Center for wildlife
Internships, apprenticeships & Careers
Join a passionate team that shares a love for animals, the environment, and human health!
Careers
Community Engagement Specialist
Accepting Applications
The Community Engagement Specialist is a part-time, hourly position with Center for Wildlife's development team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about wildlife and environmental conservation, as well as self-motivated, emotionally mature, detail oriented with excellent time management skills and a good understanding of marketing and tailoring messaging to target audiences.
This position is responsible for advancing the mission and visibility of Center for Wildlife through strategic community engagement, donor stewardship, marketing initiatives, and resource development.
Facilities & Maintenance
Coordinator
Accepting Applications
Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine is looking for a self-motivated, professional and curious individual with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for wildlife and conservation to join our growing team. This is a full-time, salaried position and will be responsible for coordinating and carrying out the facilities and maintenance of Center for Wildlife’s growing campus.
Our facilities and campus includes public education areas, intern housing, office space, wildlife veterinary clinic, nature center with exhibits, pollinator gardens and native landscaping, along with 40 outdoor enclosures for recovering wildlife and those that live in sanctuary with us due to permanent injury.
Internships
environmental education
internship
Accepting Applications
The Environmental Education Internship is an unpaid learning role for those studying science communication, education, outdoor recreation, and care of disabled wildlife living in sanctuary. This position is an exciting pathway to careers in outdoor leadership, animal care, conservation biology, and education.
Interns learn by working alongside our experienced Education and Outreach Team, animals included! They have the opportunity to change the world every day by connecting community members of all ages with nature through educational programming and connections with our ambassadors and natural spaces.
Wildlife care
internship
Not Currently Accepting Applications
The Wildlife Care Internship Program at the Center for Wildlife is a non-paid learning and professional experience for individuals interested in wildlife, conservation, rehabilitation, ecology, and animal care. These positions can serve as an exciting pathway into wildlife career opportunities.
Some opportunities include hands-on animal care, 1:1 mentorship, and introduction to a huge variety of wildlife career paths. Wildlife Care interns learn primarily by performing genuinely impactful work alongside experienced Wildlife Specialists, Wildlife Rehabilitation Apprentices, and Volunteers.