Employment Opportunities

• Seasonal: Green Team Crew Leader
• Stipended Internship: Developer for "The Stories Project"
• Stipended Internship: Program Developer for Visitor Services

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Seasonal: Green Team Crew Leader

Green Team Crew Leaders will be charged with managing a crew of ten high school students between the ages of 15 and 19 during a 6-week summer program beginning in July. The Conservancy's Summer Youth Green Team was piloted in 2008 and was the Conservancy's first all youth program to bring local students into the Emerald Necklace parks. With the help of an Assistant Crew Leader, the Crew Leader will work with the Conservancy's Director of Youth Programs, Kate England, to lead their crew in various projects over the 6-week period. Projects in 2009 included trail reconstruction, invasive removal, soil rejuvenation, landscaping, bike jump deconstruction, etc. Additional activities were administering Park User Surveys, operating concessions and the Conservancy's information table at Movies in the Park, helping to run the Franklin Park Coalition's Weekly Sports Nights, and publicizing Conservancy events throughout the summer. The Crew Leader will also work with the Director of Youth Programs to facilitate Environmental Education days once a week for their crew.

Please visit our Green Team page for more information about the 2009 program.

Crew Leaders should have previous experience in working with inner city youth, knowledge of environmental science, an interest in active work in the parks, and a desire to teach and learn from your crew members.

This is a paid position. You will be expected to work approximately 30 hours a week and attend two weeks of training prior to the program's start-date. You must be at least 21 years of age to apply.

Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to Kate England at kengland@emeraldnecklace.org.

Please feel free to contact the Conservancy with any questions about this position.

Emerald Necklace Conservancy
891 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-2700
kengland@emeraldnecklace.org

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, ability or sexuality. People of color, men, and GLBT are encouraged to apply.

Developer for "The Stories Project"

Emerald Necklace Conservancy Summer 2010 Internship Opportunity
Stipended
10 weeks, starting in June

To apply: Send resume and cover letter by May 31 to: jeanine@emeraldnecklace.org

Requirements

Candidates must have skills/experience in photography and producing and editing videos. Must have access to video editing software. Excellent communications skills. Experience in filmmaking highly desirable.

To broaden our audience, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy is launching a project to record and share the stories of some of the people who have special memories of their experiences in the Emerald Necklace parks and is seeking an intern who will help us develop this project creatively. Stories are a tool for sharing our values, our memories, and our aspirations. Good stories draw people in, and evoke a world we can touch and smell. Stories can be told through words, photos, drama, dance, video, sound or a combination of these art forms.

Under the supervision of the public affairs director, the intern will shoot and edit video of people telling their stories about the parks and to produce a short film of these stories that will debut at our annual meeting in fall 2010. The film will be made available on our website and will be featured prominently at our new Visitor and Volunteer Center, scheduled to open in the fall. The intern will be given considerable creative control of this project and this internship offers ample opportunity for resume building.

Other responsibilities include interviewing prospective storytellers, scouting locations in the parks for filming, scheduling, and working with our many parks partners to capture their stories as well.

This is an internship with a substantial level of responsibility and measurable outcomes, and offers the opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make a significant and lasting contribution to the Conservancy.

Program Developer for Visitor Services

Emerald Necklace Conservancy Summer 2010 Internship Opportunity
Stipended
10 week position starting June 2010 (At candidate’s earliest availability)

To apply: Send resume and cover letter by May 31 to: jeanine@emeraldnecklace.org

Requirements

Candidates must have skills and experience in researching, data collection and compilation, and curriculum or program development. Excellent communication skills. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Internship Description

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is adapting the historic H.H. Richardson-designed Stony Brook Gatehouse, located in of the Back Bay Fens, to become the Emerald Necklace Park Visitor and Volunteer Center, with an anticipated opening of fall 2010. With this new center, the Conservancy is poised to offer expanded visitor services and is seeking an intern to help us define and develop what these services will be.

This is an internship with considerable responsibility and measurable outcomes, and offers the opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make a significant and lasting contribution to the Conservancy while building his/her resume. Under the supervision of the director of external affairs, the intern will report to both the director and the Conservancy’s president.

The scope of the internship is on the research and development of educational and exhibit materials in a variety of media for use at the new visitor and volunteer center. This may include thematic materials and interpretive signage; curriculum guides for docent/volunteer training; scripted audio tours; and other related products.

Visitor service research and development activities will include assembling relevant materials already in use from Conservancy’s books, papers, guides and archives; contacting and visiting the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic site in Brookline and other organizations for additional information; and creating a catalogue of archival photos and resources, among other activities.

The intern will also play an important role in developing a docent training program, and as such, will gather information on how tour guides are trained at other conservancies, arboreta, and museums. This will include interviewing tour guide trainers and assembling a portfolio of training materials used in their programs including manuals, work plans, schedules and volunteer incentive/appreciation strategies. The intern will define and develop curricula specific to the Emerald Necklace that will be used as the basis of Conservancy docent training, thereby creating a prototype training module to be implemented in late 2010 or early 2011.