Conflict Prevention Working Group Internship

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Felidae Conservation Fund is seeking 1-2 interns to join in leading our Conflict Prevention Working Group. In this position, you will engage in project management, meeting facilitation, action planning and other duties related to the project.

• Work with other interns and Leads to develop the project plan, a messaging guide and other documents related to creating and maintaining a functioning Working Group
• Facilitate Steering Committee and volunteer meetings including agenda planning
• Work with other interns, Leads and the Steering Committee to ensure the project timeline goals are being met
• Conduct information gathering such as research on human-wildcat interactions, public surveys, listening sessions and more
• Articulate information gathered into sharable documents that can be used for creating actions
• Work with other interns, Leads and the Steering Committee to assign and supervise tasks for our engagement, programs, marketing and fundraising teams

This position may be done remotely anywhere in the United States. Working hours are flexible and can be decided based on the intern’s schedule. The internship will occur for the duration of the intern’s academic semester/term but interns are welcome to stay on for a longer duration

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of human-wildlife conflict (training on this topic is available)
• Knowledge of conflict prevention and mitigation methods (training on this topic is available)
• Technical skills (Google Docs, Google Slides, Zoom, Slack)
• Strong communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Project development and management
• Ability to work remotely with little supervision while achieving progress goals
• A love for wild cats!