Intern - Park Management (Summer)

Session: Summer (May

• August) Position Title:Park Manager Intern Hiring Manager: Jody Moats Agency:Department of Game Fish Parks Location: Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• North Sioux City, SD Minimum Salary: $20.82 per hour *APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER. Position Description: The internship will provide the candidate with essential job experience relating to management and maintenance of a state park that is a day use park. The intern will be involved in daily management of Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve and other parks in District

1. Intern duties may include maintenance of natural resources, trails and buildings. Provide customer service to visitors and work with staff to development projects for the park. Intern will also help coordinate, create, and present environmental education programs for school groups, special groups and the general public. Be involved with the development of press releases, posters, Facebook page, and public service announcements. Help with visitor center needs such as cleaning, taking care of interpretive animals and staffing of the visitor center during the week and weekends. Help in coordination of special events. The courses that would be valuable to this position are Park Management, Biology, Ecology, Ornithology, Speech, Marketing, Outdoor Sciences and English. Experience in customer service, working with children and adults, and love for the outdoors is highly recommended.

Qualifications

Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program. All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.

Apply at: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=59X Positions can be filled prior to the closing date. South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration Telephone: 605.773.3148 'An Equal Opportunity Employer' #LI-Onsite