Communications Assistant Internship

Are you looking for communications experience? Do you love to write? Are
you interested in the environment? Parks & Trails New York can provide you with hands-on experience, while you work to protect and expand parks and trails in New York State.

Skills: Strong writer, good oral communicator, well-organized, multi-tasker

Description: Parks & Trails New York is looking for a part-time intern to assist with communications and outreach.

Hours: Requires 12-15 week commitment of 10-20 hours/week. Hours are flexible in terms of days and times.

Projects:

On-line communications – assist with e-newsletter content and production, support website development, monitor and maintain social/other networking sites such as Facebook and Flickr
Events: assist in planning and promoting bike tours and trail celebration and clean-up events
Public Relations: Research media outlets, write press releases, feature articles
Website photo gallery – organize digital photos, develop as series of photo galleries for the Parks & Trails New York website

Work Environment: Friendly and hard-working staff. Casual atmosphere.

School Correlation: May be used for internship requirements.

This is an unpaid internship. Please send a resume and a completed internship application to careers@ptny.org with the subject line “Communications Assistant” or mail to Parks & Trails New York, 29 Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207. Call 518-434-1583 for more information.

Assistant Ride Director for Recreational Bicycle Tours

Skill Areas: Event planning, community outreach, public relations, marketing

Description: Parks & Trails New York runs two bike tours each year to promote parks and trails and bicycle and heritage tourism. Cycling the Erie Canal, celebrating its 11th anniversary this year, is an 8-day, 400-mile cross-state ride with 500 cyclists. Dates are July 12-July 19. The Great Hudson Valley Pedal is a 6-day, 200-mile ride from Albany to NYC, with about 150 cyclists. Dates are August. 11-16.

The position has two different elements. The first is to provide support for the events in the winter and spring and then again for a couple of weeks afterwards. This includes answering potential cyclists' questions, handling registration fulfillment, maintaining databases, creating and organizing beginning-of-ride registration material, helping with planning of logistics (equipment rental, etc). The Assistant Ride Director will also have an opportunity to develop cue sheets and maps for cyclists and non-bicycling participants, work with communities on overnight and rest stop arrangements, and help to market and publicize the event.

The second element is to provide direct service during the rides – purchase supplies, help to organize the volunteers, direct the vehicle support, provide support to cyclists, including minor mechanical support, and generally seeing that things are going smoothly.

The Assistant Ride Director will work closely with the Ride Director, who has directed recreational bike tours for more than 10 years. The Assistant Ride Director must have a valid NYS driver’s license.

Hours: Hours are flexible in terms of days and times. Hours would start in January at about 10 hours per week and increase as the rides get closer. From mid-May until the week or so before the rides commence, 15-20 hours would be ideal. The week or two before the rides involves more hours. The weeks of the tours require a full-time commitment.

Salary: $10-$12/hour

Work Environment: Friendly and hard-working staff. Casual atmosphere.

School Correlation: May be used for internship.

Send resume: Parks & Trails New York, 29 Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207, ptny@ptny.org, 518-434-1583

29 Elk Street * Albany, NY 12207 * (ph) 518-434-1583 * (fax) 518-427-0067 * ptny@ptny.org