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MobilizeGreen seeks a Public Health Intern for the Office of Public Health Your Park! Your Health! Program. This position will extend from June 10, 2024 - June 9, 2025. The intern will report to a supervisor in one of the listed locations, with the option to telework when necessary.
Your Park! Your Health! is a community engagement and internship program established in 2016 to reflect a commitment to developing a workforce and visitation base that values diversity and an inclusive environment. Program efforts focus on holistic health strategies that promote engagement in parks, inspire personal and peer connections, and encourage new pathways for improved wellbeing. To carry out this program, the OPH engages diverse, college-educated young adults who work alongside public health professionals and park staff in the areas of Environmental Health, Epidemiology/One Health, and Health Promotion.
MobilizeGreen is an organization committed to diversity. Women, people of color, indigenous people, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, military veterans, and members of other historically disenfranchised groups are encouraged to apply.
Location: Applicant should indicate which duty station is preferred.
- Denver, Colorado
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Washington Metropolitan Area (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
- Yosemite, California
Term: 52 weeks, starting on June 10, 2024; Full time/40hrs per week
Benefits:
- Hands on learning and job training experience
- Mentorship for career and professional development
- Weekly living allowance ($800 per week)
- Relocation assistance (if applicable)
- Housing Stipend ($750 per month)
- Health insurance option
- Public Lands Corps Certificate Eligibility
Position Duties:
- Provide coordination, guidance, and support on a broad range of program matters essential to the management and operation of the FSB.
- Work with technical and professional staff in support of office programs to gain practical work experience.
- Shadow and support day‐to‐day responsibilities of United States Public Health Service Officers who serve as public health consultants in parks
- Track urgent public health requests, incidents, and responses
- Update internal/external websites, policies and other communication strategies
- Assist with the development and maintenance of databases
Eligibility:
- Undergraduates (rising juniors or seniors only), bachelor's, master's, and doctoral candidates of Public Health are eligible to apply.
- Preference will be given to public health, engineering, and environmental health majors
- Must be skilled in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and following up assignments with minimal direction
- Communicating clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
- Providing project coordination in a team environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; as well as web-based communication tools
Equitable selection process. We encourage you to apply ASAP.
For more information on MobilizeGreen go to: www.mobilizegreen.org
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