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Horticulture Internship
Its a jungle out there...Why not prepare for it with an internship at the zoo?
Job Description: We are looking for undergraduate or graduate level college students wishing to earn course credits for work with the Zoo's living collections. Commitments are a minimum of 10 weeks at a minimum of 8 hours per week.
General Internships:
A general horticulture internship would involve exposure to garden maintenance, animal enrichment, habitat simulation, planning and design, landscape construction, and irrigation installation and repair.
Specialized Internships:
The Zoo has a vast botanical collection and can provide internship projects related to accessing, labeling, and organizing collection records. Other projects may be available in conservation, horticulture education, or landscape architecture. Special projects will be considered upon request if they further the goals of the horticulture section and can be accomplished in the time frame of the internship.
What we offer...
Unfortunately, we cannot offer a salary, but we do offer the following benefits:
- The chance to develop your talents and skills.
- Experience that will look great on your resume.
- A progressive management style that allows interns to take on a great deal of responsibility and provides a supportive, stimulating and fun work place.
- Letters of reference for future job opportunities.
- The Zoo...you get to visit every day!
What you would do as an intern...
These internships are specifically designed for students studying horticulture, botany, urban forestry, landscape construction and maintenance, or landscape architecture. The Zoo's horticulture staff works closely with animal care and conservation staff to provide a naturalistic and safe environment for the zoo's animal collection and to provide enrichment items and specialized food items for selected species.
Horticulture Internships are physically demanding and interns may be subject to a variety of environmental factors. Depending on the nature of the assignment, routine tasks involve frequent bending, stretching, climbing, and lifting. Interns will be required to work outdoors and must, therefore, be able to tolerate extreme weather conditions, including heat and cold, rain, snow, and humidity. Interns are also subjected to strong odors, dust, hay, and animal hair/fur/dander. Please take these things into consideration when applying.
How to apply...
Send your resume, application form, and a cover letter that answers the following questions:
- What are your career goals and how would this internship help you achieve them?
- What kind of course work and/or experience do you have that would make
you a valuable intern?
- In what areas are you most interested in attaining experience through this internship?
From the letters/resumes/application forms, we will select interns to be interviewed. Deadline for applications is:
- Fall term August 1
- Winter term November 1
- Spring term February 1
- Summer term April 1
Mail resumes to:
Horticulture Supervisor
Living Collections Division
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
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