Job Details
Advertisement Opens: Jan. 29, 2025 |
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Advertisement Closes: March 15, 2025 |
Full Time: No |
Salary: $13.00 - $13.00 Hourly |
Minimum Education and/or Experience: To be eligible for an AGFC Internship, applicants must meet the following prerequisites:
Selected intern will coordinate directly with his/her college or university to obtain course credit for their work. |
Preferred Education and/or Experience: Interest in environmental regulation and policy |
Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: Required skills may vary depending on the AGFC position and division. The following skills are typically required for conservation-focused AGFC positions:
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Preferred Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: Basic ability to use maps and navigate |
Position Location: City: Little Rock Office: AGFC Headquarters Office Division: Environmental Coordination Division |
Job Summary: The AGFC Internship program is designed to help students gain education and practical experience related to the conservation work AGFC performs and to meet hands-on training requirements necessary for students to earn their degree. This training is critical to students pursuing a conservation career and is often the deciding factor in gaining employment after college. |
Typical Functions: To be determined by the hiring supervisor. |
Specific Duties and Responsibilities: The Environmental Coordination Division’s (ECD) intern will be provided the opportunity to learn how the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission utilizes state and federal laws to protect, conserve, and restore the state's natural resources. The ECD intern will assist the division with its responsibilities of performing environmental reviews of development projects, ensuring environmental and cultural compliance of AGFC internal projects, facilitating the implementation of federally authorized Civil Works projects including navigation, flood control, and ecosystem restoration, and serving as the liaison between the Commission and our federal partners. The intern will gain familiarity with the environmental permitting and review process and will assist with fulfilling the agency’s responsibilities under federal laws such as the Clean Water Act, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Water Resources Development Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. This position will include both office and fieldwork components. Office work will include data entry into a project management system, performing desktop-level environmental reviews in GIS, and coordinating with appropriate AGFC staff to aid in project environmental review. Fieldwork consists of visiting the sites of potential impact/restoration projects and documenting project conditions. Soils, hydrology, and biota are all examined in the field to determine a project’s potential impacts. |
Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations: None |
Special Job Dimensions: AGFC interns are paid $13.00 per hour and work approximately 40 hours per week (no more than 400 hours for 10 weeks). Intern positions will be available through June, July, and August. Flexible work schedules can be established with your division supervisor. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Please upload and attach to this application:
IF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE NOT ATTACHED, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE DETERMINED INCOMPLETE UNTIL THEY ARE RECEIVED. If you are unable to attach your documentation, you may email it to Lauren Cannon at: lauren.cannon@agfc.ar.gov. Please be sure and provide the following in the email subject line: position name and position number. All documents must be received by March 15, 2024. |
Other Specific Information: The selected intern must be willing to work Saturdays and summer holidays if the facility is open. |
As an equal opportunity employer, the Commission will make any reasonable accommodations necessary to ensure equal employment opportunities.