Black Rock Web Database Intern Position Objectives: The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the BLM Winnemucca District Office, is recruiting an intern to support the Black Rock Station by maintaining the station web site and assisting in the development of a web-based database. Web site responsibilities will include: maintaining cultural and natural resource information, updating events and recreation information, creating a monthly calendar of events for the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, and monitoring web site forums, site visits, and other feedback. Additionally, this intern will support recreation management by contributing to education and outreach programs for school and community groups. Activities may include delivering public talks, updating event information on the Black Rock Station website, and coordinating community events for such occasions as Earth Day.
Contract length: February 20, 2012 August 24, 2012 Compensation: o $ 8,000 Living Stipend o $ 2,775 AmeriCorps Education Award o Student loan forbearance Location: The Great Basin Institute is hiring one intern to serve with the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District Office. The selected applicant will be based out of Reno and efforts will be focused specifically on the Black Rock Station, located at the southern edge of the Black Rock Desert on the Winnemucca District. Terrain is typical of the Great Basin and Black Rock Desert, with wide long valleys bordered by mountain ranges. Field conditions include hot, arid days with high exposure to the sun, and potentially cold, damp winter weather. Resources include big game habitat, Wilderness Study Areas, active grazing allotments, abandoned mine lands, historic and prehistoric cultural sites, and wild horse management areas. Qualifications: Bachelors degree in one of the major natural sciences or recreation; Experience creating, designing, and/or maintaining websites desirable; Understanding of basic principles related to field science and data collection; Experience coordinating community events; Experience developing and/or facilitating education and outreach programming for natural and/or cultural resources; Ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally, with a diverse audience; Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and Photoshop Elements 10; Experience using Dreamweaver CS5.5 desirable; Experience with HTML coding desirable; Willingness to work collaboratively in a team setting; Possess a clean, valid, state-issued drivers license and the ability to operate a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads; and Meet AmeriCorps eligibility requirements: (1) U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status, (2) eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award (limit of four in a lifetime or the equivalent of two full-time education awards), and (3) pass National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) and federal criminal background checks. How to Apply: Qualified and interested applicants should forward a cover letter, their résumé, and a list of three professional references to Bridget Walden at [email protected].
