Audubon Vermont is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment, reflecting the diversity of our community in its board, staff, volunteers, and members; ensuring its internal culture, business practices, and programs are welcoming and advance its diversity goals; and empowering people to make positive changes in their community and environment. Audubon Vermont’s staff, AmeriCorps Members, volunteers, and interns are expected to serve diverse audiences and help advance Audubon Vermont’s diversity strategies.

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Policy Intern

Audubon Vermont seeks candidates with a background and demonstrated interest in environmental law or policy to serve as a paid intern for the 2024-2025 school year. The person in this position will work to advance environmental policy while learning how to apply science and policy to protect birds and the places they need to thrive. The internship is designed to provide a range of administrative and programmatic experiences with a focus on conservation issues facing Vermont and the northeast. This position is overseen by the Interim Executive Director. The intern will work a total of 610 hours throughout the school year and can plan on working 16-20 hours per week.

Compensation: $16.00 / hour

If interested, apply here. Please upload a cover letter and resume (can be as a single document).

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Senior Associate, Conservation

Implement conservation efforts as part of Audubon’s Working Lands conservation strategy. The Senior Associate will provide technical expertise and conduct programs that target landowners and managers, both public and private, to promote sustainable management techniques within agricultural landscapes that create and improve habitat required by priority bird species. They will conduct field assessments, develop habitat management recommendations, and work landowners and land managers to implement habitat management activities. More specifically, this position will advance the goals of Audubon Vermont’s Bird and Bee Friendly Farming (BBFF) program which aims to improve the health, resilience, and bird habitat on farms in priority geographies. The long-term goal of Audubon’s BBFF Program is to slow or reverse the declines of priority birds and pollinators in agricultural landscapes by working with farmers to create and enhance habitats on farms targeting priority birds such as the Golden-winged Warbler, Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Willow Flycatcher, American Kestrel, and American Woodcock, and Yellow Warbler.

Learn more and apply here.

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To view other job opportunities within the Audubon network, please visit the Audubon Career Center.

We offer paid Education (spring and summer), Policy (fall and spring), and Conservation (summer only)  Internships each semester. Be sure to check this page for current opportunities, if there are none listed be sure to check back for next semester!

• Fall Intern positions posted early spring

• Spring Intern positions and Junior Conservation Technician posted late fall

• Summer camp staff and counselor-in-training positions posted late winter

• Summer Intern positions posted in February; 2025 summer conservation internships will be posted in March