The Bard CEP Career Portal

Organization: Bridging Nations

Position Title: Higher Education and Workforce Development Research Intern

Location: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue Suite 715, Washington, DC, 20036, US

Hours and Compensation: 30 hours/week, unpaid

Application Deadline: January 31, 2013

Organization Overview

Bridging Nations Foundation is a nonprofit, policy organization based in Washington, D.C. that promotes shared prosperity by developing international dialogue through collaboration and learning. We believe that technological innovation, particularly in areas of shared concern such as energy and the environment, will promote economic cooperation and secure the earth for future generations. Bridging Nations Foundation offers diverse educational programs that build cultural, political, and economic bridges between the United States, China, and India in order to address the realities of an increasingly interdependent world. The Bridging Nations Foundation is current focusing on our ongoing commitment to global higher education and workforce development and the role these fields play in global economic prosperity.

The College of Energy, Environment & Sustainability is an initiative of the Bridging Nations Foundation and is dedicated to establishing educational pathways for futures in environmental disciplines. The College of Energy, Environment, and Sustainability combines a commitment to practical and collaborative learning with a global emphasis on promoting technological innovations for a greener future. CEES offers its students highly-specialized post-graduate diplomas and certificates through courses taught by professors around the world to educate its students on current energy and environment issues. An education at CEES will enable its graduates to confront such issues with innovative and global solutions.

Description

Responsibilities

• Research ongoing global higher education development and workforce development
• Build and contribute to a database of ongoing global higher education development
• Write brief reports on research findings
• Assist in event planning, conference planning and outreach
• Manage routine administrative and writing tasks
• Data entry
• Pitch and/or write featured content for blogs and social media for the organization
• Occasionally create ad and promotional materials to promote events, initiatives, and programs
• Assisting with any other administrative tasks as needed
• Assignments may change on a day-to-day basis

Qualifications

• College senior or graduate
• Significant classroom or practical experience in research or another related field
• Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Strong computer and organizational skills
• Strong research and writing skills
• Excellent personal initiative and independence
• Significant understanding of Microsoft Office applications, Google Docs applications, and standard social media platforms
• Previous experience working with WordPress preferred
• Experience in making complex policy issues understandable for a wider audience.
• Comfortable assisting with and assuming responsibility for routine office tasks

• Start date and end date flexible. Hours are approximately 20-30 per week.

• Foreign students must have permission to work in the United States.

How to Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter, along with a short writing sample to [email protected]

The Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for “Assistant Project Manager for Environmental Dashboard”.

This is a one-year grant funded position (potentially renewable based on grant support) intended for a recent college graduate.   The hire will assist in development, management, assessment and communication related to “Environmental Dashboard”.  This novel technology combines environmentally and socially contextualized real-time feedback on resource consumption and environmental conditions in buildings and cities with pro-environmental images and text drawn from community members (see www.oberlindashboard.org).

The goal is to develop, test and disseminate this as a technology and approach that enhances “systems thinking” and pro-environmental identity and that can be adopted by communities throughout the Great Lakes and beyond.  The incumbent will assist in all aspects of project management including overseeing students workers, coordination among community partners (including public school teachers, city government, businesses and non-profits) managing the website, assisting in research, assisting in curriculum development (K-12 & college), representing the project and soliciting participation from other communities.

Important skills and experiences include excellent oral and written communication, project management, web management, strong computer aptitude, and a demonstrated interest in promoting environmental sustainability.  Exceptional organizational skills and a high level of responsibility are essential.

Review of applicants begins November 25, position starts 1/6/14.  A complete job description including instructions for applying is posted at:

http://new.oberlin.edu/home/jobs/jobs_detail.dot?id=f744a1bf-35eb-45ac-a57e-df6b64411cac

Organization: United Methodist Committee on Relief

Position Title: Executive Secretary, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security

Location: 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10115, US

Hours and Compensation: Full time

Application Deadline: rolling, December 7, 2013

Organization Overview

Reports to: Associate General Secretary, International Disaster Response

UMCOR provides humanitarian relief and disaster response in the United States and internationally. Our efforts are targeted in places where natural disasters, war, or conflict have done so much damage that communities are unable to recover on their own. While UMCOR is not a first-response organization, we stand ready to accompany communities in need over the long haul of their recovery, until they are well on their way to establishing a “new normal” after a crisis.

Sharing knowledge is the primary goal of UMCOR’s Sustainable Agriculture and Development (SA&D) program. UMCOR SA&D offers livelihood training to rural communities in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, and most recently, Zimbabwe. We work with local partners and communities in these countries to ensure that the program is relevant to the people we serve, farm-centered and field-based.

UMCOR SA&D emphasizes economic and environmental viability and sustainability. Training and education empower farmers to take care not only of their families, but of the land while promoting independence and self-reliance. For example, when farmers learn beekeeping or livestock husbandry, they create resources that can be used for generations to come.

UMCOR now seeks an Executive Secretary to manage the grants portfolio, maintain donor and partner relationships, and provide technical guidance across all units in the SA&D sector.

Responsibilities

Duties include but not limited to:

• Manage the portfolio of grants associated with the sector of sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development
• Maintain contacts and relationships with related partner organizations, include the possible participation in meetings, site visits and other coordinated efforts
• Facilitate organizational learning and awareness of global issues and policies related to sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development and assist with the development of organizational strategy as related to the related sectors
• Provide technical support and guidance to UMCOR partners and field offices in grant, proposal, and program development and implementation (including granting of UMCOR private funds, as well as contributing to institutional donor proposal development)
• Work with UMCOR colleagues across all units (including Global Health, International Disaster Response and US Disaster Response) to ensure comprehensive, integrated approaches to sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development in the USA and globally.

Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of the sector of sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development;
• Strong skills in grants management (including ability to review grant applications for technical strength and cultural appropriateness, provide feedback and guidance, negotiation, oversight, monitoring and evaluation of grantees’ performance and project impact);
• Understanding of US Government policies and international standards and trends in the related sectors, and ability to interpret and articulate these within UMCOR’s mission and approach to the work;
• Ability to interact with a diverse group of partners and peers with diplomacy, professionalism and integrity in a fast-paced and often complex environment, while ensuring that UMCOR’s mission and stance towards sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development is maintained;
• Cross-cultural communication skills, foreign language skills a plus (especially French, Spanish, and Portuguese) Requirements Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s Degree strongly preferred. (Extra years of directly-related experience may replace years/level of education.) Preferred degree focus: international development, international economics, agriculture or related field. 3-5 years’ experience managing grants and/or programs or projects in the sector of sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development, or related fields. Years of experience may be replaced by education, volunteer experience, etc. Experience working with a faith-based organization strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s Degree strongly preferred.(Extra years of directly-related experience may replace years/level of education.) Preferred degree focus: international development, international economics, agriculture or related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience managing grants and/or programs or projects in the sector of sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihoods and economic development, or related fields.  Years of experience may be replaced by education, volunteer experience, etc.
• Experience working with a faith-based organization strongly preferred.

How to Apply

If you are eligible to work in the United States and meet the minimum requirements, please submit your cover letter, resume and complete the position related questions on our website at http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH07/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=GBGM&cws=1&rid=213.Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with hiring at the earliest possible date. This job will remain open until filled. No phone calls please. We appreciate your interest in the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

The General Board of Global Ministries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Organization: NRDC

Position Title: China Coal Project Manager

Location: Prosper Center, Tower 1, Rm 1901, 5 Guanghua Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020, China

Hours and Compensation: full time

Application Deadline: December 6, 2013

Organization Overview

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking an experienced full-­time Project Manager for our China Coal Policy Project based in NRDC’s Beijing office.

NRDC is one of the most effective environmental organizations in the United States and abroad. Established in 1970, NRDC uses law, science and the backing of 1.3 million members and online supporters to protect the planet and ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. We are a non-profit, non-­governmental international organization headquartered in New York, and have offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing, China. Our staff of over 430 environmental lawyers, scientists, policy analysts and engineers work together protect the world’s environment and curb carbon emissions through advocacy, law, policy change and education, as well as on-­the-­ground project implementation support.

With a team of nearly thirty experts in Beijing and the United States, NRDC’s China Program is at the forefront of supporting China’s efforts on energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental protection. We are proud to have collaborated with many academic, governmental, and non-­governmental partners around the country to help accelerate these efforts.

Description

Under the guidance of the Director of China Climate and Energy Policy and the Senior Advisor for Climate, Energy and Environment, the Project Manager (PM) for the China Coal Policy Project will be responsible for the overall project administration and the coordination of subgrantees. With support from the project team, the PM will be charged with managing and ensuring timely communication, reporting, task implementation, and results delivery by subgrantees. The PM shall develop and manage effective internal processes on progress reporting, budget and expense monitoring, and coordination with the Finance and Development teams in NRDC’s head office on payments, contracting, and other related issues.

The Project Manager will be based in NRDC’s Beijing office and will be an integral part of the NRDC China climate and energy team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the coal policy project, including contracting subgrantees, monitoring partner progress, ensuring on-time reporting and delivery of deliverables, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among project partners, and timely addressing any challenges to project implementation.
• Develop and manage the process for the collection of quarterly progress and expenditure reports from research partners and prepare NRDC’s monthly and quarterly project progress and finance reports for the project funder.
• Monitor project expenditures and ensure proper controls and smooth invoicing and payment to subgrantees upon satisfactory completion of deliverables; track overall project budget and expenditures.
• Participate in ongoing working group meetings to monitor and track project progress, and lead staff to organize meetings of steering committee, working groups, and other related workshops.
• Work with project team members to develop and produce communication materials and publications for distribution as needed.
• Work with the other members of NRDC’s China Program and US colleagues to enhance NRDC’s research and advocacy efforts and expertise on energy and environmental policy.
• Strive for teamwork, high performance and accountability.

Qualifications

• Successful past experience and strong ability in managing large-­scale energy/environmental policy research projects in China with multiple partners. Accounting and funds management experience.
• Solid scientific and technical understanding of energy and environmental issues, including energy policy and technology; environmental impacts of coal, including air, soil and water pollution and GHG emissions; and health impacts from air pollution.
• Broad knowledge of clean energy and climate change policy in China, and the ability to analyze how policies can be improved.
• Ability to work cooperatively with stakeholders, including government representatives and researchers, universities, companies, and NGOs.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team player.
• Strong Chinese and English language skills, including the ability to research and write persuasively in both languages.
• Care for details, accuracy and high quality output.
• Self?motivated, and able to work in a fast?paced environment and work under pressure managing multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years of highly relevant work experience.
• High fluency in Chinese and English, with excellent oral and written skills as well as bilingual translation ability.
• Advanced degree(s) in relevant fields.
• Experience working in the public and/or non-­profit sector desired.

NRDC offers competitive compensation based on experience and a pleasant working environment. NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

How to Apply

To apply, please visit our website at www.nrdc.org/jobs and upload a cover letter, CV and any relevant writing samples. If you have any questions about this position, please send an email with the position title in the subject line to hr_bj@nrdc­china.org. No phone calls please.

Applications will be accepted through December 6^th or until filled.

For further information about NRDC, please visit www.nrdc.org and www.nrdc.cn.

Organization: Snohomish Conservation District

Position Title: Community Conservation Specialist

Location: Lake Stevens, WA

Hours and Compensation: Salary range: $41,000-$60,000 depending on experience. Permanent, full-time, with benefits

Application Deadline: This position will remain open until: Wednesday, December 11th at 4:30 p.m.

Description

The position of Community Conservation Specialist has been developed to expand and implement the District’s activities to address a wide variety of resource concerns in the urban and residential areas of Snohomish County and Camano Island.  Resource concerns for the position are primarily stormwater management.  Secondary concerns may include backyard habitat, Native Growth Protection Areas, urban farming and urban forestry.  Funding for this position is subject to availability of state and local government grants and contracts and a county wide assessment.  The person hired for this position is directly responsible to the Community Conservation Team, and works under the technical supervision of the Professional Engineer.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility for this position will be managing the wide variety of projects associated with the Community Conservation Team.  Project management includes partner coordination, management of subcontractors, management of grants and contracts, billing and financial administration, management of educational efforts and workshops, and construction coordination and supervision.

Additional responsibilities will include Low Impact Development onsite technical assistance and education to homeowners within Snohomish County, the development of outreach material and drafting technical assistance plans and letters for local homeowners and organizations.

Duties and activities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ability to manage a project and project team, and to effectively implement projects on time and on budget.
• Plan and coordinate workshops, update and create new presentations as necessary and present at frequent evening and weekend events.
• Project planning, scheduling, billing and oversight.
• Provide regular financial and project progress reports to project cooperators and grant providers.  Update progress in an Access database.
• Provide landowners with sound technical assistance through site analyses, design and implementation documents, and outreach. Assist in preparing permit applications and securing funding where applicable. Assist professional engineers in preparing preliminary designs, final designs, construction drawings, and construction specifications for complex structures. Incumbent will lay out work for construction, provide necessary interpretations of the drawings and specifications needed to determine conformance, perform inspections and troubleshoot.
• Conduct field investigations, surveys and monitoring needed in the development of conservation practices for structural and non-structural solutions to problems with water quality, erosion, drainage, and irrigation.
• Assist in developing educational materials.
• Conducting door to door and phone surveys.
• Assist in preparing grant applications for new and on-going district programs.
• Attend regular conservation district board meetings and other local, area and state meetings as needed.
• Attend local, state and national training sessions and workshops related to skills development.
• Serve as an incidental motor vehicle operator, requiring operation of a motor vehicle on both public and private roads during daylight and occasionally after dark.  A valid WA State driver’s license is required.
• Assist with the annual district plant sale.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

This position requires at least three years of experience in planning, project management, budgeting and financial management, natural resource management, communications, and/or education and outreach and a Bachelor’s degree in a compatible field of study.  This position requires the following skills:

• Knowledge of a broad range of soil and water conservation principles, techniques, methods and practices to apply and install conservation systems which involve complex and diverse LID practices and other land uses principles.
• Knowledge of a broad range of LID and engineering principles.
• Knowledge of planting varieties native to Western Washington.
• Knowledge of drainage and water conveyance principles.
• Ability to motivate individuals to adopt and implement resource management practices on their property.  This may include speaking in front of public groups, organizations, or clubs.
• Knowledge and skills in computer use for word processing, database creation and maintenance, spreadsheets, AutoCAD, scheduling, GIS, PowerPoint, and other uses as they arise.  Ability above data entry level is required.
• Creativity and adaptability related to event planning and outreach activities.
• Flexibility and willingness to take on multiple projects.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely to and from the field.
• Ability to work in the field on various terrains and under various conditions.
• Ability to work alone or closely with others in a public office environment.
• Ability to organize and plan own schedule of activities related to work goals set by the District Manager.
• Ability to maintain accurate records regarding time-keeping and authorized expenses.
• Other desirable skills: SA certified arborist, proficiency in ArcMap, community involvement and volunteering experience, familiarity with water and energy conservation programs, incentives and solutions for the public.

How to Apply

Application can be found at conservation district website www.snohomishcd.org under Employment, or at the District office.  Applicants must provide a cover letter (outlining job skills and qualifications), a completed application form, a résumé, a sample of work relevant to the position (publication, project write-up, design, press release, etc.) and three professional references.

Applicant should submit the material for this position to:

Snohomish Conservation District Attention Kate Riley 528 – 91st Ave NE Lake Stevens WA  98258-2538

For more information, contact:

[email protected] 425-335-5634 extension 119 425-335-5024 fax

Please let the employer know that you are responding to the environmental job posting in EcoEmploy.com

Organization: Columbia Land Conservancy

Title: Community Projects Manager

Location: Chatham, NY

Deadline:November 25, 2013

Description

CLC is seeking a Community Projects Manager who will manage CLC’s Community Assistance Program, which supports local municipalities in their efforts to develop and implement land use policies and practices that promote and protect the rural character of Columbia County. Specific responsibilities include designing and offering training and resources to promote sound land use practices and conservation tools, working with communities to identify conservation priorities, and providing technical assistance and resources for community planning initiatives and conservation projects.

Qualifications/How to Apply

This position requires strong interpersonal skills and initiative. Preferred candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and an advanced degree in planning, landscape architecture, law, or a related environmental or conservation field, and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in land use or community planning or design.  CLC offers a competitive salary and benefits package. Email cover letter, resume, and recent writing samples as a single pdf document with “Community Projects Manager Position” in the subject to [email protected] or mail to CLC, Attn: Projects Manager Search, 49 Main Street, Chatham NY 12037.  The full job description can be found here.

The deadline to apply for this position is November 25, 2013. No phone calls. EOE employer.

We are always looking for volunteers!

The Andrew Cole International Prize Essay Competition 2014

FOUR VIEWS OF GLOBAL WARMING

This year’s international prize essay competition takes its theme from the 2011 book:

Four Views of Global Warming: Severe Danger, Mild Danger, Denial, Positive Event

by Christophe Dupont

In this book Dupont elucidates all of the various positions that one could take on global warming. He divides this range of positions up into four different views – ‘Serious Danger’, ‘Mild Danger’, ‘Denial’ and ‘Positive Event’. Dupont gives a sympathetic interpretation of all of these views. His underlying assumption is that when other people have a different view, then one should seek to fully empathise and critically engage with their view, rather than hastily reject it due to one’s own ingrained (but limited) assumptions. Such an approach can surely help us to advance our understanding as to the appropriate human response to global warming.

The purpose of this competition is to pick up where Dupont left off in 2011. By sympathetically contrasting and comparing the merits of the four different views of global warming it is to be hoped that further advances can be made in our understanding of the appropriate human response to global warming. Entries are sought which attempt to achieve this goal.

The winning essay will receive a prize of £200 and will be published in late 2014 as part of a book on environmental issues. Essays which are not successful, but that are of a high standard, may also be included in the book.

Competition Details:

There is no lower word limit; however, there is an upper word limit of 10,000 words (including footnotes, excluding references).

Multiple entries are accepted.

Entries should be in English.

Submissions should not have previously been published.

There are no restrictions on who can enter the competition.

Entries from two or more authors are acceptable.

Entries should be sent via email attachment to [email protected] on or before the closing date of 30 June 2014 (midnight GMT); entries should have the following in the subject line “2014 Prize Essay Entry”.

The name of the entrant should be included in the body of the email and should not appear in the attachment.

Any queries regarding the competition should be sent to [email protected]

The adjudicators reserve the right not to award the prize if no entry of sufficient standard is received. Their decision will be final, and no correspondence about it will be entered into.

Full details of the competition and of Four Views of Global Warming can be found here:

http://www.cranmorepublications.co.uk/2014

Organization: Hewlett Foundation Fellowship

Position Title: Environment Program Fellow

Location: Menlo Park, CA

Description

A Hewlett Foundation Fellowship allows an individual to enrich his or her understanding of philanthropy and of specific subject matter by engaging in all phases of grantmaking in the Foundation’s areas of interest. Over a two-year term, Fellows are assigned to one of the Foundation’s four programs or to its Effective Philanthropy Group, which supports strategic grantmaking, giving them the opportunity to learn from staff across the organization and from each other. Fellows work closely with a program/group’s staff to help implement its projects and ongoing grantmaking activities. They may be assigned either to work on a particular initiative or to provide their team with broader support, monitoring activities to ensure alignment with the program/group’s strategic plan and collaborating with team members to maintain the high quality of their work.

Within the Environment Program, the Fellow will support various projects, including research-related activities with individual program officers, communications work that spans the Program’s grantmaking, and other cross-cutting activities such as helping to gather and monitor data to ensure strategic targets are met. Depending on the nature of the assignment, the Fellow may engage with NGO staff, other funders, and staff in other Foundation programs. The Fellow may also act as a liaison with a counterpart Fellow in the Global Development and Population Program to explore linkages between the two programs’ objectives and grantmaking activities. The Fellow will report (at least initially) to the Environment Program Director.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate or advanced degree in public policy (environment-focused), public affairs, business, evaluation, or environmental studies or sciences (preferred).
• Intention to pursue further studies/formal training or professional experience that will enhance her/his skills in environmental protection.
• Work experience in the environmental field.
• Excellent research and critical thinking skills and ability to conceptualize, think creatively, and thoughtfully approach assigned projects; strong quantitative skills and orientation.
• Demonstrated capability to analyze and present complex information in a compelling manner, both orally and in writing.
• Excellent organizational skills, with a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Independent initiative, a sense of humor, and a collegial spirit in sharing ideas and receiving feedback.
• Personal integrity, excellent judgment, and flexibility.
• Proficiency with technology tools and applications, including MS Office.

How to Apply

Please email a resume and cover letter explaining how your skills fit this position to the Human Resources Department at [email protected]  (Subject Line: [Your Name] – Fellow, Environment Program).

Organization: The Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Position Title: Ocean Leadership Policy Intern

Location: Washington DC

Hours and Compensation: 

Internships are available year-round and Ocean Leadership provides a base stipend of $1500 per month. Institutions are encouraged, but not required, to match stipends for a minimum of 2 months and cover intern travel costs to and from DC. The intern’s medical insurance coverage will remain with his or her individual policy or student group health insurance. Internships typically follow the academic semester schedule, but specific start and end dates are flexible.

Application Deadline: 

Spring Semester: January – May (November 14 application deadline)

Summer Semester: June – August (February 28 application deadline)

Fall Semester: end of August-December (June 19 application deadline)

Organization Overview

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership offers Washington, DC-based internships for students at Ocean Leadership member institutions. Over the years, interns have come from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and institutions in the academic and government sectors and have made many valuable contributions to the mission and work of Ocean Leadership.

Description

The policy internship is designed to further professional development for current or recently graduated students by working with Ocean Leadership’s Public Affairs staff. Each intern will learn about the entire spectrum of Ocean Leadership activities, including involvement in the legislative process, projects with various federal oceanographic agencies, and a variety of educational initiatives. The intern is responsible for monitoring, analyzing and reporting on relevant bills and legislative hearings, contributing to the advocacy section of the weekly newsletter, developing information for congressional members and committees, attending hearings on behalf of Ocean Leadership, and pursuing other items on Ocean Leadership’s legislative agenda.

How to Apply

Preference is given to students in good standing at an Ocean Leadership member institution therefore it is recommended that interested students seek out support for their application from their university’s Ocean Leadership representative via a sponsorship letter. Interested applicants should provide a writing sample (less than 3 pages), a cover letter, a C.V. or resume, and a letter of recommendation (or sponsorship letter) from a university representative or faculty member.

For more information, contact Kassandra Cerveny: 1201 New York Ave., N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. (202) 448-1227, e-mail: [email protected]

Organization: Friends of Alewife Reservation

Position Title: Environmental Coordinator Assistant Intern

Location: Cambridge, MA

Hours and Compensation: not listed

Application Deadline: not listed

Organization Overview

FAR is a multi-leveled stewarding and advocacy group that desires to protect the public Reservation land owned by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. We strive to preserve the Reservation for wildlife and future generations while providing a highly accessible natural open space area for passive recreationists. The group is run by a board that oversees activity and helps advocate for the needs of the reservation.

Environmental Stewardship is highly interesting and necessary to the residents in Cambridge, Arlington, Belmont, and Somerville. FAR has been in the environmental lead in Cambridge for outdoor education concerning plants, animals, insects, and birds on a consistent basis, with publications for distribution and sale.

Description

This internship provides an excellent opportunity to learn more about the environmental non-profit world in Mass. and gain multi-level skills in setting a model for urban wild stewardship with the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Most importantly, the chosen Intern familiar and experienced with environmental education will gain invaluable community outreach experience and enjoy a breath-taking area in the midst of an urban regional location.

Responsibilities

About the Internship: The intern will serve as an assistant to the Office and Outreach Coordinator and assist the Coordinator in daily tasks. Daily tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Phone and email communication with FAR members, donors, partnering organizations and local politics
• Contact local newspapers to communicate events- Excellent computer skills required
• Proactively learn more about pertinent conservation issues and make suggestions on how FAR can improve community outreach

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will:

• Possess a passion for the preserving the environment.
• Knowledge of regional flora and fauna
• A willingness to learn and a keen interest in continuing in the environmental non-profit field
• Communication skills including writing, phone and online networking
• Microsoft office and Excel
• Willingness to dive into a challenging position
• Availability on various Saturdays for 2-3 hours
• Experience working with adults and youth in an outdoor setting

How to Apply

[email protected]

617415-1884

CHARMING COTTAGE FOR RENT, 1 mile from Bard, overlooking Tivoli Bays and Catskills

Charming “Scandinavian style” cottage overlooking Tivoli Bays woods,  the Hudson and Catskills. Easy bike ride or beautiful walk through the woods to Bard.  Designed in 1940s with original wood paneling and renovated with oak flooring and bedroom carpeting. Downstairs: two bedrooms and living/study area. Upstairs large living room, open kitchen, bathroom, and large screened in porch facing west overlooking garden, the woods and mountains.
Semi-furnished. Rent: $1100-1500, depending on arrangements and number of occupants. Available November 2013 through June 2014; September 2014-June 2015.  Contact [email protected]. cell phone: 845-233-1113

Organization: Healthy Planet US

Position Title: Cultivation Intern

Location: San Francisco, CA, US

Hours and Compensation: unpaid

Application Deadline: not listed

Organization Overview

Do the words nonprofit, social enterprise, and innovation excite you? Do you cherish the health of the environment? Are you an out of the box thinker?

Then you’re in the right place!

Healthy Planet US is a nonprofit that seeks to address the two biggest challenges of our time – our health and our food system – by inspiring individuals, families, and communities with practical and fun solutions.

We believe small changes make a big difference.

Description

As the Cultivation Intern, you won’t be sent to pick up coffee and tea. You’re a mover and shaker, and eager to learn. It will be your duty to cultivate the proper information and relationships. You will learn how to efficiently and successfully implement projects and initiatives. You will help us manage our project research. You will assist in the planning and implementation of program operations. You will gain an overall understanding of how a non profit functions, from its day to day running, to its internal and external communications, to its overall strategic planning. You may also have the opportunity to learn how to plan, design, and implement one of your own ideas…from ‘farm to table.’

Responsibilities

• Learn and assist in cohesive project planning and implementation
• Liaise and recruit a range of partners and stakeholders, including schools, businesses, chefs, ?sport and social clubs, and food champions
• Assist in the planning and implementation of workshops, events, cooking courses, and more ?for Healthy Planet members
• Assist in the implementation and periodic renewal of Healthy Planet’s policies and ?procedures
• Research new training opportunities for all staff
• Learn and assist in the formulation of cross-­?departmental strategies and initiatives
• Assist to ensure that all communications accurately and persuasively present the vision, ?mission and values of Healthy Planet

Qualifications

This is a very hands on role. An ideal candidate for this position will be highly organized, very personable, and an astute problem solver, as well as flexible and self motivated. The successful intern will demonstrate a real interest in project and operations management. You will also be passionate about environmental and/or food issues.

• Highly organized, direct, professional and ambitious
• A problem solver that thinks out of the box
• Excellent communication & very personable
• Ability to build networks and make connections
• Excellent computer skills
• Self-starter with the ability to use own initiative
• Research experience
• A passion for environmental issues especially sustainable foods
• A team player
• Punctual & good time management
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Commitment to self?development
• Personal integrity and credibility
• An eye for detail

Note: This is an unpaid internship. Reward comes in helping to become something that’s bigger than yourself. You’re helping support incredible programs that will educate the youth on how important is it to eat healthy. Our goal is to see a garden in every school in America – this is how you can help! Perks include, building your profile, work experience, free events, references.

How to Apply

If interested, please email a cover letter and your resume to [email protected]  For more information call (415) 49GROW4

Organization: Rainforest Action Network

Position Title: Rainforest Agribusiness National Organizing Intern

Location: California

Hours and Compensation: Full time, unpaid

Application Deadline: not listen

Organization Overview

Why intern with RAN?

• Channel your passion into an effective campaign that transforms America’s snack food industry
• Halt the destruction of our planet’s last ancient forests
• Save orangutans from extinction
• Stop the oppression of Indigenous communities and forest peoples
• Empower supporters and activists across the country to take action
• Learn valuable skills – campaign planning, time management, research, grassroots organizing, strategic thinking, and so much more

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) was founded with the belief that a sustainable and just world can and must be created in our lifetime, and that it will take individuals and communities standing together to confront corporate power to get us there. Through education, grassroots organizing and nonviolent direct action, RAN’s campaigns focus on catalyzing market and investment pressure to transform corporate and government policies and behavior in support of forests, the climate and human rights.

In our twenty-seven years of working to support forests and forest peoples, RAN has won major corporate policy changes that have transformed the home building, food product, automobile, oil, paper and banking industries. Through our two program areas, Forests, and Energy and Finance, RAN is currently working to change the policies of the global agribusinesses and pulp and paper industries in order to stop deforestation and the oppression of forest peoples, and is tackling the world’s dirtiest fossil fuels, coal and oil, and the leading banks that make their expansion possible, to address the root causes of climate change. For more information on the nature of the campaign, you can visit www.ran.org and www.theproblemwithpalmoil.org.

Working directly with our Rainforest Agribusiness National Organizer and Palm Oil Campaigner, interns will develop outreach skills by engaging RAN Palm Oil Activists across the nation and mobilizing them to take action. The National Organizing Program aims to break the link between the palm oil in America’s snack foods and rainforest destruction, orangutan extinction and human rights and labor abuses.

Description

As a RAN intern, you not only get to work on a daily basis with experienced campaigners and program staff, but you will also get the opportunity to participate in trainings led by staff such as campaign issue briefings, communications/media skills, and corporate campaigning 101.

RAN’s internships provide “hands-on-learning” about our brand of corporate campaigning for the forests, climate and human rights as well as direct experience working in a non-profit office. Besides learning about the diverse aspects of RAN’s Agribusiness campaign, you will have the opportunity to participate in interdepartmental meetings and campaign planning retreats that will give you insight into RAN as a whole.

Many RAN interns have later obtained employment with RAN and at a wide range of social justice and environmental organizations.

In coalition with Indigenous communities and allies from around the world, RAN uses non-violent direct action, grassroots organizing, education, and strategic communications to challenge corporations to phase out destructive operations, respect human rights, and adopt comprehensive policies that mitigate their contributions to global warming. RAN values diversity, educates staff on issues including privilege and oppression, and integrates these values into all of our work. We are seeking candidates who have a commitment to engage in this process and work with us to create a just, inclusive, and sustainable work environment and world. RAN provides all people with equal employment and volunteer opportunities.

Qualifications

Internship applications will be reviewed for Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter start dates, and each lasts 6 months. A campaign team member supervises each intern closely and leads weekly check-ins to assess priorities and progress as well as regular performance feedback evaluations to ensure the intern is thriving and growing his/her skill base to his/her satisfaction.

We are flexible with intern hours/work schedules. You must be over 18 to intern, but do not need to be a current student.

All internships are unpaid, and interns are responsible for covering their own housing. A travel stipend is provided for each day public transit is used to get to the office.

How to Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter in which you describe a project you have worked on that will help us understand your interest and qualifications. Applications can be emailed to [email protected] (please put National Organizing Intern in the subject line of your email). No phone calls please.