{"id":51038,"date":"2023-10-13T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=51038"},"modified":"2023-09-20T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T22:37:26","slug":"internship-marine-science-education-internship-the-pigeon-key-foundation-marathon-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-marine-science-education-internship-the-pigeon-key-foundation-marathon-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Marine Science Education Internship, The Pigeon Key Foundation (Marathon, FL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Job Type: Paid Internship<br \/>Salary Details: $150\/week plus housing (shared), and meals while groups are present<br \/>Deadline: Nov 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Do you enjoy working with students of all ages? Are you looking for a job that allows you the opportunity to kayak, snorkel, and share the marine environment? Are you a self-motivated, hard-working individual? Then the Pigeon Key Foundation, a 501(c) not-for-profit organization, is looking for you to be a part of our 2024 intern team. Start date January 22nd with a TBD end date in mid-August. Possibility of full-time employment may exist to hired interns who demonstrate a superior ability at the position. Internship provides weekly stipend and on-island housing, as well as food when groups are present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine Science Education Intern Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**This list is not exhaustive but will give interested applicants a better idea of what jobs will be required of them. We are a small organization. We do not hire a janitorial, cooking, or maintenance staff. Each person living and working on the island is required to pitch in. If you do not agree with the statement \u201cif a task needs doing, it is in my job description\u201d please do not apply for this internship.**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine Education (65% of internship<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead both classroom and hands-on learning activities for students age K-college on a variety of marine science subjects. Hands-on activities include fishing, kayaking, snorkeling, and invertebrate collection.<\/li>\n<li>Days will be long (sometimes 6am-10pm) and often include weekends.\u00a0Other group-related tasks will include cooking, cleaning, equipment prep\/clean-up, etc.<\/li>\n<li>While groups are on-island they are our number one priority.<\/li>\n<li>Summer Camps (5-6 weeks in July\/August) will require interns to perform all of the above duties, plus participate in camp activities and be overnight counselors in the student dorms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Island Maintenance (20% of internship<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When groups are not on island, interns will be responsible for island upkeep and preparing for upcoming groups. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Days will be mostly 9am-5pm M-F schedule, but that can change based on what needs doing and the weather.<\/li>\n<li>Will include, but not limited to, cleaning, sweeping, mopping, raking, weed whacking, washing sheets, painting, maintaining island grounds, cleaning aquariums, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Office Work (5%<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making group workbooks, expanding and updating curriculum, maintaining membership list, writing articles for the foundation&#8217;s newsletter, blog entries, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Interns with demonstrated responsibility and integrity may be asked to assist with the foundation\u2019s social media accounts (facebook, instagram, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Various (10%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representing the foundation at various events in the community, running work errands, outreach programs, summer camps, etc. This list is not exhaustive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The successful applicant will be able to live and work well with people of various backgrounds in a small-work environment. The ability to separate personal issues from professional time (and the ability to resolve any personal issues quickly with little conflict) is crucial to this position.<\/p>\n<p>Interns will live on Pigeon Key, a 5-acre island in the middle of the Florida Keys and a historical landmark. Interns are encouraged to dive, fish, and explore the Florida Keys island chain on their days off, which are limited but do exist!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrolled in or a recent graduate of a degree program in biology, marine biology, zoology, science education, or a related field.<\/li>\n<li>A high level of interest (experience preferred) in teaching students of diverse ages and backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>Excellent public speaking skills for audiences of various ages and abilities<\/li>\n<li>Experienced swimmer (preference will be given to applicants with current or previous lifeguarding, instructing, or diving experience)<\/li>\n<li>An optimistic, \u201ccan-do\u201d attitude \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to cook, clean, and do yardwork<\/li>\n<li>The ability to work independently and in a team setting while foreseeing and quickly correcting potential problems<\/li>\n<li>The ability to work well with others in a small organization where your coworkers are also your roommates.<\/li>\n<li>Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Drive and various social media formats preferred but not required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><br \/>Send a cover letter, resume, and three references to Operations Director Chris Rowell at Pigeonkeyops@gmail.com Please send materials in ONE e-mail and mention how you learned about the internship. Applicants without a cover letter or who send separate emails will not be considered. Review of applications will begin as received. Qualified candidates will be contacted to schedule interviews via Zoom &amp; hiring will be conducted on a rolling basis. The final application deadline is November, 30th, 2023. If you are selected for an interview, you will be notified.<\/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":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[227,358,2061,4,345,380,1227,3432,50,1833,242,277,901,2931,2929,68,3319,3405,867,304,1294,13,3474,1317,549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51038"}],"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=51038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51041,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51038\/revisions\/51041"}],"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=51038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}