Horticulture: Plant Records

Overview

This year, we’re celebrating the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 150th anniversary!

Thank you for your interest in Zoo employment and career opportunities, including Ameri Corps. If you share these Core Values, we want to hear from you. By checking this site often, you can learn more about the Zoo and what we have to offer. Search jobs and careers at the Zoo below!

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is an equal opportunity employer and accepts employment applications and/or resumes for current open positions only.

Available Positions:
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Who are we?

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The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Intern Program provides participants with early career experience in a specific department. Interns gain valuable skills through hands-on training with staff, attending lectures and continuing education courses presented by staff from various departments, and networking opportunities to develop professional contacts throughout the Zoo community.

QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal intern candidate will meet the following requirements:

• Be 18 or over and interested in pursuing a career in the zoological or botanical field;
• hard-working, highly motivated, professional, and committed to following detailed instructions;
• positively approach team-based, collaborative working environments and engaging with visitors;
• comfortable working with and/or handling many different species encompassing all taxa of animals; and
• full availability to work the entire intern session and days required.

Working Conditions Schedule & Commitment

Roles within the zoological/botanical field are often physical in nature and require a lot of outdoors time and certain health conditions to be met:

• Regular standing for long periods, walking, climbing, balancing, and grasping tools or objects
• Exposure to outdoor weather conditions (heat, humidity, rain, snow, cold temperatures)
• Must be able to lift & move 50 lbs without mechanical assistance
• Internship is conditional upon passing a pre-start drug & nicotine screen
• Must provide a negative TB Test result before beginning internship
• Applicants must provide proof of current medical insurance & maintain insurance for the duration of the internship
• If applicable to your department, COVID vaccination may be required.

Internships are 14 weeks and typically follow a full-time workweek pattern: 4-5 consecutive days per week, ~8 hours per day, generally from 7-8 am to 3-4 pm. The Zoo is open 364 days a year, so your schedule may include weekend and holiday work. The department supervisor sets final schedules.

All interns are expected to commit to the full internship session from start to finish, with minimal to no additional vacation time outside of regular days off. Accepted interns also must attend a mandatory orientation session scheduled at the start of each internship session. With such a limited period for experiential learning and our Zoo staff’s commitment to intern development, we expect all selected interns to hold the same level of commitment.

If you anticipate needing a lot of time off or can’t commit to the full session, please apply to a different term that works better for your needs.

The internship program provides a living stipend of $3,000 per full 14-week internship term to offset the cost-of-living expenses incurred while participating in the internship learning experience. If interns do not complete the expected hours/days within the session, stipend compensation may be adjusted to reflect as such.

To apply for an internship, qualified applicants can apply via our online application. Be prepared to provide the following documents and information with your application:

• Cover letter and resume (PDF format required)
• Contact information for one professional reference

Applicants are welcome to apply to more than one internship opportunity per session during the application period. To do so, complete a separate application per opportunity by clicking on the specific link within each description.

Intern applicants can only be…