Environmental Education Internship – Spring 2027
Job Description
Overview: Are you interested in a career in environmental education and aquarium care? At Save The Bay, we provide interns with hands-on experience in school-based education programs, aquarium maintenance, and behind-the-scenes administrative work. Interns will join educators at two of our marine science themed after school programs each week. Interns will be provided with a thorough training in aquarium maintenance and will work in partnership with other interns to care for program animals throughout their internship.
Location: Providence, RI at the Bay Center and schools throughout RI
Time Commitment: Approximately January - mid-May; 10 hours/week. Interns typically commit to:
- 1-2 office days at the Providence Bay Center within working hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3pm)
- 2 after school programs each week. Typically a 2-hour commitment on Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thurs between the hours of 2-6pm.
- Example schedules:
- Monday after school 2-4pm & Tuesday office time 12pm-3pm + after school 3-5pm.
- Monday & Wednesday after school 2-4pm, Friday office time 10am-2pm
Age: 18+
Application Items: Online application, cover letter, resume
Deadline: December 3. Rolling interviews/acceptance after this date, though priority will be given to applications received by the December 3 deadline. Decisions will be made by January 22, 2027.
Responsibilities & Learning Opportunities
- Learn environmental education techniques for working with children grades K-12
- Assist staff educators with program preparation and administration, including working directly with students on activities, crafts, and games
- Excel spreadsheet skills and other administrative work that helps support our education programs.
- Aquarist skills including
- Water quality testing and monitoring
- Aquarium tank maintenance
- Animal husbandry skills
- Animal feeding techniques, including preparing and weighing the proper amounts of food for each aquarium system
- Animal behavior monitoring
Qualifications
- College coursework in marine science, biology, environmental science or related course of study strongly encouraged
- Strong interest in environmental science and marine science
- Must be well-organized, enthusiastic, and reliable
- Flexibility and ability to work individually as well as in a team
- Proficient in Excel and Word
- Prompt arrival for shifts
- Undergo a background check
APPLY: volunteer.savebay.org/internships
CONTACT Patria Komiega at pkomiega@rwu.edu for work study opportunities.
*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.