Full and Part-Time Employment

Summer Internship: Communications Assistant
We are currently looking for a recent college graduate to fill our Communications Assistant summer intern position. This is a 30 to 40 hour per week paid internship and is available through the end of August with the possibility of extension.
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Our success requires a team of individuals with a broad range of complementary skills and experience in a variety of fields:

- Urban forestry
- Arboriculture
- Ecology
- Landscape Architecture
- Public policy
- Environmental education
- Community outreach
- Communications
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Mentoring
- Organizational management and development

Our team members share a strong common interest and enthusiasm for our mission, and a commitment to partner with our community to fulfill it.              

        Summer Internships
                                                                              
Each summer Casey Trees hires college students and recent graduates to serve as leaders for teams of high school interns. The paid interns, who are selected from across the city, learn about trees and tree care and spend most of their time working outdoors in city neighborhoods caring for trees and helping residents learn how they can help regreen the nation’s capital.

Information about the summer 2008 internships will be available in late winter. Please check back at that time.

Opportunities with other organizations

The GCA Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry

The GCA Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry provides financial aid to advanced undergraduate or graduate students to study urban forestry and related subjects. Work in this field will be far-reaching, as it will include the planning, management, and horticulture in urban forests and the effect of healthy urban forests on the environment. Selection of scholars is by a panel appointed by the Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

• Funds one or more scholars annually at $4,000 each
• Deadline: January 31
• Contact Dr. Susan D. Day, Urban Forestry Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech
228 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
• Phone: (540) 231-7264
• E-mail: gcaurbanforestry@vt.edu
• Application: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/urbanforestry/scholarship/index.htm

For additional opportunities, visit the Garden Club of America.

Equal Employment

Casey Trees is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination regarding race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
   - Warren Buffett