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INTERNSHIPS

The Eco Leaders program recruits highly motivated and interested student interns from a variety of educational backgrounds who desire to support and learn more about our mission to permanently connect, protect and restore the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Interns have the opportunity to serve during the fall, spring, and summer sessions. In special cases, interns can serve an entire year and will be dedicated to serve support on a special project. Interns are expected to serve a min of 20 hours per week and will be required to track and report their work hours on a weekly basis. The hours of service are flexible but may require some weekends, travel and evenings for FWCF events. They will learn about current policies and protections, advocacy opportunities and the many best practices currently protecting the Corridor. Eco leaders work with our communications, outreach, administrative and development teams to learn more about our processes as well as share ideas and bring innovation to our teams’ current strategies. Our current opportunities are non-paid internships offering credit worthy experiences for students seeking professional development and specific career aligned skillsets. Eco Leaders are immersed in the daily tasks of our teams as well as assigned special projects to support their communication skills, time management strategies, problem solving, as well as increase their exposure to professional networks within their field of study. Stipends, research assistantships and scholarships may be available through college programs.

Contact Donayle Whitmore at donayle@floridawildlifecorridor.org for more information.

2024 SPRING & SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Storytelling Content Intern

The Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation is seeking an intern to create a collection of blog posts that feature conservation priority areas (Polk, Volusia, Collier, Leon, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Orange, Lake, and Osceola Counties) featuring a variety of individuals/organizations protecting the Florida Wildlife Corridor through their work. The Storytelling Content Intern will be expected to work 20 hours a week remotely.

Responsibilities

Reach out by phone or email to key Florida Wildlife Corridor partners across the state to schedule short interviews.
Develop interview questions.
Interview 8-10 key partners about how their organization intersects with the Corridor vision.
Write a blog post of each interview to be featured on the Florida Wildlife Corridor website.
Upload and organize images and videos taken into our data asset management system Canto.
Other tasks as assigned.

Statement of Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for Internships:

The internship program is primarily a training and hands-on learning experience within the confines of a conservation non-profit structure.
Internships are conducted without entitlement to a paid job at the conclusion of the internship and are not used as a “trial” period leading to employment.
The Corridor Foundation will provide credit and/or integrated coursework with student’s current educational endeavors (when applicable) and will work around intern’s academic commitments and calendar.
Intern acknowledges that this internship is unpaid and provided by a non-profit charitable organization. Intern is volunteering without expectation of compensation.

This internship position is open for Spring and Summer 2024. The Spring internship deadline is January 1, 2024 and the Summer internship deadline is April 15, 2024.

NOTE: Eckerd College students, please apply through Triton Track. University of South Florida, St Petersburg College and University of Tampa students, please apply through Handshake.

Due to the overwhelming amount of applications we receive we cannot respond to each applicant. Thank you for your understanding.

Conservation and Community Engagement Internship

The Conservation and Community engagement Interns will learn about and support activities that forge corridor conservation forward. Interns have the opportunity to learn more about state policies affecting the corridor and the current issues that impede progress. They will gain experience working with local organizations, conservation and political leaders through our mural campaign, film series, corridor curriculum and offsite events and presentations.

The CCE Intern will be expected to work a minimum of 20 hours per week, or the required course specified hours to obtain credit through a combination of in-person and remote hours. This is an unpaid position.

Responsibilities

Work with the Outreach team to support corridor mural activities, film series, curriculum launch
Assist with outreach to conservation partners as well as local, regional, and state stakeholders
Support outreach events, including data collection and reporting
Conduct various administrative duties such as ambassador event tables, manage emails, and respond to general inquiries

Statement of Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for Internships:

The internship program is primarily a training and hands-on learning experience within the confines of a conservation non-profit structure.
Internships are conducted without entitlement to a paid job at the conclusion of the internship and are not used as a “trial” period leading to employment.
The Corridor Foundation will provide credit and/or integrated coursework with student’s current educational endeavors (when applicable) and will work around intern’s academic commitments and calendar.
Intern acknowledges that this internship is unpaid and provided by a non-profit charitable organization. Intern is volunteering without expectation of compensation.

This internship position is open for Spring and Summer 2024. The Spring internship deadline is January 1, 2024 and the Summer internship deadline is April 15, 2024.

NOTE: Eckerd College students, please apply through Triton Track. University of South Florida, St Petersburg College and University of Tampa students, please apply through Handshake.

Due to the overwhelming amount of applications we receive we cannot respond to each applicant. Thank you for your understanding.

Apply for Spring & Summer 2024 Internships