149.CV: Conservation / Environmental Sustainability
149.CV: Conservation / Environmental Sustainability
| Name of Supervisor |
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Craig |
| Full Trading Name of Company |
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Available on successful application |
| Area of Internship Availability |
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Conservation / Environment / Sustainability |
| Email of supervisor |
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info@dreaminternship.com.au |
| Phone Number |
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Available on successful application |
| Location of Offices |
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Centennial Park, Sydney |
| Number of Staff |
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5 |
| Brief Description Of Organisation & Brand |
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- National, not-for-profit community based organization that is dedicated to involving the community in conservation and natural resource management programs.
- The organisation has over 150 full-time employees and 23 offices throughout Australia.
- This company highly value their conservation interns as indispensable members of the team.
- A program Manager often takes a group of interns with them to perform significant field work to rescue Australias environment.
- The employer has welcomed hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the world and supported their participation in a diversity of important projects to protect and enhance the environment.
- They would like to expend the opportunity for another intern to join their team.
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| The interns required skill set |
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- Strong leadership, management and organizational skills, as well as understanding of community-based nonprofit programs
- An ability to integrate and harmonize diversified functions between volunteers and staff
- The ability to select, develop and motivate people and create a positive work and volunteer environment
- Must be flexible and have well developed interpersonal skills
- Must excel in personal interactions with the staff and volunteers at all levels of the organisation
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| A list of tasks the intern may assist with |
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- The intern should expect the majority of the internship to be project-based and also include observation and assistance of the Managers at the Host Company.
- Interns should also expect some administrative work of a general nature.
- Help Local Councils and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service to manage bushland reserves
- Planting, weeding and surveying
- Study a broad Australian environmental history first hand
- Learn different species of weeds, why they are a problem and how to control them
- Good exposure to native vegetation and opportunity to learn many of the most representative groups
- Conduct surveys of vegetation, which is a great experience to gain plant identification skills
- Work is in various sites within the Sydney region, thus changing location at least once a week. Places include: Botany Bay National Park, Sydney Harbour National Park, Blacktown Bushland Reserves, Georges River, Wheeler Creek, Oxford Falls, just to mention some.
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