About Us

Job Opportunities

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.

Policy Interns

Audubon Vermont seeks candidates with a background and demonstrated interest in environmental law or policy to serve as a paid intern for the 2026 winter/spring semester. The person in this position will work to advance environmental policy while learning how to apply science and policy to protect biodiversity, 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 Vice President, Vermont.

This position will be 5-6 months total with an expected 12-15 hours/week (a total of 305 hours). This is a hybrid internship working out of the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington, VT and pays $19/hour.

Learn more and apply.

Bird Friendly Maple Intern

Audubon Vermont seeks an applicant pursuing, or having recently completed a degree in conservation, natural resources, forestry, ecology, ornithology, and related fields to serve as the Bird-Friendly Maple Intern. The person in this position will work with Audubon’s Senior Associate, Forest Conservation on a variety of projects specific to the Bird-Friendly Maple program. The applicant will participate in ongoing conservation projects, and gain valuable experience interacting with professional biologists, educators, and leadership at Audubon, as well as with other environmental professionals in Vermont. This position will contribute to the goals of Audubon Vermont by supporting one or more strategic conservation program areas including Wings Over Working Lands and Climate.

The position will occur during the summer of 2026 (May 11-August 15) with a time frame that can be adapted to meet a variety of academic schedules. Applicants must commit to working at least 200 hours over this time period. This is a remote position with travel around the state for landowner engagement, assessments, and workshops. The intern can expect to work 20 hours/week. This position pays $19/hour.

Learn more and apply here.

Youth Conservation Intern

The Youth Conservation Intern will support our Youth Conservation Leadership Program (YCLP), specifically the Audubon Youth Naturalist (AYN), Counselors-in-Training (CIT), our teen summer camp, as well as field trips, tabling, and events. The intern will co-develop and lead lesson plans for high school students in our AYN Program on bird conservation, plant and bird identification, habitat restoration, and other natural history topics at the Green Mountain Audubon Center. They will also help lead programming for middle school through college-aged audiences, help recruit and train CITs, collaborate with other interns and AmeriCorps members to host a “Tough Conversations” webinar, and help develop our new Rivers & Ridges Teen Camp. This internship is designed to provide a range of administrative and programmatic experiences with a focus on environmental education, conservation action, and supporting the next generation of conservation professionals.

The internship is based out of Huntington at the Green Mountain Audubon Center. The intern will work about 15 hours/week when (AYNs and teen camp are not in session) for 20 weeks starting February 17, 2026 and ending July 10, 2026. This position pays $19/hour.

Learn more and apply here.

Forest Conservation Intern

Audubon Vermont seeks applicants pursuing, or having recently completed a degree in conservation, natural resources, forestry, ecology, ornithology, and related fields to serve as a Forest Conservation Intern. The person in this position will work, both independently and in a team setting, with Audubon’s Healthy Forests Program Senior Associate on a variety of forest-bird conservation projects.

Primary responsibilities will involve assisting with individualized technical support, education, and outreach to landowners and foresters through the Landowner Technical Assistance (Forests) program and the Forester Training and Endorsement Program. Depending on interest and experience level, additional opportunities may include monitoring Vermont forest bird species of conservation concern, creating and managing databases, and developing maps in GIS. The internship is designed to provide a range of administrative and programmatic experiences with a focus on issues facing birds in Vermont and Northern New England.

The position will occur during the summer of 2026 (May-August) with a time frame that can be adapted to meet a variety of academic schedules. Travel between home office and field sites is reimbursed at the federal rate of 72.5 cents/mile.

This intern would work 35 hours/week from 5/11/26 – 8/28/26. Pay is $19/hour. This is a remote position, allowing for work from home for office-related tasks, and involving regular travel to field sites throughout the state of Vermont.

Only applications submitted with a cover letter will be considered. Learn more and apply here.

_

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 to college students and recent graduates. Be sure to check this page for current opportunities, if there are none listed be sure to check back for next semester!