Sierra Student Coalition seeks great interns to make global warming a top issue this spring!
We’re seeking talented, energetic interns to work alongside our experienced national staff team on one of 5 priority projects:
-Event-Planning and recruiting to Summer Trainings, National Leadership Gathering, Green Jobs Conference and especially Power Shift 2009
-Web design, development and maintenance
-Fundraising
-Creating an alumni program
-Coordinating the creation of a Professor Network
Key Skills we’re looking for:
-Strong communication, writing, event-planning and/or research skills
- An organizer at heart. You should work well with others and be eager to empower and engage others in the democratic process.
- Passion for building grassroots power and a willingness to work your heart out to save the world.
- Leadership experience. You start projects, rally people, inspire others.
- Strong self-starter and quick learner. You don't need someone to tell you what to do, but you take advice when it’s given to you.
- Hard worker, can do flexible hours and manage your time independently. You know that changing the country doesn't always happen between 9 and 5.
- In it to win it! The stakes are getting higher every day for this issue, and you should be ready to do everything you can to make sure global warming and energy is a top issue this spring.
Don’t apply if you are just looking to make coffee and photocopies. We give our interns substantive projects and significant responsibilities. When you leave us, you are going to have new skills on your resume and impressive accomplishments to talk about in job interviews—plus a whole new network of friends and peers in the environment and social change non-profit world!
More about us:
With more than 15,000 high-school and college-age members and a presence on more than 300 campuses across the country, the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) is the largest student-run environmental advocacy organization in the US. Since 1991 we have advanced campaigns for more just and sustainable environmental policy, from lands protection to clean and efficient energy. As the student branch of the Sierra Club, we draw strength from the Club’s 700,000 members and we work closely with many of the Club’s staff teams in DC to advance our shared national priorities, especially a clean energy future that will stop global warming.
The mission of the Sierra Student Coalition is to empower youth to organize effective and tangible victories and develop future leaders of the environmental movement. To that end we offer resources and support, including trainings and campaigns, to a national network of young environmental organizers to assist them in running strategic grassroots organizing efforts that influence environmental policy and alter public attitudes.
To further support this work, the SSC sponsors internships throughout the year. Our internships provide a hands-on opportunity for you to gain an in-depth understanding of the field of student environmental organizing and the specific role that the SSC plays in this field and the broader youth progressive movement.
Interns are selected on the basis of their interests, education and experience in political science, environmental studies, natural resources, history, law, journalism, computer science or other related fields. We especially seek interns who have been directly involved in campus organizing work and have good communication and writing skills. Our normal intern rotations are in the fall, winter/spring, and summer but we are flexible with other starting dates.
If you are interested in interning with a different part of the Sierra Club’s DC office, please see the club’s internship webpage: http://www.sierraclub.org/jobs/internships_dc/
How to Apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to the DC internship contact at the SSC (address below). Please indicate your specific interest or experience, if any, in relevant environmental issues and your availability dates. Upon receipt of all the information by this office, your application will then be considered. Applications for Winter/Spring semester will be accepted on a priority deadline of January 16, 2009 and on a rolling basis thereafter. Except in rare circumstances, DC internships are unpaid.
Thank you for your interest and we hope to be hearing from you!
Sierra Student Coalition
Attn: intern coordinator
408 C Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
phone: 202-548-4591
For information about Sierra Student Coalition internships in Washington, D.C., please email ssctrain@gmail.com
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