Job Description:

The Ecological Intern manages and maintains conservation spatial data sets and performs advanced spatial data analysis. Job duties include compiling, assembling, and performing spatial analysis on land protection, biodiversity and ecological information from various sources. This may also include one or more of the following functions:

• Builds, maintains, and populates data and records in geodatabases
• Maintains all documentation for data, data management, and spatial analysis
• Performs spatial data analysis using tools developed in ModelBuilder and other ArcGIS tool sets and extensions
• Processes spatial and other relational data sets derived from electronic, cartographic and tabular source material
• Produces maps and other graphic products and reports as required for project deliverables

Basic qualifications for this position include:

• Enrollment in a degree program in science related field (Geographic Information Sciences preferred)
• Experience managing, maintaining and populating geodatabases using ArcGIS Desktop/Arc Catalog
• Experience in analyzing spatial data and producing data reports

Demonstrated experience in the following areas will also be helpful:

• Interpretation of image analysis
• Complex spatial analysis
• Data modeling
• Landscape scenario analysis
• Collaborating with other parties to obtain different data sources
• Ability to make practical sense out of processed data and apply to real world applications
• Demonstrated experience operating GIS software (in particular ArcGIS 9.2/9.3)
• Managing relational databases and creating maps

Company Profile:

This non-profit agency is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. Founded more than 50 years ago, their accomplishments are astounding and include:

• Protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide
• Operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally
• More than 1 million members supporting their mission
• Work in more than 30 countries - protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Zambia

This non-profit agency addresses threats to conservation involving climate change, fire, fresh water, forests, invasive species, and marine ecosystems. They are successful and optimistic that they can expand that great conservation work to meet the challenges ahead. To accomplish this:

• They use a science-based approach - aided by our more than 700 staff scientists
• They pursue non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges
• They partner - with indigenous communities, businesses, governments, multilateral institutions, other non-profits…and people such as yourself.