Internships, Immersive Experiences and Job Tours

Thank you for your interest in an internship, immersive experience or job tour with the Richmond SPCA. If you are interested in employment with us, please visit our Job Opportunities page for current openings.

Internships, Externships and Immersive Experiences

Please complete the form below to share more information about your program, interest or assignment. Note that we do not offer job shadowing opportunities at this time.

Name of interested person:(Required)
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School or group association, if applicable:
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Select the choice that best describes you and your interest:(Required)
- I am a middle or high school student seeking an immersive experience.
- I am a college student seeking an internship.
- I am a currently enrolled Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidate seeking an externship.
- Something else not listed.
Please share your age and grade level:(Required)
Are you seeking a volunteer experience or to be paid for your time?(Required)
- I am seeking an unpaid volunteer experience.
- My school/group will pay me for my time during this experience, and/or I am receiving class credit.
- I am seeking a paid experience through the Richmond SPCA.
At this time, the Richmond SPCA is only in a position to pay interns who are participating in the Partnership for the Future internship program, and we are not seeking additional paid interns at this time.

If you are willing to volunteer your time, please continue completing this form.
In the field below, please share about your program, interest, and/or assignment, and what you are seeking to gain from an experience with the Richmond SPCA:(Required)
If you have a link to information about your program, please include it here.
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Please provide the date range when you'd be interested in scheduling your experience with the Richmond SPCA to be. If start and end dates are flexible (or not), please note that below:(Required)
List your experience's hourly requirement, if applicable, and please specify if this is a weekly, daily or total hourly requirement:
Are there certain days of the week and times that you are available, or is your availability open?
Why are you interested in an experience with the Richmond SPCA, and what are some of the things you're interested in learning about/doing?(Required)
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Job Tours

Please complete the form below to share more information with us about the group or individual requesting a job tour of the Richmond SPCA. Job tours last approximately 45 minutes, and are offered for up to five visitors at a time, typically for Employment Services Organizations. We do not offer job shadowing opportunities at this time.

Opportunities for School-Aged Students

Group Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in bringing a group of middle or high school students to volunteer at the Richmond SPCA? Learn more about our Group Volunteer Opportunities, which are scheduled through our volunteer management team.

Individual Volunteer Opportunities
Young people are welcome to become volunteers at the Richmond SPCA! Volunteers must be 14 or older to work independently with cats and 16 or older to work independently with dogs, and must commit to giving a minimum of four hours of service each month for a period of four months. Learn more about our application, onboarding and training process.

Animal Brigade Service Club
Middle school students (grades 6 through 8) learn more about their four-legged friends and how to help them through volunteer projects and humane education. Visit our Animal Brigade Service Club page to learn more.

Partnership for the Future Internship

The Richmond SPCA offers a paid internship program through Partnership for the Future with the purpose of introducing individuals of diverse backgrounds to not only the field of animal welfare, but also to nonprofit work. It is our goal to cultivate and develop a diverse pipeline of candidates by offering paid internships across a multitude of departments within our organization.

The ideal student intern will bring with them skills, interests and experience that will inform the focal area of the internship. Examples of possible internship focal areas include veterinary science, video creation and editing, children’s humane education programming support, nonprofit management, animal care and training, and event planning and fundraising. The goal of the internship program is to provide each student intern with a meaningful and professionally beneficial experience that also supports the goals and mission of the Richmond SPCA.

To learn more about Partnership for the Future’s paid student internship program, please visit the PFF website. You may also contact our Manager of Employee Engagement Gray Miller at gmiller@richmondspca.org.