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.

Education Intern

The Education internship is a paid internship designed to provide a range of administrative and programmatic experiences with a focus on environmental education. The intern will work on some or all of the following programs: field trips and outreach programs, vacation camps, recurring programing, and public programs. During the internship, this position will deliver programing in-line with Audubon Vermont operations for young children and adults; Create, maintain, and update curriculum, instructional materials, and teaching spaces; Lead programs for people from diverse backgrounds and with lived experiences different from your own.

The internship is based out of Huntington at the Green Mountain Audubon Center. The intern will work about 15 hours/week for 13 weeks starting February 9, 2026 and ending May 8, 2026. This position pays $19/hour.

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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.

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Conservation Specialist AmeriCorps Member

Support Audubon Vermont’s conservation team by serving in priority species monitoring efforts, engaging land stewards in habitat enhancement projects, and learning how Audubon Vermont is bending the curve in bird declines. The Conservation Specialist will contribute to projects that include enhancing habitat for shrubland, grassland, and riparian birds, as well as monitoring recently recovered species in the state. This position is Three-Quarter Time (TQT) requiring a minimum of 1215 hours.

Audubon Vermont and our supporters are building a better future for our state through conservation, youth leadership, education, community involvement, and by tapping into an active network that includes over 10,000 members, six Vermont chapters, including our newest UVM Campus Chapter, and many respected partners in communities throughout Vermont and along the Atlantic Flyway.

The Conservation Specialist will:

• Assist with habitat enhancement projects including planting trees, site preparation and ongoing maintenance.
• Provide and/or assist with habitat assessments and management recommendations for land stewards with a focus on farmland and riparian areas.
• Conduct bird surveys on properties to support habitat assessments.
• Conduct monitoring of birds pre-and post-implementation of habitat enhancement projects.
• Engage community members and land managers
• Coordinate and support community scientists
• Assist with program data interpretation and compilation

Position begins March 9, 2026 and ends October 30, 2026.

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Sweet Maple Sugaring Jobs – Apply Today!

Maple Sugar Maker

The Sugar Maker is a seasonal part-time position, hired in mid-February through mid-April.  This position will work with Audubon staff to produce maple syrup and will ensure a safe and successful operation of the 600 tap bird-friendly maple sugaring operation at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington, Vermont. Sugaring experience is required. To learn more and apply, click here.

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Maple Sugaring Assistants

The Maple Sugaring Assistants are seasonal part-time positions hired in mid-February and ending in mid- April. They gather the sap each time it runs from 600 trees and assist the Sugar Maker in several aspects of the maple sugaring operation and support the Audubon Center staff in the preparation and implementation of community-wide Sugar on Snow Parties. If you love to be outdoors in all weather conditions and enjoy physical work, this may be the perfect job for you. To learn more and apply, click here.

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Serve Learn Earn Director

Serve Learn Earn (SLE) is a workforce development collaboration among four nonprofits – Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC), ReSOURCE, Audubon Vermont, and Vermont Works for Women – dedicated to enhancing, and increasing the number of, paid service opportunities in Vermont. We believe that paid training and service experiences in housing, food security, conservation, and workforce trades offer a supportive community to participants, provide clear and accessible career pathways, and are an essential economic strategy for Vermont. We seek an experienced and innovative leader to sustain and grow the collaborative. To learn more and apply, click 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 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!

• Fall Intern positions posted early spring

• Spring Intern positions posted in late fall 

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

• Summer Intern positions posted in February

• 2026 summer conservation internships will be posted in March