Employing Agency Name & Address: Wildlife Habitat Council, 8737 Colesville Rd, Ste 800, Silver Spring MD 20910
Contact's Name: Emily Voldstad
Email Address: evoldstad@wildlifehc.org
Dates Needed: Monday - Thursday, June 1-July 30
Weekly Hours Needed: 32 (flexible could be fewer) 32 would include a half-hour lunch break each day
Internship Description: We seek a highly-motivated intern interested in researching and compiling information to help as WHC moves into a new stage with our Conservation Certification® Voluntary Sustainability Standard (VSS). The focus will be researching and compiling information about potential competitors and best practices in the VSS field. The first focus area will be on advisory committees – the external committees that VSS relies on to help guide the continued development of their standards. There may be time to compile information about other aspects of VSS. The intern will work closely with the Director of Conservation Certification on this project.
Virtual Job Duties: Research (online and via phone and email) VSS as well as organizations that provide guidance for VSS such as ISEAL, Compile information about advisory committees, versioning, and stakeholder feedback mechanisms, Determine VSS that are potential competition for WHC Conservation Certification, with the potential to investigate how WHC compares in different ways, Present findings to larger group of staff to help determine next steps, Opportunity to attend WHC’s educational webinars, Assist with other tasks as needed
Internship Application Requirements: Cover Letter, Resume, and Unofficial Transcript
Submit application: LDennis@wildlifehc.org
Application deadline: 05/01/2020, Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
