The High Line Canal Conservancy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission to preserve, protect and enhance the 71-mile long High Line Canal in partnership with the public. They are in need of a summer intern for 20-24 hours of work a week. This is a paid internship, and timine and hours are very flexible for 2025. Please read the job description below and contact Breana@highlinecanal.org with questions. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to employment@highlinecanal.org.
Job Description
This position provides the opportunity to work with the Conservancy staff, volunteers, youth ambassadors and community members to support trail stewardship and community engagement grounded in accessibility and inclusivity. The Community Engagement Intern (Intern)will assist with executing on-the-ground community programs throughout the year, including recreational, educational and stewardship programs. This involves both outdoor work as well as administrative work in the office. The Intern will report to the Community and Programs Manager and work closely with the Programs Coordinator.
Stewardship Programs
- Engage the Northeast communities in improving the health and biodiversity of their surrounding environment through trash, weed and brush removal projects
- Work with community partners, such as Environmental Learning for Kids, to complete trail stewardship projects • Assist with event preparation and set-up, distribute tools and supplies to volunteers, and collect volunteer waivers
- Support volunteers and staff during each stewardship event
- Assist with event breakdown, collect and organize tools, supplies and paperwork
Community Outreach and Engagement Programs
- Support recreational and educational community programs along the Canal, such as community walks
- Engage with community members through environmental education and citizen-science programs, such as Bioblitzes
- Set up a table at multiple locations along the Canal to engage with Canal users and the local community
- Participate in jurisdictional events to engage with NE Canal communities and share our work
- Assist with outreach at private and public community events to connect with community members, share project and program updates, and recruit supporters and volunteers
- Recruit community members to participate in all programs and provide input for trail projects
- Disseminate trail use and enhancements surveys
- Distribute flyers and signs as needed to promote events or Canal happenings
Program Administration
- Data entry to track volunteer and participant registration, attendance and event participation in Raiser’s Edge database and Excel
- Help track projects using Asana project management software
- Prepare stewardship and outreach supply bins before events and tabling shifts
- Purchase and pick up event food and supplies as needed
Qualifications
- A member of a Northeast Denver or North Aurora community, or deeply connected to these communities
- A passion for connecting people in diverse communities to nature and to each other
- Fluent Spanish speaker highly preferred
- A High school diploma; plus an educational focus or 2+ years of work experience in environmental education, community development, diversity and inclusion, communications, and/or planning strongly desired
- An understanding of or desire to learn about the importance of community involvement in designing and enhancing public open spaces
- Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to the long-term mission and value of the Conservancy
- Adaptable and demonstrates a willingness to be flexible, versatile and/or tolerant in a changing work environment while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively with colleagues in a small-team environment, to anticipate and solve problems
- Self-motivated and highly organized with tremendous attention to detail and an ability to multi-task
- Excellent communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- An interest in conservation and/or the outdoors is a plus
- Available to work during evenings and weekends as needed