Intern housing provided. Ongoing, start and end dates are negotiable. Two positions available at any given time.
Interns can expect to be exposed to a wide range of environmental nonprofit activities.
These will include time in the office, handling incoming data forms, computer data entry, helping to write and layout newsletters and flyers, packaging orders, answering phones and e-mail and working with members of the public that come into the REEF office for information. Interns will interact on a regular basis with Ph.D. fish ecologists including REEF's Scientific Coordinator and The Nature Conservancy's Research staff at the University of Miami. There will be opportunity for creative projects to be designed an implemented by the intern. These projects should focus on the intern's areas of special interest. In addition, interns are presented with ample opportunities to volunteer with other local organizations including the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, The Nature Conservancy, and the Center for Marine Conservation in their coral reef conservation efforts.