Fall Internship with Toxics Action Center (VT)

Re-post courtesy of Shaina Kasper, Vermont and New Hampshire, Community Organizer:

Toxics Action Center Fall 2015 Internship

Do you want an internship where you know you are making a difference? Want to grow professionally while earning school credit? Want to meet professionals in your field and in your community? Want to help communities facing toxic threats in their neighborhoods?

Then this is the internship for you.

Toxics Action Center seeks an intern for the Fall Semester that will play a key role in support of our program work. We believe everyone has the right to clean air, clean water and healthy communities. We work side-by-side with communities on the front-lines of facing toxic problems to make these rights a reality. See more at toxicsaction.org.

Responsibilities:

  • Communications: Manage Toxics Action Center’s social media, including Facebook, flickr and twitter. Create action alerts for members to weigh-in with decision makers on important issues.

  • Organization: Play a key role in putting together events such as fundraisers, activist conferences and leadership retreats. Maintain and organize records of donors, member lists, news articles, trainings and more. Recruit supporters out to events, including movie screenings, rallies, press conferences, and public hearings. Assist with general administrative tasks.

  • Campaigns: Work with traditional environmental community, volunteer activists, and unlikely allies to build public support to influence decision makers on existing campaigns. Work with threatened communities, research and identify solutions to local environmental pollutions or threats, work with staff director to develop creative strategies to win.

Skills Required

  • Commitment to environmental issues and social change

  • Strong communication and writing skills

  • Desire to develop event planning and outreach skills

  • Social media aptitude

  • Must learn quickly and work efficiently

Intern Qualifications, Logistics, and How to Apply:

Internships are unpaid; volunteer and course credit is available. Hours and dates of work are relatively flexible but some events may have firm times. To apply, send resume and cover letter to Shaina Kasper at shaina@toxicsaction.org

Toxics Action Center is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the base of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or veteran status.