NYC-CCE Internship Opportunity

Cornell University Cooperative Extension – New York City

Urban Environment Program Area

Internship Description

Internship Position Title: Urban Environment Intern

Term of Appointment: Part-time or Full-time, Start date: flexible

Duties: Urban Environment Program Area seeks an intern(s) to provide support for informal, community-based education programs and related activities. Responsibilities may include program planning and promotion, recruitment of participants and organization partners, logistics planning, and program delivery with local audiences, using an array of communication and outreach strategies. Intern(s) will conduct other communications and administrative support tasks, as needed and assigned. Urban Environment programs include:

· “Garden Mosaics and Urban Agriculture” project in Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and the Bronx, working with community-based organizations to deliver horticultural and environmental science learning experiences, in farmers’ markets and community gardens;

· An emerging initiative focused on outdoor education and adventure experiences, which will encourage and facilitate urban youths’ engagement with the outdoors in and around NYC;

· “Urban Silviculture,” an integrated research and education project that investigates the relationship between trees and air quality and engages young adults in field-based data collection in the South Bronx;

· “Celebrate Urban Birds,” a collaborative effort between CUCE-NYC and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that aims to involve the public in activities related to urban birds and the importance of habitat in urban environments;

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Spanish language skills desirable. Strong computer literacy and organizational skills.

• Academic background in the sciences, environmental studies and/or education;

understanding of and willingness to work in urban communities with diverse populations; ability to work collaboratively with others as well as take initiative and work independently.

• College junior, senior or graduate preferred; graduate students will also be considered.

Contact: Lisa Babcock at llb28@cornell.edu; 212-340-2956