?job_board_classification=Internships\">https:\/\/nwyouthcorps.workbrightats.com\/jobsearch\/?job_board_classification=Internships<\/a>. Please select \u201cJohn Day Fossil Beds Interpretation Park Ranger Internship\u201d when applying.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9909,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18],"tags":[220,866,50,277,901,404,292,4688,4691,3046,1778,686,1084,4690,4689,58,993,482,2900,4406,1316,224,9,60,681,4090,1317],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49289"}],"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\/9909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49290,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49289\/revisions\/49290"}],"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=49289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}