Communications & Outreach Internship

Would you like to make connections and experience opportunities few internships can offer? Are you interested in energy and climate advocacy, web design, and/or online communications?

The US Climate Action Network (USCAN) is the largest US network of organizations focused on energy and climate issues. Our members are based all around the country and range from organizations focused on conservation and wildlife to renewable energy and environmental justice. As an intern for the US Climate Action Network (USCAN), you'll have the opportunity to get a bird's eye view on what's happening in climate and energy politics.

Here, you'll obtain real-world experience as a communications and outreach professional. Your duties will include assisting with online communications and outreach and working with the diverse collection of organizations that make up the clean energy and climate movement. Best of all, an internship with USCAN introduces you to and puts you in touch with our entire network.

The Communications and Outreach Internship is located in our Washington, DC office and offers a monthly stipend of $800, help obtaining college credit (if needed), and negotiable start and end dates. Interns are expected to commit for a duration of 4 to 6 months.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, create, and update various web pages for a dynamic USCAN site;
• Attend and assist organizing community meetings;
• Design new outreach documents and digital material;
• Attend briefings, congressional hearings, and other events as needed;
• Aid in editing and compiling weekly email newsletters and web content on energy and climate issues;
• Assist in organizing briefings for USCAN members;
• Help USCAN take our social media work to the next level;
• Research, identify, categorize, and upload key publications, polling data, press releases and other resources to the USCAN website to assist our member organizations;
• Help coordinate USCAN member engagement and surveys;
• Help manage USCAN member database and list serves;
• Research, identify, and assist with outreach to potential new member organizations;
• Assist other staff as needed, with tasks such as delivery of materials to congressional offices.

Requirements

• Understanding of HTML required and familiarity with Photoshop, CSS, Plone and/or SQL is a big plus;
• Strong oral and writing skills, and methodical research methods;
• Understanding of various social media platforms;
• Self-starter, flexible, adaptive, able to manage multiple tasks;
• Interest in climate change, with particular enthusiasm for communicating information to coalition partners and policy-makers;
• Knowledge of key players and climate change policy issues a plus;
• Ability to work independently and in a team, and to telecommute when appropriate;
• Good phone skills;
• Extroverted and friendly personality with good sense of humor is a must;
• Available at least 35 hours a week.

About US Climate Action Network (USCAN)

USCAN is the largest US network of organizations focused on climate change. USCAN plays a critical role as the only network connecting organizations working on climate advocacy and policy development at the state/regional, federal, and international levels, all of which are increasingly interdependent.

USCAN’s mission is to support and strengthen US-based civil society organizations’ influence on the development and implementation of local, national, and international climate policy and action. USCAN is the US arm of the Climate Action Network (CAN), a global network of over 850 environment, energy, development, and faith- based NGOs working collaboratively to address the causes of global warming and promote equitable solutions.

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