Wetland Science Communications Intern

Wake County, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Agency

Dept of Administration

Division

Youth Advocacy Involvement Office

Job Classification Title

S-Education & Training (S)

Position Number

Grade

About Us

The NC Department of Administration is the business manager for North Carolina state government. The department oversees Government Operations such as building construction purchasing and contracting for goods and services maintaining facilities managing state vehicles acquiring and disposing of real property and operating auxiliary services such as courier mail delivery and the sale of state and federal surplus property. Additionally the department manages many of the states advocacy programs that provide assistance and services to diverse segments of the states population that have been traditionally underserved.

Description of Work

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Agency: Environmental Quality

Division: Water Resources

Job Duties: : Seeking a Wetland Science and Outreach Intern to assist staff with developing public facing content forcommunicating project rationale and results of past and present scientific research studies to residents of North Carolina.

Major Task to be Performed: Developing research summaries producing public-facing materials highlighting researchstudy deliverables like Story Maps spatial visualization and webpage management; representing the wetland program atregional events; and participating in field data collection and management efforts as needed.

Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: Several examples might include generating project summary pages to inform NCresidents of research efforts the wetlands program has conducted; developing ArcGIS Story Map for reporting urban wetlandflood storage project results

Academic Majors Desired: Applied environmentalsciences and communications focused majors like biology ecology environmental science environmental engineeringgeospatial analytics environmental education communications and/or public policy.

2026 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday May 18 Friday July 24 2026

Knowledge Skills and Abilities / Competencies:

Knowledge exposure and/or interest in freshwater science and stream and/or wetlandecology; Interest and experience with ESRI software like ArcGIS Pro and AGOL; Interest in urban ecology and water quality;Experience with science communication or environmental education; Conducted literature review and strong writing skills.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college university law school community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state.
Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Applicant must be a high school graduate and at least 18 years old by January 1 2026.
Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
To qualify for a law internship applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship unless other majors are listed.
Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.

This position will close at 11:59 p.m. the night before the end date.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination harassment or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs observances and practices.

Recruiter:

Jeanene McBride

Recruiter Email:

Required Experience:

Intern

AgencyDept of AdministrationDivisionYouth Advocacy Involvement OfficeJob Classification TitleS-Education & Training (S)Position NumberGradeTSAbout UsThe NC Department of Administration is the business manager for North Carolina state government. The department oversees Government Operations such as...