Please do not reply to sender. For more information, application procedures and an application form go to www.chicagobotanic.org. Follow the link to General Information. Application must be made directly to the Chicago Botanic Gardens Human Resources Department by March 15, 2006. No phone calls to this office please. For questions concerning the position please contact Susanne Masi: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .
Chicago Botanic Garden Internship Position Institute for Plant Conservation - Plants of Concern: Regional Rare Plant Monitoring Full time, 11-12-month position with a salary of $8.40/ hour. Start date mid-May. PURPOSE: This internship involves working with regional flora, with particular focus on monitoring rare plants in the Chicago area through the Plants of Concern (POC) program. Duties include helping to train volunteer monitors, entering/analyzing monitoring data, including GIS application, and assisting with reports. The internship also includes assisting with herbarium management. The intern may undertake a personal research project related to the POC program and attend local professional meetings and task forces, as well as interact with other Institute staff. RESPONSIBILITIES: May through September. Engage in monitoring field work throughout the region. Interact with and provide support to volunteers. Assist with herbarium specimen collection and with scanning specimens for the vPlants website. October through December. Work with POC program assistant to collect and organize monitoring data forms from volunteers. Enter data and conduct statistical analysis for presentation at an advisory group meeting and in grant reports. Use GIS program to plot plant locations. Train volunteers in data entry and various lab projects. Continue herbarium specimen organization. January through April. Help finalize POC reports, co-author poster for presentation, and assist with grant applications. Contribute to POC website maintenance. Assist with planning for upcoming monitoring season, including preparing and presenting at training workshops. POSITION REQUIREMENTS: BS in ecology, botany, biological sciences or related background. Plant identification skills, including use of a dichotomous key. Field experience in plant monitoring or sampling. Computer experience with all Microsoft Office functions, including Access database. Basic statistical and GIS software experience helpful. Organizational and people skills. Ability to work well independently as well as in a team setting. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
