Environmental Education

Overview:Are you interested in a career in environmental education and aquarium care? At Save The Bay, we provide interns with hands-on experience in school-based education programs, aquarium maintenance, and behind-the-scenes administrative work. Interns will join educators at two of our marine science themed after school programs each week. Interns will be provided with a thorough training in aquarium maintenance and will work in partnership with other interns to care for program animals throughout their internship.

Location:Providence, RI at the Bay Center and schools throughout RI

Time Commitment: Approximately January - mid-May; 10 hours/week. Interns typically commit to:

• 1-2 office days at the Providence Bay Center within working hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3pm)
• 2 after school programs each week. Typically a 2-hour commitment on Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thurs between the hours of 2-6pm.
• *Example schedules:*
• *Monday after school 2-4pm & Tuesday office time 12pm-3pm + after school 3-5pm.*
• *Monday & Wednesday after school 2-4pm, Friday office time 10am-2pm*

Age:18+

Application Items:Online application, cover letter, resume

Deadline:December 23. Rolling interviews/acceptance after this date, though priority will be given to applications received by the December 23 deadline. Decisions will be made by January 22, 2027.

Responsibilities & Learning Opportunities

• Learn environmental education techniques for working with children grades K-12
• Assist staff educators with program preparation and administration, including working directly with students on activities, crafts, and games
• Excel spreadsheet skills and other administrative work that helps support our education programs.
• Aquarist skills including
• Water quality testing and monitoring
• Aquarium tank maintenance
• Animal husbandry skills
• Animal feeding techniques, including preparing and weighing the proper amounts of food for each aquarium system
• Animal behavior monitoring

Qualifications

• College coursework in marine science, biology, environmental science or related course of study strongly encouraged
• Strong interest in environmental science and marine science
• Must be well-organized, enthusiastic, and reliable
• Flexibility and ability to work individually as well as in a team
• Proficient in Excel and Word
• Prompt arrival for shifts
• Undergo a background check

Details: We offer unpaid internship opportunities. We will gladly work with your university if they offer college credit for unpaid internships. Many colleges offer stipends for students doing unpaid internships. Check out our Student Guide to Internship Funding for tips!