Travis County Transportation and Natural Resources Department is seeking to hire a summer 2019 intern to work within the Environmental Quality Program. The intern will assist Environmental Quality (EQ) and Parks staff with solid waste/recycling projects within Travis County Parks. The ideal outcome would be a report containing recommendations on improving existing recycling and solid waste management within individual parks as well as plans for expanding the recycling program to parks currently without this service. This report would then be presented to upper management.
The intern will gain hands-on experience working on complex environmental issues within a fast-growing urban county. Additionally, the candidate will gain general knowledge of the skills and abilities needed to be useful in public sector environmental work, particularly about solid waste management in public use areas. The intern will spend a majority of their time in Travis County parks getting a great deal of exposure to what it takes to manage publicly owned and maintained property. They will gather data and present recommendations to upper management giving them experience in day-to-day activities of a governmental position.
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