BALTIMORE CONSERVATION INTERN OPPORTUNITY – COMMUNITY MEDIA AND CONTENT FOCUS –

FEBRUARY 2026 – MAY 2026
Position Overview: Green Trust Alliance (Cockeysville, Maryland) is seeking a Conservation Intern / Technician connecting active environmental efforts in Maryland to target audiences. This position will initially be part-time and on a volunteer basis, but the program’s intent is to transition the successful candidate toward a paid, part-time basis (up to 100 hours/month, hybrid) and ultimately a paid, full-time permanent position by July, 2026.

Green Trust Alliance is a nationally accredited, regional land trust headquartered in the Baltimore area. For 25 years, GTA has worked to convert polluted or degraded parkland and community properties into public access and wildlife habitat opportunities, often culminating with the permanent protection of those spaces for generations to come.

Green Trust Alliance’s Working Waterfronts Program exists to champion the less-resourced and working-class port and waterfront communities of Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and northern Anne Arundel County. We lead large and small environmental projects and land preservation efforts, foster neighborhood park stewardship, and pride ourselves on developing and completing innovative projects throughout the area.

Details: With assistance from GTA’s professional conservation staff, the Intern/Technician will be responsible for working alongside consultants, community leaders, and partner agencies to develop regular website content and social media content showcasing environmental improvements and partnerships in the working waterfront neighborhoods of the Baltimore Area, as well as in Southern Maryland.

As a staff of scientists, we are interested in new voices and new ways of sharing information our mission, our programs and the communities where we work. There is ample flexibility to the position and what its success should look like.  There is also room for substantial creative freedom, as long as it is coupled with high quality, completed work that includes narrative, graphic, and video content products (with the expectation that much of the content will favor the preferred media and methods of the Intern).  The person in this position will also experience hands on conservation and restoration work and routinely perform light physical work in the field, office, and greenhouse alongside fellow conservation staff. There are two reasons for this coordination: first, the intern will have the opportunity to learn other skill sets with the staff (or paid, outside training), based on their interests. The second reason for this fieldwork and training will be to help determine what skills the intern could bring to a more permanent, paid position.

Specific job responsibilities include:
• Complete the projects assigned to this position in the timeline agreed upon;
• Support fellow conservation staff relating to all open projects (“other duties as required”);
• Participate in community outreach programs as the intern’s schedule allows. We know you likely have other work or school responsibilities.

Qualifications:
• Minimum age: 18 years
• Desired experience includes a deep understanding of how websites, media pieces, and social media content help human organizations improve their visibility and performance (minimum, a student portfolio)
• Should have a general, basic awareness of current Maryland environmental issues;
• Must be able to communicate effectively across platforms and in person;
• Must generally be able to travel locally by organizing your own transportation, but a car is not required (there are 2 light rail stops walkable (<.5 mile)  from our office, we can pick you up there on office days if needed);

• Preference will be given to otherwise high qualified candidates who reside in one of the following areas where we work:
o Towson/Lutherville/ Northern Baltimore City, Morgan State, JHU, Loyola U.
o South Baltimore including Brooklyn, Cherry Hill, Baybrook, and Curtis Bay
o SW Baltimore County including Halethorpe, Arbutus, Highlands, Lansdowne
o East Baltimore County including Chase, Essex, Middle River, Back River Neck, Dundalk, Bowleys Quarter
o Northern Anne Arundel County including Pasadena, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn

Must be able to work in a conservation environment which will include exposure to sun, poor weather, unexciting indoor office spaces, difficult walking conditions, highly inquisitive members of the public, poisonous plants, and all manner of biting and stinging bugs, insects, and other small critters. These are all conditions that are occasionally found in and around urban parks and environmental restoration and park access improvement projects.

Other Responsibilities: Duties broadly focus on the development and deployment of environmental and community narrative, photo, and video content across various media. Some travel in Maryland will be required, typically less than 25 miles / 40 minutes from downtown Baltimore; 100% of federally allowable travel costs will be reimbursed on a monthly basis. We will work with you to identify a reasonable travel / photo shoot schedule that honors your other personal obligations and school/work schedule.

Anti-Discrimination Policy: Green Trust Alliance does not discriminate based on ethnicity, race, gender or sexual orientation and encourages all qualified individuals to apply.

To Apply: Thank you for your interest in Green Trust Alliance. Please prepare a brief letter of interest, and resume’ and/or portfolio in the format(s) of your choice, and submit to kirk@greentrustalliance.org