Intern: PRT - Park Planner

The City of Chesapeake is accepting applications for a Spring 2025 Internship (January 13- April 25, 2025) with the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Planning Division.

The intern will gain valuable skills by assisting with park and recreational facility project planning, development and implementation.

Key Learning:

• Assist in preparing various specifications, designs, reports, charts, maps, site plans, spreadsheets, presentations, and other documentation related to development of long and short-term projects.
• Researches available resources, collects data and analyzes facts in order to assist with completing planning and project assignments.
• Assist with preparing master plans, conceptual plans, reports/correspondences and other documentation to provide planning support for facilities, projects and assignments. Performs routine office tasks.
• Researches, establishes, identifies and enforces property boundaries and easements.
• Assist staff, other departments, community organizations and the general public with general facility planning tasks.
• Assists with documenting and inventory of historical and other pertinent data and reporting related to Department resources, projects, properties, leases, facilities and open spaces.