The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is actively seeking interested individuals to lend their time and talents to our mission. Volunteering is a great way to use your experience and interests to make friends while making a genuine and vital contribution to an organization you care about.
As a volunteer, you give twice: your valuable time given free of charge and your valuable skills filling gaps we could not otherwise fill. Please peruse the opportunities shown below; if you do not find what you are looking for, give us a call and create your own job!
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Program “Citizen Scientists”
Seeking volunteers to visit dock sites at Pamet Harbor (Truro), Provincetown, Wellfleet, and Barnstable once a month, June through September, to inspect the area for invasive species. Also, ask about openings for weekly water samplers in designated areas of Cape Cod Bay, April thru October.
Coastal Geology department
Data entry position, mathematical skills and interest in coastal processes and oceanography required.
Humpback Research Program
Seeking individuals to scan documents into computer and update our database with past research documents. We provide training. No experience necessary for data entry position, but computer skills a must.
Right Whale Habitat Studies Program
Strong data management skills required to working with historic databases containing habitat data collected since the 1970’s. The goal will be to unify a number of databases into one from which we may be able to extract evidence of climate change and the impacts of fisheries management regimes, learn about natural oscillations in the Cape Cod Bay ecosystem, and also look at historical trends in right whale abundance and distribution, and their connection to various aspects of the Bay’s health. Volunteers must have strong data management skills. Experience with Microsoft Excel is a must; experience in Microsoft Access is preferred, but not mandatory. Volunteers with strong attention to detail and an overall curiosity toward the Cape Cod Bay ecosystem are encouraged to apply! We hope for at least a 5-hour commitment per week, and would like the volunteer to be available during regular office hours (8 am-5 pm, M-F).
OPERATIONS & ADMINISTRATION
Communications Assistant
Maintain and update media files and press clippings. Event assistance and occasional assistance with mailings and light filing. Computer skills are required. High school seniors and individuals interested in communications, media relations and public relations are encouraged to apply.
Librarian(s)
Duties include categorizing, labeling and creating an index for collections, books, journals, periodicals, and articles. Maintaining additions and general organization of the library. Library experience essential.
Receptionist/Business Office Asst.
General office duties include answering phones, clerical work, mailings, filing and organizing.
For applications and further information please contact:
Jan Young
Development Officer
115 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
508-487-3622, ext. 104
volunteer@coastalstudies.org
Updated 1/26/09 |
