Job Description
Session: Summer (May - August)
Position Title:SD Wildland Fire Meteorology Intern
Hiring Manager: Jay Wickham
Agency:Department of Public Safety
Location: Rapid City, SD
Minimum Salary: $18.83 Hourly
*APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER.
Position Description:
The primary responsibility for the Wildland Fire Research Intern will be to study wildfire-climate relationships and wildfire-atmosphere interaction. This may include working on wildfire databases, studying statistical relationships between fire and climate, and assisting wildland fire researchers in identifying weather scenarios that produce large wildland fires.
Preference will be given to applicants who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in Meteorology and/or a Atmospheric Sciences. Additional coursework in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Science, and Technical Communication is not necessary but would be beneficial to the applicant.
Qualifications:
Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.
Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.
Apply at: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=2YM
*Positions can be filled prior to the closing date.*
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
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