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GreenFacts is offering Editorial internships

This website is managed by Cogeneris sprl from November 2009.

This position has now been filled. No Jobs available at present

GreenFacts is looking for interns (stagiaires), either full-time or part-time, to work in the field of communication on environment and health matters or to translate GreenFacts.org into other languages.

A desired candidate should be:

  • Student in a post-secondary institution, preferably related to the fields of Communications, Translation, Sciences or Environment Digests;
  • Skilled with computers and interested in Web design
    (knowledge of DreamWeaver or a willingness to learn);
  • With a good working knowledge of English and preferably French;
  • Interested in sciences and environment & health matters;
  • Capable of creative work in a small but innovative organization.

The experience the interns will be able to gain may include:

  • Editorial experience, i.e. participation in the preparation of clear impartial summaries of scientific consensus documents, providing explanatory glossary definitions, useful links specific to each topic etc.;
  • Multilingual experience, as far as possible, participation in the translation and editing process of other language versions
    (French, Spanish or German);
  • Participation in events, activities and conferences on environmental subjects;
  • Contacts with the different stakeholders of GreenFacts (from the domains of environmental and health non-profit organisations, industry and the academe);
  • Development of Web design skills;
  • Increased knowledge in the science of environment and health matters.

Duration of internship:

  • Typically 2 to 4 months