Jobs & Internships

Shift Manager Position

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster is looking to hire

a Shift Manager for Wednesdays through Fridays and/or Saturdays and

Sundays. Hours are 9:30am-3:30 pm.

Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to restore and preserve clean water throughout Barnstable.

Aquaculture & Water Quality Interns are primarily responsible for growing oysters in BCWC’s demonstration upweller tank. In addition, interns will assist with water quality sampling and marine invasive species monitoring in the Three Bays estuary and at sites in the town of Barnstable.

Part-time, seasonal: June through August

Hours: Flexible, including weekends, minimum 25 hours/week

Interns must provide own housing and have reliable transportation. Weekly stipend offered along with mileage reimbursement per current IRS rate.

Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to restore and preserve clean water throughout Barnstable.

Invasive Algae Interns are responsible for conducting surveys and collecting samples of the invasive marine algae Dasysiphonia japonica from local beaches and the Three Bays estuary.

Part-time, seasonal: June through August

Schedule: Flexible, may include weekends, minimum 20 hours/week

Interns must provide own housing and have reliable transportation. Weekly stipend offered along with mileage reimbursement per current IRS rate.

The Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation, in partnership with the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, is seeking two energetic people to co-teach weekly sessions related to estuary ecology. Children in grades 2 – 12 attend weekly sessions from July 10 through August 18, 2023, at the Waquoit Bay Reserve. The Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation offers a competitive salary in a beautiful setting overlooking Waquoit Bay.

Weekly Session descriptions can be found at: http://waquoitbayreserve.org/education-programs/science-school/

These are seasonal contract positions that do not provide benefits. The contract term for the teacher begins at the end of June and continues through mid-August. The director position will start earlier – exact timing to be negotiated.

Summer Daily Schedule: Monday through Friday, July 10-August 18, 8:15AM to 3:30PM

Highly flexible paid summer internship to support a number of efforts related to the environment, and communications and outreach for a local NGO, Friends of Chatham Waterways. See requirements and full description below.

Course descriptions:

MARINE VERTEBRATES: CETACEANS, PINNIPEDS, AND SEA TURTLES

(age 12-13). 2:30 pm, Session A, July 3-21

Students will learn about the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea turtles that can be seen in waters around Cape Cod. They will learn about the physical and behavioral adaptations that have evolved for a life lived entirely in the ocean or, in the case of pinnipeds, both in the water and out. Animals will be observed from shore, on boats, and at a marine animal rescue and rehab center.

EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY (age 10-11) 2:30 pm, Session A, July 3-21

Students will design and construct simple instruments and experiments to learn about ecological concepts and the ways that human activities interfere with natural processes in ecosystems. We will observe the negative impacts of pollution, litter, and habitat destruction and develop solutions to these problems. Students will take field trips to woods, ponds, seashore, and saltmarsh to observe and collect organisms to set up terraria and aquaria.

NAUTICAL SCIENCE (age 12-13) 2:30 pm, session B, July 24-August 10

Explore boat design and build a seaworthy model boat, learn to navigate by chart and compass, experiment with the principles of buoyancy and displacement, and delve into nautical terminology and practical seamanship. Classes will take trips to the working waterfront and through Woods Hole Passage.

INTRODUCTION TO FILM PHOTOGRAPHY (age 12-13) 12:30 pm. Session B, July 24-August 10)

Students will learn how to use a film camera and understand the science behind photography, composition, and printing photos in the dark room. This class will introduce the balance of light and time, developing film and printing photos. Students will explore how to artistically capture nature through a lens. CSS will provide each student with an SLR film camera for the class; space is limited to 10 students. Materials Fee: $40

NEURAL SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR (age 14-16) 10:30 am, Session A, July 3-21,

In NSB, students will learn how the brain & nervous systems of different kinds of animals works to control behavior and cognition. Vertebrates and invertebrates use different neural strategies to navigate and survive in their world, which will be explored in this course. Students will be exposed to the neural systems of mammals, fish, insects, and humans and taught how to think critically when developing scientific experiments.

ADVANCED MARINE BIOLOGY (age 14-16) 10:30 am, session A, July 3-21,

Through hands-on exposure, students will delve into the biology and ecology of marine vertebrates and invertebrates, their evolution and classification, anatomy and physiology, and behaviors and habitats. This course will include snorkeling field trips to different ecosystems around Woods Hole. Students must provide their own mask, snorkel and fins. A swim test will be administered requiring students to swim 50 ft and tread water for 2 minutes. (Space limited to 14 students.)

Info about the school: These blurbs were taken from the CSS website.

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The Children's School of Science in Woods Hole has a few openings for teachers for this summer, 2023. These are salaried positions. If interested, contact Becky Lash. beckylash@mac.com.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Education Intern will play a critical role in delivering our mission to participants in our education and outreach programs. In this position, the Education Intern will assist at the AWSC summer programs, outreach events, and Shark Center programs, and will also be a naturalist onboard one of our ecotourism boats, working in collaboration with Chatham Bars Inn.

In 2019 the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy piloted its Shark Smart Beach Program. The program is designed to engage the public and generate awareness for white shark activity and promote public safety initiatives. 

The program has since expanded and is now a full Shark Smart Booth that travels to local beaches. The booth provides sun cover for interns and creates an area where educational props and tools can be used to answer the public’s questions and engage beachgoers in conversations around shark activity. 

Position Description

Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc. (CFF) is a small non-profit organization located in East Falmouth, MA that conducts and supports scientific research and educational activities that promote sustainable fisheries operations, local small-scale agriculture and aquaculture, and renewable energy sources. CFF is at the forefront of developing state-of-the-art optical survey methods for studying marine habitats. We are seeking a motivated research project manager or research associate to work on a multiyear project to evaluate the impacts of offshore wind development on commercial fish species and benthic habitats and communities. This individual will work closely with the project lead principal investigator to manage all aspects of the project. They will also work with all project principal investigators on other phases of the research as needed, from study design and technology development to running offshore research cruises and participating in data analysis. This position will be full time, and salary will be commensurate with experience.

Primary Project

CFF was recently awarded a grant from the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to evaluate the impacts of offshore wind development on commercial fish species and benthic habitats and communities using a suite of state-of-the-art, non-lethal survey tools. During this project, we will be conducting surveys using our towed off-bottom optical survey vehicle HabCam v3, an open cod-end video trawl, and anchored and ropeless stationary camera systems. In addition to conducting offshore surveys using multiple gear types, we will be developing automated detection models for fish and marine invertebrate species using deep neural networks.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy seeks a full-time Shark Center Manager for AWSC's outreach facility in Chatham. This position is an ideal opportunity for a self-motivated professional to contribute to a growing non-profit organization with their skills and experience in facilities operations.

Seasonal fulltime position to manage new APCC program providing ecological landscape consultations for homeowners.

The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) is interviewing to fill two paid seasonal internship(s), June through August 2023, who will be part of a team that conducts property assessments for homeowners who want to know more about how to make their yards more eco-friendly.