Brazil Vehicle Database Internship

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has an internship opportunity in its Washington, DC office to work in our passenger vehicle program for this summer. The intern will work to help the program staff establish detailed databases of passenger vehicles for the Brazilian market.

Our team is working on policies to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce global warming impact from the light-duty vehicle sector. This requires in-depth analysis on current fleet data. However, a complete dataset with all information required for our analysis is not readily available, though individual data series can be obtained from various sources.

Under the direction of program staff, the intern will collect and compile data series from different sources, organize and input data into an Excel spreadsheet. In particular, this includes merging existing data on vehicles sales and fuel economy with data on criteria pollutant emissions. When necessary, the intern will make direct contact with sources or relevant policy agencies.

Following establishing new databases for Europe the intern will be asked to prepare simple analysis of the datasets and to compare them with results from databases for other countries.

The intern may also be asked to contribute to other activities of the passenger vehicles program, related to US, India, China, or Mexico, depending upon the background and interest of the intern.

Qualifications

• Language: proficiency in English required; proficiency in Portuguese is highly desired.
• Good quantitative and analytical skills required
• Experience with MS Excel, Powerpoint and other office applications required
• Experience of operating medium to large database is desirable
• Good understanding of the auto market and vehicle policies is desirable

Position Details

The intern is expected to start in mid June 2013 and work full time for 10~12 weeks. The internship will be paid; salary will depend on experience. Location is downtown Washington, DC, near Metro Center.

Application

Please send your resume, a cover letter summarizing your qualifications and experiences, a short writing or project sample, along with name and contact information of three references (letters not necessary) to francisco@theicct.org. Use the position name “Internship, Brazil Vehicle Database” as your message’s subject heading. Candidates will be considered on a first come, first served basis and the position will remain open until filled. We will directly contact candidates that are deemed qualified.