GIS Intern (Unpaid Internship)
MassachusettsMassachusetts, United States
Posted March 25, 2026
Internship
About the Company
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) oversees nearly half a million acres of land, making up one of the largest and diverse state park systems in the country.
Job Description
The Department of Conservation and Recreation seeks applicants for GIS Intern (Unpaid Internship). The internship is designed to support students or recent graduates seeking practical experience in the field of GIS, digital design, and digital accessibility. The goal of the project is to update and expand existing flood vulnerability assessments of the Commonwealth and in particular Environmental Justice (EJ) populations across the Commonwealth.
Requirements
- Assessing components of each draft digital product
- Identifying web maps featured in each draft digital product
- Identify each spatial dataset featured in each web map
- Bringing each product component into compliance with EOEEA’s accessibility policy
- Complete required documentation and metadata on each spatial dataset featured in the products
- Identify and correct accessibility issues with spatial data layer symbology
- Identify and correct accessibility issues with any symbology conflicts on each web map featured in the product
- Create/complete required documentation for each web map featured in the products
- Format each image or other item featured in the digital products to meet EOEEA’s digital accessibility requirements
- Migrate the geonarrative to one of EOEEA’s accessible templates
- Correct spelling, grammatical, and informational errors in web products with assistance from EOEEA subject matter experts