Organization: American Lung Association
Job Title: Manger, Healthy Air Coalition Program
Location: Chicago, IL
Hours and Compensation: Full Time – based on experience
Application Deadline: open until filled
Position Dates: This position is an uncategorized grant funded position through June 30, 2013. Opportunities to reclassify and/or continue the position will depend on funding
Posted On: Oct. 3, 2012
Organization Overview
Clean air is at the heart of the American Lung Association’s mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. The Clean Air Act, which has been in place for the past 40 years, protects public health by reducing harmful pollution, soot, and air toxins and gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the ability to clean up the air. The most vulnerable among us are children, teenagers, the elderly, and persons already suffering from chronic diseases including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, and individuals with low incomes. These populations, as well as the general public, need the Clean Air Act’s safeguards to remain strong to protect their health and improve their quality of life.
Currently, the Clean Air Act and the EPA are facing stiff opposition from some in Congress, threatening the progress the United States has made in making our air safe to breathe. The American Lung Association is bringing together partner health organizations in a nationwide fight, with a focus on key states, to protect the Clean Air Act. This Healthy Air Campaign aims to effectively frame this debate as a matter of public health and put sufficient pressure on key members of Congress to win their active support in defense of the Clean Air Act and EPA funding and rule-making.
Description
The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest Healthy Air Coalition Manager will build a strong, broad-based coalition comprised of public health and health care groups in the state. The coalition will engage in a series of actions over the coming year to educate the public on the value of the Clean Air Act and the health and health care implications of efforts to weaken the law or fail to enforce it. The Manager will plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a well-coordinated and comprehensive Campaign (including grassroots advocacy, media advocacy, and direct lobbying) to protect the federal Clean Air Act from being weakened, dismantled or unenforced.
Responsibilities
- Serve as primary campaign contact for the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest (ALAUM) and partner organizations and primary staffer for the Healthy Air Coalition
- Recruit state-level and community level health and health care organizations and groups to develop a broad-based statewide Healthy Air Coalition
- Maintain ongoing communicating with coalition partners, Congressional members and staff, and other stakeholders
- Represent ALA and the Healthy Air Coalition at public meetings
- Develop tools for recruiting, training, and mobilizing member organizations
- Identify and cultivate “grasstops” who have a relationship with key decision-makers
- Collect compelling personal stories of those negatively impacted by air pollution
- Organize and train grassroots advocates
- Provide issue briefings on air pollution and health, the Clean Air Act, and the federal policy landscape relevant to this campaign
- Assist in organizing a variety of media events including but not limited to event logistics, media outreach, and generation of earned media
- Create campaign collateral, messaging, action alerts, letters to the editor, OpEds, press releases, and testimony as needed
- Strategically integrate social media into campaign efforts
- Use campaign successes and challenges to generate supporters, advocates and donors both online and off
- Plan, organize and execute in-district meetings during Congressional recesses
- Manage campaign budget
- Periodically assess and evaluate efforts to ensure goals are being met
- Other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications
Training & Education
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Graduate degree in public health or policy preferred
Essential
- 3+ years of progressively responsible experience in public policy work at the state or federal level including direct lobbying, media/public relations, and grassroots advocacy
- Demonstrated ability to form and support strategic partnerships
- Impeccable written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively both as part of a team and independently
- Self-motivated and ability to take initiative on projects
- Facilitation skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to travel throughout Illinois with the possibility of some overnight stays
Desirable
- Experience as field organizer, coalition manager, or event planner
- Effective public speaker
- Interest in public health policy and the health effects of poor air quality
- Experience in managing a budget
- Ability to work on a number of fast-paced concurrent projects, prioritize, and meet deadlines
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, including attention to detail
- Strong analytical and strategic reasoning skills
- Abstain from use of tobacco in any form
- Accurate, punctual, dependable, and have ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends on an as needed basis
- Ability to work under time deadlines
- Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs. (supplies/literature)
How to Apply
To Apply send cover letter and resume to
Human Resources, American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, 3000 Kelly Lane, Springfield, IL 62711- Email:[email protected] or Fax: 217-241-3573
Organization: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Job Title: Manager, Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts
Location: San Francisco, CA
Hours and Compensation: Full Time & Salary based on experience
Application Deadline: open until filled
Posted On: Oct. 3, 2012
Organization Overview
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundaton sustains, restores and enhances the Nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Through leadership conservation investments with public and private partners, the Foundation is dedicated to achieving maximum conservation impact by developing and applying best practices and innovative methods for measurable outcomes.
Description
The Manager will have managerial responsibilities for a portion of the IDEA Account portfolio as specified by the IDEA Vice President or Director, with particular emphasis on servicing IDEA accounts located on the west coast (primarily California, Oregon, Washington, and/or Alaska).
IDEA Accounts are created when NFWF receives funds from environmental law enforcement actions, regulatory compliance actions, or permitting proceedings. An example of a typical IDEA account would be one arising from a federal prosecution of a shipping company for violating the Oil Pollution Act or Clean Water Act. As part of the settlement of such a case, the prosecutors may require the company to pay funds (often called “community service” funds) to NFWF to be used for conservation projects that benefit the resources affected by the violation (e.g., fish, wildlife, habitat, etc.). The IDEA Department deposits these funds into dedicated accounts and works in a variety of ways to ensure the funds are obligated and disbursed to appropriate projects.
Currently, NFWF manages over 100 active IDEA Accounts in every region of the U.S. The Manager will help coordinate the day-to-day programmatic and fiscal management of accounts within the IDEA portfolio as determined by the IDEA Vice President or Director. The Manager will work closely with the entire IDEA team as well as with the Departments of Finance, Science and Evaluation, Government Relations, and Development, as appropriate.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive and outstanding customer service to the organizations (primarily government agencies)directing funds into IDEA Accounts, and also to the beneficiaries and recipients of funds disbursed out of IDEA Accounts.
- Maintain a complete and up-to-date understanding of each IDEA Account subject to the Manager’s oversight.
- Collect, organize, and understand the “deposit documents” related to each IDEA Account subject to the Manager’s oversight. The deposit documents are the documents pursuant to which funds are sent to NFWF for deposit into an IDEA Account. These can include court orders, plea agreements, judgments, other legal settlements, permits, licenses, and similar legal or regulatory documents.
- Work with the Finance Department to establish new IDEA Accounts within NFWF’s financial systems and ensure proper coding of each new Account.
- Work with Agencies, other IDEA Account beneficiaries, and NFWF Program staff (as appropriate) to solicit, identify, and evaluate potential projects to be funded with monies in IDEA Accounts; this function may include facilitation of Requests for Proposals for appropriate projects and other project development activities.
- Once projects have been selected, lead the day-to-day management of the IDEA project contracting processes, including preparing initial drafts of contracts, facilitating contract negotiations, processing project disbursements, reviewing project reports and deliverables, communicating with project fund recipients, reviewing and executing amendments, and closing completed projects.
- Prepare various financial reports for Agencies and other IDEA Account beneficiaries or partners with the assistance of NFWF Financial and Program staff on a regular basis, assist in the tracking of IDEA Account activity, and perform queries within Foundation financial and project databases (Deltek and EZGrants), as needed, for IDEA Accounts.
- At all times maintain an understanding of (1) the funds initially deposited into IDEA Accounts under the Manager’s oversight; (2) the projects that have been selected to receive funding from each Account; (3) the contracts that have been placed to document performance of those projects; (4) the disbursements that have been made from each Account for project costs and related administrative costs; and (5) the overall financial profile of each Account.
- Assist the IDEA Vice President and Director with drafting, negotiating and executing governing IDEA Account Agreements.
- Participate in periodic IDEA docket reviews with IDEA senior to keep internal stakeholders apprised of IDEA Account status.
- Monitor cases, proceedings, and transactions giving rise to IDEA funds.
- Assist with IDEA marketing and business development materials.
- Participate in IDEA Departmental calls and meetings, Conservation Team calls, Partnership office meetings, and project slate reviews, as appropriate.
- Maintain an understanding of the investment policies applied to IDEA Accounts.
- Participate in the ongoing assessment of the IDEA Department’s technology needs and how they are being met by the Foundation’s overall IT systems and architecture.
- As directed by the IDEA Vice President or Director, serve as the NFWF Representative for various meetings including project site visits, partner briefings, and IDEA program outreach, as needed.
- Recommend efforts to improve existing IDEA processes and policies.
Qualifications
- Minimum bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum two years experience in grant/contract management in the conservation field.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational, and follow-through skills.
- Flexibility and ability to work both independently and in a team in a rapidly changing environment.
- Computer proficiency, including e-mail, databases, spreadsheets, financial/contracting systems, and word processing.
- Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, operative provisions of key environmental laws.
How to Apply
To apply, please send an e-mail, with attachments in Word format, containing your cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, resume, three professional references and your salary requirements to Marla Carter, Human Resources Manager, at [email protected]. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
Organization: Solar One
Job Title: Energy Connections Program Intern
Location: New York, NY
Hours and Compensation: part-time (15 hours/week) & Unpaid
Application Deadline: until position is filled
Position Dates: not specified
Posted On: Oct. 2, 2012
Organization Overview
Solar One, a New York City non-profit green energy, education, and arts center, seeks a qualified candidate for the Energy Connections Program Intern position.
Solar One Energy Connections (S1EC) connects New York City residents, businesses, and community based organizations to energy efficiency and renewable energy resources through education, outreach, and project partnerships. Our mission is to make all New Yorkers part of our city’s ambitious efforts to combat climate change and develop a clean, green economy. We are looking for a motivated, hard working individual to support the S1EC team on two main programs, the NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities program and the Clean Energy Connections series.
Description
The S1EC Program Intern will provide day-to-day support for program administration, public events, community outreach, website maintenance, and social media marketing. This is a great opportunity in the clean energy field and policy fields, with extensive exposure to New York City’s energy efficiency, renewable energy, and cleantech sectors. The ideal candidate will be energetic, creative, very well organized, and an excellent writer. The Intern should also be able to exercise independent judgment, learn new skills, and work as a member of a fast-paced team.
Responsibilities
- Provide program administration support for Clean Energy Connections and NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities initiatives. This would include providing logistical support for meetings, doing topic research, inputting data, etc.
- Assist in event coordination for major educational programs we produce. Responsibilities in this role could include coordinating set-up and break down, registration, refreshments, and volunteers.
- Provide support through coordinating, updating, and producing print materials and web content.
- Help update social media and website content.
- Maintaining electronic and paper filing systems and databases, including data entry
- Outreach for events and programs
- General administrative support
Qualifications
- Relevant professional experience (job/internship/volunteer) required
- Excellent written and oral communications skills leading to ability to work well with people of varying backgrounds.
- Strong interpersonal skills and be detail oriented
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to work accurately and with composure under deadline pressure
- High degree of proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, the Internet, social media, and electronic communication
- High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint
- Familiarity with graphic and web design software (such as Adobe Creative Suite applications) higher levels of proficiency a plus.
- Familiarity with website updating and management. Experience with WordPress a plus.
- Availability for occasional night/weekend work
- Interest in and knowledge of energy, environmental, and community development issues.
How to Apply
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to [email protected] with “EC Program Intern” in the subject line. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
Organization: Environmental Law Institute
Job Title: Research & Publications Intern
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: minimum 15 hours/week, up to full time & a transportation stipend
Application Deadline: Applications for the spring semester internship will be accepted until Friday, November 30, 2012 on a rolling basis.
Position Dates: Spring Semester (Jan. 7 – May 31, 2013)
Posted On: Oct. 2, 2012
Organization Overview
For four decades, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) has played a pivotal role in shaping the fields of environmental law, policy, and management, both domestically and internationally. For more information on the Institute, visit www.eli.org.
Description
ELI seeks individuals to support the research and publications departments of the Institute. Interns work directly with staff attorneys, editors, scientists, and economists on a variety of projects. Substantive areas of focus include: land use policy, public participation in environmental regulation, biodiversity, air quality, public health, hazardous waste and brownfields, wetlands and watershed policy, international environmental policy, armed conflict and the environment, environmental management systems, and environmental enforcement.
Responsibilities
Interns conduct library and internet research, attend and report on outside events, analyze, edit, and synthesize scholarly material, assist with preparation for environmental training courses, and perform various administrative tasks. ELI integrates interns into the day-to-day operations of the Institute, and interns are encouraged to attend ELI policy events and meetings.
Qualifications
Candidates should possess superior research, writing, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as a strong desire to gain knowledge of the environmental field. A strong academic background is required, but specific environmental experience is not mandatory. Applicants must have completed freshman year of college.
How to Apply
To apply, send a cover letter explaining interest and availability, resume (include overall GPA), and 3-5 page analytical writing sample to ELI’s Spring Intern Coordinator at [email protected].
Please direct all inquiries and applications to [email protected].
Organization: Environment America
Job Title: Clean Air Associate – Environment America Fellow
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: Full Time & $23,750 in your first year and $24,500 in your second year.
Application Deadline: open until filled
Position Dates: Two year commitment
Posted On: Oct. 2, 2012
Organization Overview
Environment America works to advance the environmental vision and values we share—clean energy, clean water, wilderness and wildlife protection, healthy food and sustainable agriculture, and more. With nearly 100 professional staff, more than 1 million members, activists and allies, and affiliates in 29 states, we organize the support it takes to stand up to polluting industries and ultimately sweep past them.
The results of our work include caps on global warming pollution in five states and a regional cap on global warming pollution from power plants in 10 states and clean car standards that will do more than any other single step to reduce our dependence on oil and cut global warming pollution.
But let’s not kid ourselves: we are living through an environmental crisis.
Temperatures are rising, polar ice is melting, catastrophic fires are burning, and pollution has created dead zones in the oceans. Each day, another development, another big-box store, another drilling rig, another mining operation crowds out a little more wilderness.
Fighting for the environment is the challenge of a lifetime. You need to start somewhere. But where?
Apply to be an Environment America fellow
As an Environment America fellow, you’ll get a two-year crash course in the nuts and bolts of environmental activism, organizing, advocacy and the type of institution-building that can sustain long-term battles.
Learn by doing
Working with our Global Warming Program Director Nathan Willcox, and other senior staff, you’ll plan and run grassroots campaigns, lobby lawmakers, publish op-eds, set up and speak at news conferences, organize town hall meetings, run citizen outreach campaigns, identify new members, raise money, recruit and manage staff and much more.
Gain the experience you need to lead
After two years, you’ll have participated in a rigorous training and gained invaluable hands-on experience. Best of all, you’ll be ready to become a lead advocate, a lead organizer or a state director with Environment America or one of our state affiliates. You might even start a new state affiliate or launch a new program.
Description
If you’re looking for the opportunity to organize, advocate and fight for the environment, apply to be an Environment America fellow today. Specifically, we’re looking for a Clean Air Associate to start in Washington D.C. this November.
Work to clean up coal-fired power plants
Environment America’s Clean Air Associate will work with our Global Warming Program Director to drive a campaign focused on cutting dangerous air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities.
Air pollution from power plants and other stationary sources cuts short the lives of thousands of Americans each year and leads to more asthma attacks, heart attacks and developmental disorders. These same dirty and aging facilities are responsible for much of the carbon pollution that fuels global warming. We’re urging the Obama administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set meaningful limits on air pollution, including carbon, soot and smog pollution from power plants and other sources – and we’ve started to see some real progress. But polluters and their allies in Congress are mounting powerful attacks to block or weaken new pollution limits. The Clean Air Associate will focus on a campaign to build the support it takes to defend against these attacks.
Specifically, the clean air associate will work within D.C. to advance the campaign – including advocacy, research, national coalition coordination and national media outreach – and work with our state affiliates to drive this campaign in the field.
The clean air associate will also help to build the organization by recruiting and overseeing interns, recruiting new staff, directing a summer citizen outreach office over two summers, and communicating with our members through email alerts, newsletters and mailings.
Qualifications
We’re seeking candidates ready to commit themselves to fighting for the environment. Being a fellow is not for everybody. It’s tough, demanding and the challenges never stop. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
How to Apply
Apply online at jobs.EnvironmentAmerica.org or contact Nathan directly at [email protected]
Looking for an internship instead? Apply to be an Environment America intern. You’ll learn how to make an impact on critical environmental issues, and there’s no better way to get the experience to launch your career with us.
Organization: The Nature Conservancy
Job Title: Climate Change Adaptation GLOBE Intern
Location: Albany, NY (other locations available)
Hours and Compensation: This is a full-time, paid internship opportunity $12/hour
Application Deadline: Jan. 7, 2013
Position Dates: June 2, 2013 – August 9, 2013
Posted On: Oct. 1, 2012
Organization Overview
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 countries, all 50 United States, and your backyard. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Visit www.nature.org/aboutus to learn more.
The GLOBE internship program is dedicated to “Growing Leaders on Behalf of the Environment. This is our sixth year offering this internship opportunity program and we are thrilled at its success. Come be a part of an exciting internship program where you are making a difference in the world! Our internship locations range from Arlington, Virginia to Hawaii. Learn new skills, meet new people, and have fun helping nature!
Description
The Climate Change Adaptation Intern will work with us on 1) a large grant-funded project to develop a spatial toolkit for prioritizing investments in conservation and natural resources to facilitate adaptation to climate change, and 2) gather information that will help us develop strategies for reducing risks from flooding (also part of adapting to climate change) by protecting and restoring “blue infrastructure” —natural systems along coasts, the Hudson River estuary, and river systems and their floodplains throughout the state. The intern will take the lead on some combination of the elements listed below, depending upon his/her interests and skillsets:
- Compile and synthesize user/audience input. To produce a relevant and useful final adaptation toolkit for natural resource managers, we will conduct a needs assessment through interviews with representatives of the intended user groups, including land managers within federal and state agencies, companies that need to site infrastructure, regional and municipal planners, local land trusts and other conservation organizations. The intern will organize and synthesize this input, point us towards themes, and prepare project materials to solicit feedback from interviewed user groups. S/he may also explore social science techniques to better “mine” and use the information we get from these interviews. The intern may also help with public engagement on a related project, to understand how municipalities assess risk and make decisions about managing their floodplains, and what information or assistance they might need.
- Conduct extensive review of existing adaptation frameworks and strategies, decision-support tools, and spatial toolkits, including on-line toolkits. This work will serve as one of the chapters for our final report, and inform our design of the conceptual framework we will use for the remainder of the project. This information will also help us evaluate potential delivery mechanisms to encourage use of the toolkit by our desired audiences.
- Help develop spatial predictions of current distribution of ecosystem services. This intern would be responsible for a literature review for carbon sequestration rates for various land cover types, and/or compiling information about current water demand and turning it into a spatial product.
- Develop a spatial dataset to portray current flood risk across the state,based on either repetitive loss data from the National Flood Insurance Program or the frequency of federally declared flood emergencies by county.
- Conduct literature review and consult with experts to determine how well road-stream crossing designs for species movement also accommodate flood waters, sediment and debris.
- Assess policy options to improve the public engagement process in NY through changes in legislation and/or administrative procedures.
The intern will have an opportunity to go out into the field, if desired, to get exposure to a wider variety of projects. Possibilities include research on how transportation infrastructure and land cover restrict wildlife movements between protected forest areas; road-stream crossing assessments in the Susquehanna watershed and elsewhere; and farther afield, helping with a large wetland restoration project on Eastern Lake Ontario.
Qualifications
- Working knowledge of common software applications (e.g.; Word, Excel, Web browsers) and ability to use provided computer technology to enhance the quality of work.
- At least two years of undergraduate education completed by the position start date (or within 1 month of the position start date for colleges that extend into June).
- Some coursework or other experience in natural sciences.
- College degree preferred but not required; rising seniors and juniors also considered.
- Working knowledge of common software applications (e.g.; Word, Excel, Web browsers) and ability to use provided computer technology to enhance the quality of work.
- Experience communicating clearly via written, spoken and graphical means in English.
- Managing time and diverse activities under deadlines while delivering quality results.
- Compiling and organizing data with attention to detail; experience working with complex datasets, including spatial data.
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks.
- Working knowledge of ArcGIS strongly desired but not required.
- Some background in natural sciences; need not be current major.
- Some familiarity with public policy or social science desired but not required
How to Apply
To apply to position number 40430, submit resume and cover letter as one document. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 7, 2013.
Resume, Cover Letter, and 3 References are required. Your cover letter must include the following information: 1) Why is diversity and inclusiveness important to you? 2) What qualifications or credentials can you bring to this position?
Failure to complete all of the required fields may result in your application being disqualified from consideration. The information entered in the education and work experience sections are auto screened by the system based on the basic qualifications of the position.
You must click “submit” to apply for the position. You may select “save for later” if you prefer to create a draft application for future submission. Once submitted, applications cannot be revised or edited.
Organization: E3G – position in the Climate Security Programme
Job Title: Climate Intern
Location: London, UK
Hours and Compensation: part time — travel stipend in London
Application Deadline: Oct. 8, 2012
Position Dates: minimum of 4 months starting Oct. 2012
Posted On:
Organization Overview
E3G is an independent, non-profit European organisation operating in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development.
While we share the same ultimate objectives with many other organisations working in the environmental, security and development space, E3G achieves these objectives in different and complimentary ways. In particular, E3G drives change through being outcome focused, investing in innovation and building strong networks and multi-sectoral partnerships to leverage impact.
E3G builds cross-sectoral coalitions to achieve carefully defined outcomes that are chosen for their capacity to leverage change. We also work closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, business, civil society, science, the media and public interest foundations.
E3G has 20 core staff, plus consultancy support, and is based in London, Brussels, Berlin and Washington.
E3G is seeking an intern to join the London team on a minimum 4-month basis part-time, to help deliver a sophisticated research project and provide programme management support to our Climate Security programme.
E3G’s climate security programme focuses on the reality of climate change that will require fundamental changes in how international relations are conducted; and will alter much of the focus of international policy, requiring changes in a wide range of global governance institutions.
The Arctic is a global barometer for climate, resource, security and governance issues. Nowhere on earth are the effects of climate change being felt more intensely. But the Arctic is also seen as a new frontier to provide the fossil fuels, minerals and trade routes which are damaging its ecosystem. Choices over the future development of the Arctic will resonate globally. At present the extractive agenda being promoted by littoral states is at odds with global objectives to manage climate risk. There should also be a broad international debate within the United Nations on the implications of proposed patterns of development.
Description
The primary focus of the Internship will be to provide robust and compelling evidence based research regarding the economic and technical feasibility of extracting fossil fuels from the Arctic, and work alongside our Arctic team to analyse the geopolitical ramifications of such extraction and development of trade routes.
In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to provide logistical and administrative support to the Arctic team where necessary.
The research will involve developing evidence base on the following issues:
Manage and update existing evidence on which companies are extracting in the Arctic, the nature of the extraction, production estimate date and reserve estimates (proven and unproven)
Develop evidence regarding which companies have stakes in Arctic infrastructure
Develop analysis on the global economic and geopolitical drivers and trends of oil and gas in order to understand the consumers and demand for Arctic fossil fuels
Outline existing domestic regulation/subsidies impacting extraction
Research technological and innovation capacity and trends in Arctic drilling
Outline the technological, infrastructural and logistical challenges and costs associated with Arctic fossil fuel drilling
Qualifications
You are a highly motivated self-starter with a strong interest in economics, energy and climate security.
You are a creative thinker, able to learn fast and to work flexibly with a range of people. You are prepared to go the extra mile to deliver high quality outputs to challenging deadlines.
You are comfortable with complex research projects, pay close attention to detail, able to prioritise and be eager to coordinate and undertake administrative tasks. The work you will undertake will make full use of your research and analytical skills.
A degree-level education in is required and masters or other post-graduate qualification would be an advantage.
The successful candidate must have good technical knowledge to handle issues regarding energy production, consumption and economics. Sound knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and proficiency in Powerpoint is required.
E3G will cover the costs of travel (within the M25) and lunch expenses
How to Apply
To apply for this position with E3G please send your CV and letter of application to Liz Gallagher ([email protected]) before Monday 8th October.
E3G will be conducting phone interviews the week commencing 8th October with a view to starting the work from 15th October.
Organization: The Nature Conservancy
Job Title: Spatial Analyst
Location: Tuscon, AZ
Hours and Compensation: paid full time
Application Deadline: Oct. 26, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 28, 2012
Organization Overview
The Nature Conservancy’s Center for Science and Public Policy in Arizona was created to engage stakeholders and expertise in applied science and policy to develop new information, ideas, and tools that can help solve some of our most pressing challenges affecting people and nature.
Description
The Nature Conservancy’s Arizona Chapter and its Center for Science and Public Policy is seeking a GIS spatial analyst who is a skilled communicator to provide leadership and technical expertise in spatial analyses and modeling, database development and management, and GIS technology.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a graduate degree in ecology, geography, GIS information science or related field and 2-4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. S/he will have a working knowledge of GIS software applications (ArcGIS 10, ArcSDE/SQL Server 2008) and GIS scripting programs (e.g. python model builder).
How to Apply
For more information and to apply, please visit www.nature.org/careers and search for job ID#40444 in the keyword search. Deadline to apply is October 26, 2012. The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Organization: Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (CEDA)
Job Title: Director of Energy and Conservation
Location: Chicago, IL
Hours and Compensation: Full Time — competitive salary and benefits
Application Deadline: Oct. 10, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 27, 2012
Organization Overview
CEDA’s Weatherization Program is the nation’s largest Home Energy Conservation program in the nation.
Description
We are looking for a Director to maintain responsibility for the leadership and direction of all aspects of CEDA’s Weatherization Assistance Program in compliance with state and federal regulations and funding source requirements including: the WX grant application, budgeting, production, reporting, and contractor, client and community relations. Administers and coordinates the Weatherization Program with other CEDA programs and services, external agencies, community groups and funding sources.
Responsibilities
Lead efforts to submit annual grant application, develop annual program budget, operational plans and objectives.
Manage all program operations to achieve production and quality objectives in compliance with all state and federal regulations and funding source requirements:
- Establish effective processes to provide services, manage operations, control and approve payments and expenditures.
- Manage annual program close-out process.
- Negotiate and manage agency contracts with vendors and approved contractors.
- Coordinate with CEDA’s Procurement Department regarding Weatherization material specifications to ensure the highest quality at the lowest cost, timely purchase orders for materials, and that a perpetual inventory system is developed and maintained;
- Lead and initiate process improvements to enhance program operations.
Lead efforts to establish and maintain positive external relationships and provide effective client service with funding sources, regulatory agencies, contractors, vendors, clients and the community:
- Investigate, respond to and resolve all consumer complaints.
- Coordinate and conduct community assessments with agency Program Directors.
- Work with Energy Services and other CEDA/non-CEDA programs on activities concerning energy.
Lead and manage the staffing, development and performance of all department employees:
- Ensure that all employees are technically qualified;
- establish and maintain training and technical assistance as needed;
- establish and maintain appropriate professional and industry association memberships and participation in workshops and conferences.
- Encourage management and staff to achieve quality work early in the process.
Ensure program compliance and reporting requirements are met:
- Ensure that applicant filing system maintains all completed and verified required forms;
- Ensure quality control of assessment and the contracting process to reduce and minimize callbacks, corrections and adverse findings.
- Develop appropriate reports for the President/CEO, Vice President of Programs, Board of Directors, other CEDA Programs and funding source organizations.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should have the following skills and abilities:
- Demonstrable success in complex program administration in a decentralized, technology-driven environment;
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills proven in a wide range of settings with people of all backgrounds;
- Proficiency coordinating and collaborating with other internal departments as well as various external agencies, community groups and funding sources with a demonstrated ability to build partnerships, alliances and coalitions;
- Proficiency developing and implementing creative, innovative solutions to technological (e.g. building science), business and/or program challenges;
- Demonstrated skill developing management and staff subordinates as well as contractors in a team-based and collaborative environment;
- Ability to adapt to often rapid change.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BA/BS Degree, Public Administration, Business, Construction, Engineering, Architecture or related discipline;
- MS/MBA/MA Degree or licensed professional (Professional Engineer, Registered Architect or related) highly preferred;
- Energy and/or environmental certifications (Certified Energy Manager, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, etc.) desired;
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in Weatherization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation and/or sustainability programs or relevant social service operations with a minimum of 7 years of successful managerial experience;
- In addition, the candidate must possess or acquire the following proficiencies:
- Must be certified by the State of Illinois or become certified after participating in training given by the State of Illinois and CEDA within six months of employment.
- Possess or acquire detailed knowledge of all the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) rules, regulations, procedures and grant award requirements regarding the Weatherization Assistance Program;
- Possess or develop knowledge of requirements for the Illinois Low Income Home Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and other private sector, state and federal programs in the areas of Housing and Energy which have relevance to the effective operation of the Weatherization Program.
- Knowledge of federal legislation, regulations, procedures and Office of Management and Budget circulars related to the Weatherization Assistance or related programs desirable.
Travel: Extensive throughout Cook County service area, including City of Chicago and to Springfield and other Illinois locations to attend training and funding source meetings. Nation-wide travel to attend and participate in Weatherization-related conferences. Automobile with valid driver’s license and insurance required.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should forward their cover letter, resume and salary requirements to the email address below. Closing date for resumes is October 10, 2012.
CEDA – HR Dept.
Microgrids in New England: A Workshop Series for Communities and Stakeholders
Wednesday, October 10th
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Registration opens at 8:30)
Connecticut Legislative Office Building
Public Hearing Room 2E
300 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Explore with us how ecology can be the pedagogical core for the way we teach, learn, and apply our disciplines to meet higher education’s obligation to our environmental future.
Conference Highlights
Keynote by Mary Evelyn Tucker, Managing Trustee of the Thomas Berry Foundation and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University
Presentation of the Inaugural Thomas Berry Great Work Award
Plenaries
Student and Faculty Inter and Multi-Disciplinary Poster Session
Lunch Social
Who should attend?
Anyone who wishes to explore how higher education can use an ecological core to change the way we educate, learn about, connect with, and care for Earth. All members of the Earth Community are interconnected. We invite faculty, staff, administrators, students, natural scientists, artists, economists, social scientists, historians, philosophers, political scientists, biologists, theologians, archaeologists, citizens, teachers … and the list goes on.
Context
The Environmental Consortium’s conference will also honor Father Thomas Berry whose teachings inspired the formation of the Environmental Consortium in 2004. The Great Work is his masterpiece. In it, he wrote that the next Great Work is to transform our hostile relationship with Earth into a new, ecologically-centered mission. He saw a special role for higher education, which he believed is the only of society’s institutions that offers the multiple disciplines, the critical capacity and the duty to community necessary to change humanity’s destructive environmental course.
In his book, The Great Work, Thomas Berry writes in the introduction, “Of the institutions that should be guiding us into a viable future, the university has a special place because it teaches all those professions that control the human endeavor.” He continues in “The University” chapter: “…that the religions are too pious, the corporations too plundering, the government too subservient to provide any adequate remedy. The universities, however, should have the insight and the freedom to provide the guidance needed by the human community. The universities should also have the critical capacity, the influence over the other professions and the other activities of society.”
This conference will examine what it would look like if Fr. Berry’s vision was realized and the university fully embraced a role in reorienting the human-nature relationship.
Films and discussion about birding, the global water crisis, interspecies dependence, a baby chimp, and what goes into making a really great nature documentary.
more on the website: http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/films/film-series/detail/53242
Birders: The Central Park Effect
A joyful look at the extraordinary array of wild birds in Manhattan’s celebrated patch of green—and the equally colorful New Yorkers who gather to spot them. Featuring renowned guide Starr Saphir, who has documented her sightings for 70 years, along with author Jonathan Franzen and a host of other passionate birders, this documentary reveals a dazzling world rarely noticed by the 38 million people who visit the park each year.
Q&A Jeffrey Kimball, Charlie Roberto, and Jonathan Rosen with JBFC Executive Director Steve Apkon RECEPTION and BOOK SIGNING: Join us afterwards for a light reception in the Jane Peck Gallery.
Director/producer Jeffrey Kimball is also one of the film’s cinematographers. Local naturalist and Teatown Lake Reservation board member Charlie Roberto has led many bird walks in Central Park. Author Jonathan Rosen, who appears at length in the film, will be signing copies of his book The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature, which wlll be available for sale at the reception from our local Village Bookstore.
Jeffrey Kimball. 2012. 60 m. NR. USA. Music Box Films.
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w/Jeffrey Kimball, Charlie Roberto, Jonathan Rosen, Steve Apkon and reception Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers) |
Last Call at the Oasis
Presenting a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century, this important film documents the rapid depletion of water supplies caused by agricultural overuse, rampant development, and global climate change. From Academy Award–winning director Jessica Yu, it is a thought-provoking, urgent call to action.
Q&A Paul Gallay and Suzannah Glidden with JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman
Paul Gallay is President of Riverkeeper, dedicated to defending the Hudson River and protecting the drinking water supply of nine million New Yorkers. Suzannah Glidden is Director of the Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition and chair of environment protection organization Hands Across the Border.
Jessica Yu. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. USA. IDP Releasing.
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w/Paul Gallay, Suzannah Glidden, Brian Ackerman Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers) |
8th Annual Biodiversity Conservation Roundtable
PROTECTING OPEN SPACE: PUTTING THE PLAN INTO ACTION
Friday, October 19, 2012, 8:30am to 2:30pm
SUNY New Paltz
Sponsored by the Hudson River Estuary Program
Since 2005, the Roundtable has gathered program participants and partners to discuss strategies for conserving important natural areas through local planning. This year’s event will focus on how to take the “next steps” with open space protection. Whether your community has just started setting conservation goals or is far along in the open space planning process, the upcoming Roundtable will provide an opportunity to learn from experts and share experiences with fellow community leaders.
8:30am Arrival, Coffee/Tea, Networking
9:00am Welcome and Introductions
9:30am Open Space Financing Trends and Options in New York State withMatt Zieper, Research Director, Trust for Public Land
10:15am Case Study: Town of New Paltz $2M Clean Water and Open Space Protection Bond Act with Cara Lee, Member, Town of New Paltz Clean Water & Open Space Protection Commission
10:30am Break
10:45am Protecting Open Space During the Land Use Approval Process with George Rodenhausen, Partner, Rapport Meyers LLP
11:30am Case Study: Achieving High Conservation Value in Protected Open Space in Conservation Subdivisions with Lucy Hayden, Executive Director, Winnakee Land Trust
11:45am Case Study: Connecting Open Spaces to Create a Public Preserve in New Paltz with Michael Zierler, Member, Village of New Paltz Planning Board
12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm Roundtabling* and Q&A with Speakers
2:30pm Adjourn
*As always, we hope participants will come prepared to share some of their own experiences and lessons learned.
The Roundtable is free but space is limited and registration is required. To sign up to attend, please fill out a brief form at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V6VS2GC.
You will receive confirmation of your registration with directions and parking information.
We look forward to seeing you at the Roundtable!
Organization: Environmental Investigation Agency
Job Title: HFC Climate Policy Analyst
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: Full Time — based on experience
Application Deadline: Oct. 8, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 25, 2012
Organization Overview
EIA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington DC, is looking to hire a motivated, organized policy analyst to help us protect the global climate both by securing a global phase out of the “Super” Greenhouse gases – HFCs (hydroflourocarbons).
Description
The Enivronmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is seeking a policy analyst to work on climate change mitigation and prevent the emission of 87-146 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents by 2050.
Responsibilities
The position will entail a diversity of activities including:
- Conducting outreach and advocacy within the Montreal Protocol and other venues to promote a phase-down of HFCs;
- Reviewing and analyzing scientific and technical documents related to HFCs and low-GWP alternative technologies and producing briefings and analyses;
- Advocating in different fora concerning HFC phase out Amendment proposal to the Montreal, as well as natural refrigerant alternatives to HFCs;
- Interacting with representatives of the retail and supermarket sector to promote phase out of HFC refrigeration technologies;
- Work with Senior Campaigners to implement a multi-faceted campaign;
- Travel as required.
Qualifications
Qualified candidates must have:
· A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated advocacy experience with an environmental or similar non profit organization;
· Excellent research and writing skills and good interpersonal skills;
· Excellent organization skills and highly motivated;
· An ability to communicate complex issues succinctly and effectively:
Other desirable qualifications include;
An interest or background in scientific or technical issues;
Familiarity with the Montreal Protocol and the UNFCCC process;
Some prior work on greenhouse gas issues;
A graduate degree (preferable) or a four-year degree in a scientific field;
How to Apply
Send cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae and writing sample to EIA, Director of Administration, P.O. Box 53343 Washington, DC 20009. Email:[email protected] or Fax; 202 986 8626. No phone calls please. Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted.
Organization: Alaska Wilderness League
Job Title: Communications Associate
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: Full Time – salary based on experience
Application Deadline: open until filled
Posted On: Sep. 27, 2012
Organization Overview
Alaska Wilderness League is the only Washington, DC‐based environmental group devoted full-time to protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other wilderness‐quality lands and waters offshore in Alaska. Founded in 1993, the League is a 501(c)(3) organization that works at the federal level on a variety of issues affecting Alaska’s wild lands and waters. With headquarters in DC and staff in four offices in Alaska and across the country, the League’s mission is to lead the effort to
preserve Alaska’s wild lands and waters by engaging citizens and decision makers with a courageous, constant, victorious voice for Alaska.
Description
The League seeks a Communications Associate. This individual will contribute to all major communications activities as a key member and team player in the communications department, and will work closely with the communications team to provide communications strategies and support to the Alaska Wilderness League’s campaigns. This position reports to the Communications Director and is based in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities
• With the Communications Director, develop communications goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics to build the League’s campaigns and long-term strength of the organization
• Support media outreach efforts, including pitching, maintaining media lists, developing talking points and press materials, organizing press conferences and briefings, coaching organizational spokespeople and producing media coverage reports
• Social media outreach and management
• Generate content for the League’s website
• Support production of print and online materials
• Serve as communications liaison with partner organizations
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience in public relations, media advocacy, journalism, nonprofit communications or a related field, with an emphasis on direct media outreach
• Superb writing, editing and verbal communication skills
• Experience contributing to and maintaining social media channels
• Strong project-management skills
• Commitment to the League’s mission
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-focused environment
• Highly motivated, demonstrates initiative and enthusiasm
• Experience with AP Stylebook, Vocus, HTML a plus
• Experience in conservation or other advocacy-related communications also a plus!
How to Apply
Send resume, cover letter, a relevant writing sample, salary history, and three references to: Search Committee, Alaska Wilderness League, 122 C Street NW, Suite 240, Washington, DC 20001; fax to 202-544-5197 or email [email protected].
Organization: The Nature Conservancy
Job Title: Director of Government Relations
Location: Austin, TX
Hours and Compensation: Full Time —
Application Deadline: Oct. 14, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 28, 2012
Organization Overview
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Since our founding in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. We have more than 1 million members and dedicated staff working in all 50 United States and more than 30 countries around the world — we are everywhere you want to be!
Description
The Director of Government Relations III plans, implements and coordinates programs to affect government policy and legislation across a region or for the Texas Chapter. S/he works with governmental entities at all levels to further the Conservancy’s mission of preserving biological diversity. S/he ensures that the program complies with federal lobbying laws and regulations, and monitors legislative and administrative initiatives and policies, which are related to the mission or programs of TNC. Duties include regular contact with local, county, state, federal, and country-level officials regarding matters pertaining to administrative and legislative actions related to the mission of The Nature Conservancy, and fund raising activity to increase the level of financial support for TNC projects and priorities. The Dir. of Government Relations III represents The Nature Conservancy before special interest groups and governmental officials, and works among key government officials to increase support for TNC’s mission and programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, government relations, public policy, international relations or related field and 7 years related senior-level experience. Master’s degree a plus.
- Working knowledge of federal lobbying laws and regulations.
- Experience managing and supervising a large multi-disciplinary team and managing a program budget.
- Experience working with current and evolving political, legislative and conservation trends on a federal and/or multi-state level.
- Experience in directing or participating in complex negotiations and presenting to and communicating with government officials, corporate executives, board members and others.
- Ability to work with partners/government agencies without violating any restrictions related to conflicts of interest, lobbying former employers, or influencing decision makers.
How to Apply
For more information and to apply, please visit www.nature.org/careers and search for job ID# 40453 in the keyword search. Deadline to apply is October 14, 2012.
Organization: Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
Job Title: Climate and Energy Program Outreach Associate
Location: San Francisco, CA
Hours and Compensation: Full Time – Salary: $46,000 – 58,000
Application Deadline: open until filled
Position Dates: Start Oct. 15, 2012
Posted On: Sep. 27, 2012
Organization Overview
Founded in 1987, the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) is a professional association of grantmaking foundations whose shared vision is for a sustainable, just and healthy future for all life on Earth, advanced by a vibrant and effective philanthropic sector.
CGBD is building a community of foundation leaders who learn from each other; share the knowledge that resides in their separate foundations; adopt an holistic, integrated approach to environmental analysis and problem-solving; are well-informed about the current state of scientific, economic and political factors affecting their work; whose short-term strategies are informed by a broad-scale, long-range assessment of future trends; and who actively pursue collaborative endeavors.
The CGBD supports member-driven programs and projects that focus on climate change and energy, marine ecosystems, land and freshwater conservation, conservation science, the Gulf of California, and international biodiversity issues.
Description
The mission of CGBD’s Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG) is to create a strong and effective funding community committed to combatting climate change and building a global clean energy economy. We do this by:
- Building knowledge, promoting learning, information sharing, and dialogue.
- Facilitating funder collaboration and connectivity.
- Sustaining and expanding the field of climate and energy philanthropy.
The CEFG Program Outreach Associate will support and assist the Program’s director and member foundations in achieving a global transition to a clean energy economy. The successful candidate will be a core team member charged with meeting the growing needs of the CEFG. This is a mid-level position designed to support focused funder work groups and collaboratives, comprised of funders working together in a specific geography (e.g. the Northeast) or around a strategic focus (e.g. stopping new coal-fired power plants); topics will shift as needs and opportunities shift in the climate and clean energy arena. The Program Outreach Associate will cultivate, manage and grow key relationships and build the funder collaborations.
Responsibilities
The position includes a variety of programmatic, administrative, and outreach responsibilities.
- Work with CEFG member foundations and the Program Director to identify and support funder collaboratives or work groups around key issues or target geographies.
- Schedule and coordinate working group meetings, including logistics and agenda development.
- Expand the working groups through outreach.
- Coordinate with advocates working in the same region or on the same strategic focus.
- Help manage online connectivity, including listservs for CEFG and work groups.
- Convene regular calls and webinars for working group members.
- Facilitate identifying priorities and goals for CEFG and work groups.
- Assist the Program Director in general learning and networking activities.
- Assist in developing grant proposals and reports.
- Facilitate communications among members through regular email updates.
- Track expenses and prepare budgets.
- Represent CEFG at various meetings.
- Work with the Program Director to provide members with requested information and support.
- Travel requirement: 5-10% of time (4-6 out of town meetings per year).
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following qualities, skills, and experience:
- Experience working with a network or coalition.
- Knowledge of climate change policy, programs and organizations.
- General knowledge of nonprofit program management procedures.
- Strong desire to work for an environmental organization and/or non-profit.
- Interest in carrying out CEFG’s and CGBD’s vision, mission and goals.
- Experience with outreach, communication and networking.
- Logistical skills in planning and implementing conferences and meetings.
- Experience in writing grant proposals.
- Resourceful, able to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively.
- Good team player, positive attitude.
- Ability to communicate clearly, respectfully, and warmly, both orally and in writing.
- Unfailingly courteous and diplomatic.
- Demonstrated responsibility, dependability, and confidentiality in the performance of all job functions.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should e-mail a substantive cover letter explaining how your skills and background fit this position and a resume to [email protected]. Please reference Program Outreach Associate in the subject line.
An Environmental and Economic Opportunity for New York State Communities
http://www.law.pace.edu/news-events
REGISTER NOW! Learn about the great potential New York State has to be a national leader in converting its organics into vehicle fuel!
This Workshop, co-sponsored with the Pace Energy and Climate Center, will be the first major venue in New York State bringing the pioneers in the Organics industry together with New York communities, government officials, waste companies, policymakers and energy investors.
New York State has vast organic waste feedstocks:
Organics in 27 large landfills
600 wastewater treatment plants
The fourth largest dairy industry in the country
and a $3 billion food processing industry
And every day our households, factories, farms and dairies throw away tons more. At present all this waste is not only squandering a valuable energy resource but is also draining public budgets. Just in New York City, taxpayers spend more than $325 million each year to export organic wastes to distant landfills.
The fuel that can be made from organic wastes is called “biomethane” or Renewable Natural Gas: “RNG”. It is really the first fuel we have that can be widely used in transportation and that is renewable, clean and has close to a zero carbon footprint.
It can be used wherever fossil natural gas is used: most importantly in bus and truck fleets. But RNG is much better than fossil natural gas because it requires no drilling! So for those who are concerned about the natural gas drilling technique called “hydrofracking” making natural gas from waste instead is a great option, and the jobs created in the State to produce RNG will be permanent green energy jobs. Growing an organic wastes-to-fuel industry can improve prospects greatly for New York’s environmental and economic future.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Pace Law School, Tudor Room, White Plains, NY
directions
Organization: Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Job Title: Communications Intern
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: 10-20 hours/week (flexible — and basic stipend
Application Deadline: until filled
Position Dates: Start in October or when filled
Posted On: Sep. 25, 2012
Organization Overview
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is a dynamic grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. We envision a country where clean energy sources, such as solar and wind power, are prioritized and dirty fossil fuels are phased out; where our world is on a path to 350 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, creating a stable, sustainable climate.
Description
We are looking for a Fall 2012 Communications Intern to expand our organization’s communications capacity. This is an excellent opportunity for students and recent graduates with interests in climate change, environmental policy, public health and advocacy communications. The position is part-time, 10 to 20 hours per week, with flexible hours that can accommodate a student’s schedule. We offer a basic stipend depending on experience, hours, and internship duration. Academic credit is available where applicable. The internship will be based in CCAN’s main office in Takoma Park, Maryland (just three blocks from Metro Red Line).
Responsibilities
- Draft and edit a wide variety of promotional content, including action alerts, fact sheets, news releases, blog posts, and web content.
- Track media coverage and build and update media contact lists.
- Conduct research.
- Produce content for Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites.
- Produce multimedia content, including videos and photos.
- Attend and help with logistics for various events and meetings.
- Perform other functions as needed.
Qualifications
- Passion for fighting climate change and interest in environmental communications.
- Excellent written, verbal, and research skills.
- Ability to work independently and in teams, prioritize workload, and multi-task.
- Attention to detail.
- Organized, self-motivated and flexible.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite and internet applications.
- Familiarity with social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc).
- HTML/CSS, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, iMovie knowledge a plus.
How to Apply
Please submit cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to Communications Director Kelly Trout at[email protected]. Please specify “CCAN Fall 2012 Communications Internship” as the subject of your email. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the internship is filled.
Organization: Food & Water Watch
Job Title: Spring Research and Policy Internship
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: at least 15 hours/week — Unpaid
Application Deadline: February 28, 2012
Position Dates: Spring Semester
Posted On: Sep. 25, 2012
Organization Overview
Food & Water Watch is a leading national consumer advocacy organization that runs dynamic, cutting edge campaigns that challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources, empower people to take action and transform the public consciousness about what we eat and drink. Since 2005, we have won significant victories to protect our food and water. Our work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and other major media outlets. For more information check out our website at www.foodandwaterwatch.org.
Description
We are currently seeking spring interns interested in fighting for safe food, clean water, and healthy oceans. This position typically runs at least 10 weeks, for 15 hours per week. Current student standing is not necessary. We operate in a relaxed office environment in Washington, DC, metro accessible.
In the wake of the global financial crisis, the finance industry has turned to our common resources as a source of profit. They are using market-based environmental schemes to build a financial superstructure on top of our resources, putting our economy and our environment at risk. The policy and research intern on the Common Resources Program will work directly with our staff to challenge these trends.
Responsibilities
• Track news and research relating to market-based environmental programs and proposals.
• Assist in ongoing research and updates to database of existing market-based environmental programs.
• Conduct background research on companies and organizations affiliated with the financial industry.
• Disseminating information on our issues via blogging.
• For upper-level interns, possibility to research and produce full-length issue brief.
Qualifications
- Strong passion for and commitment to both social and environmental justice
- Strong writing skills
- Some prior research experience
- Graduate students sought for upper level internships, but undergrad students encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Please email a tailored cover letter, resume, and writing sample to [email protected] (Subject: Spring DC Common Resources Research Internship).
Please be sure to indicate in your cover letter that you are interested in the spring DC Common Resources Research Internship.
