The People & Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks a results-oriented college graduate with excellent research, analytical, and writing skills for a paid summer internship to support a new project within the Water Quality Team. The project seeks to improve targeting of federal agricultural conservation funds to achieve greater environmental effectiveness.
Responsibilities:
Provide research assistance on agricultural conservation programs, practices, and funding by reading peer-reviewed articles, grey literature, and reports by government agencies and NGOs.
Prepare short summaries for the Team on research findings, such as (a) the availability of and existing estimates of the environmental performance of conservation programs, (b) barriers to targeting funds, and (d) analyses of current targeting efforts in Farm Bill programs.
Maintain an electronic reference library.
Provide coordination assistance by organizing interviews for WRI staff with key agricultural conservation stakeholders, transcribing the interviews, and summarizing the key points.
Coordinate the Water Quality Team’s activities with WRI’s Government, Media, and Online Engagement Teams and with WRI’s sub-contractors.
Provide proof-reading assistance by reviewing and editing research products.
If knowledgeable of SAS, interface with SAS sub-contractors on the modeling analysis.
Support other activities as needed.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate or Master’s degree in environmental policy, science, or economics or relevant field
Familiarity with or working experience on agricultural conservation issues
Very strong research, analysis, and writing skills
Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office and internet research
SAS programming a plus
Ability to work well in a team, juggle multiple priorities, and work under tight deadlines
