The intern will work directly with the Senior Solutions Fellow for Policy and Resilience and program staff to assist with both short-term and long-term research projects related to climate change resilience. Businesses and government agencies at all levels are preparing for the climate change impacts affecting their communities today and expected to increase in the future. The C2ES Resilience Intern will have the opportunity to study one or more aspects of resilience planning in detail, in close collaboration with C2ES’s resilience experts. Potential research topics include federal flood insurance policy, electricity sector resilience and reliability, and urban planning as it relates to climate resilience. The specific area(s) of research will depend upon the intern’s background. Prior to being hired, the selected candidate must be able to provide proof of academic credit or funding from an accredited college, university, or third party for research. Funding must cover at least minimum wage.

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct independent research and analysis on one or more resilience policy topics, with supervision provided by C2ES resilience experts.
• Contribute to staff research and analysis of resilience topics, for example by attending public events in the Washington, DC area related to resilience.
• Develop and contribute to written material including, possible blog posts and policy briefs published on the C2ES website.
• Support C2ES resilience team activities through an enthusiasm to learn and a willingness to engage in intellectual debate.
• Willingness to pitch in at all levels

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate studies in a field complementary of C2ES staff expertise. Desirable academic majors include Environmental Science, Climate or Atmospheric Science, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Urban Planning, and Public Policy.
• The ideal candidate will be currently enrolled in a graduate program, though undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.
• Interdisciplinary understanding of the climate change resilience issues (e.g. science, engineering, urban planning, policy, or finance) is a plus.
• Top notch writing skills
• Ability to think critically and work independently.
• Willingness to learn and pitch in at all levels.

Status:  Full- or part-time internship

About the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: C2ES is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change. Our mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts. A key objective is a national market-based program to reduce emissions cost-effectively. We believe a sound climate strategy is essential to ensure a strong, sustainable economy.

C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and is widely recognized as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues. We are:

• A Trusted Source – Ranking regularly among the top environmental think tanks in the world, C2ES provides timely, impartial information and analysis on our pressing climate and energy challenges.
• A Bridge-Builder – We bring city, state, and national policymakers together with businesses and other stakeholders to achieve common understanding and consensus solutions.
• A Policy Innovator – We develop market-based solutions and other practical policy approaches that deliver real and lasting climate progress.
• A Catalyst for Business Action – We work with Fortune 500 companies to strengthen business action and business support for effective climate policy.

For more information about the C2ES visit www.c2es.org.

To apply – send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to:

Human Resources Department
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22201

or electronically to hr@C2ES.org

C2ES is seeking one full-time Energy Policy Intern to work on a remote basis in the Summer of 2021. This internship provides the ideal candidate the opportunity to work on energy policy research at C2ES, including: hydrogen and other low carbon fuels, reducing power sector emissions, and reducing industrial sector emissions. The intern will work directly with the Senior Energy Fellow and other C2ES program staff.

Practicum Description: An exciting opportunity to help create structure and momentum for Orange County’s Master Aging Plan (MAP). We are seeking one practicum student to join a team of people this summer who are evaluating Orange County’s 4th Master Aging Plan and developing a strategic plan for the 5th. The Master Aging Plan is a five-year plan that guides “all things aging” in Orange County; Housing, Transportation, Social Inclusion, Civic Engagement, Employment, Outdoor Spaces, Community Supports, Health Services, and Communication.

Practicum deliverables include: (1) Program Evaluation Report for MAP #4 including the Report from the Ripple Effect Mapping event and (2) Plan for Community Engagement and Development of the 5th MAP including a Community Planning Logic Model and Data Collection Instruments. Ideally, the student will be interested in applying evaluation, community engagement, and planning methods that promote age-friendly communities, racial equity, and partnership models.

Sponsoring Organizations: Orange County Government, Department on Aging, UNC Partnerships in Aging Program https://orangecountync.gov/154/Aging
UNC Partnerships in Aging Program https://partnershipsinaging.unc.edu

Brief Organizational Descriptions: The Orange County Department on Aging (OCDOA) is a one-stop resource where older adults can meet their social, mental, physical, financial, and day-to-day practical needs. We offer integrated aging services and programs at our two senior centers including, wellness and education classes, lunches, trips, and much more. We strive to make Orange County a great place to age. Our mission is to provide leadership in planning and operating a system of integrated aging services, supports, and engagement.

UNC’s Partnerships in Aging Program (PiAP) works to foster a vision of later life as a time for continued growth, adaptation, and contribution. We engage students, faculty, and community members to challenge stereotypes about aging and grow together through intergenerational dialogue. We enter into reciprocal relationships with local, state, national, and global partners to promote innovation and inclusion in aging services and programs. We create opportunities to work with and learn from marginalized elders, students, organizations, and communities (e.g., people of color, first generation college students, people with lower incomes, LGBTQ people), as it benefits all of us.

Compensation: $3500 from May through mid-August 2021 (a minimum of 200 hours. approx. 16 hours/week for 15 weeks with some schedule flexibility. Students may start earlier than May if they desire.)

Worksite: Remote meetings or in-person meetings reflecting COVID safety requirements

Project team: Cass Dictus has a master’s degree in public health and is currently a doctoral student at UNC’s School of Nursing. Cass is also a core team member with the Partnerships in Aging Program. For the past two years Cass has been evaluating the 4th Master Aging Plan. Cass will supervise the practicum student and a summer intern.

Kristin Podsiad, Intern, a dual degree student in Public Health and City and Regional Planning.

Cherie Rosemond, Director of UNC’s Partnerships in Aging Program

Janice Tyler, Director of Orange County’s Department on Aging Program

Goal: The ultimate goal is to help Orange County Department on Aging and its many community partners to provide excellent services and supports that meet the highest priority needs of the rapidly increasing population of older adults in the county. Achieving our goal will be accomplished by focusing attention on the cross-cutting aging issues that arise when physical or cognitive impairments require adaptations, or lack of resources compromises safety and engagement with others. Our 5th MAP will also include listening and responding to older adults from racial and ethnic minority populations.

Please send inquiries, cover letter and resume to Cass Dictus: cdictus@email.unc.edu and cc: Cherie Rosemond: crosemon@med.unc.edu

Our hazard mitigation planning team at Wood is looking for an intern who is available for 20-40 hours/week through the summer, with the possibility for continued work after that. Our team is fully remote right now, and we expect that will continue through the summer, but we’re based in Durham/RTP.

On-call (20-40 hours per week) intern position in Wood’s highly-regarded Hazard Mitigation program to support hazard mitigation, resiliency, and floodplain management services and other comprehensive planning opportunities for state and local governments and other clients.

Responsibilities

• Working in a team environment to support the development of Hazard Mitigation Plans that meet Disaster Mitigation Act
  of 2000 (DMA 2000) standards.
• Perform risk assessment analyses on hazard data and write significant portions of planning documents
•  Evaluate clients’ existing mitigation “capabilities” through on-line research of local plans, regulations, policies and programs, and review of programs and documents
• Support planning team for development of committee and public meeting materials
• Oversee data collection and documentation from clients (state and local government)
• Assist with the identification and description of cost effective, technically feasible, and environmentally sound mitigation actions (projects)
• Assist with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and floodplain management projects
• Provide research and writing tasks as necessary to support a wide range of planning (e.g. comprehensive planning) and resiliency projects
• Supporting public and stakeholder engagement activities

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, emergency management, civil/environmental engineering, geography, environmental science, or related field.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and capable of independent work, but demonstrated ability to work on project teams.
• Strong writing and document preparation skills a must; strong MS Office skills, particularly related to planning documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Work sample will be required.
• Experience developing or reviewing DMA 2000 hazard mitigation plans preferred.
• Knowledge of FEMA programs preferred, including working knowledge of federal pre- and post-disaster grant programs including HMA, BRIC, HMGP, FMA and CDBG-DR.
• Knowledge of Hazus/GIS, FEMA Benefit Cost software, EMAP, NFIP and CRS a plus.
• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus: hazard mitigation planning, community rating system, comprehensive planning, recovery planning, climate change adaptation planning, resiliency planning, emergency operations planning, energy assurance planning, and business continuity planning.

If interested, send resume, cover letter, and work sample to Abby Moore (abigail.moore@woodplc.com). More information here.

Self-Help is seeking a Real Estate Development Intern to join our Real Estate Team’s project management group in a remote summer internship. The RE Development Intern will be responsible for supporting Associate Project Managers in ongoing real estate development activities, research and other support tasks, and new project predevelopment efforts. This internship will be particularly well suited for a positive, motivated, and well-organized person with an interest (but not necessarily experience) in community real estate development.

Project tasks the Real Estate Development Intern may engage in, with specifics to be determined, include:

• Support Associate Project Managers on predevelopment activities, including researching land use regulations, assessing the impact of development policies, conducting market research, feasibility modeling, and due diligence.
• Support development activities for projects already underway, including real estate feasibility analysis, high-level design development, community engagement, and other tasks.
• Miscellaneous research activities on Self-Help’s real estate portfolio, tenant mix, or other items.
• Other tasks to be determined together with the Real Estate Development Intern to meet their individual interests & learning preferences.
• Interact with and learn from real estate professionals on the team, either formally or informally, including project managers, construction managers, property management and leasing staff, and the sustainability director.

For more information on desired experience and skills, and to apply for the internship via our UltiPro system, please visit https://bit.ly/2O9sIBS.

A successful applicant will reach out to diverse communities, representing a board cross section of race and ethnicity in the District of Columbia, to paint an essayistic picture of the human impact of traffic violence.

As part of the District’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) cooperative agreement with the Howard University Transportation Research Center (HUTRC), DDOT engages full-time students as interns from universities in the DC Metropolitan Area and all over the country to promote the advancement of engineering and policy research. HUTRC recruits the interns and manages the program on DDOT’s behalf.

Learn about this internship: https://www.hutrc.org/d2019movedc

In 2021, the DDOT Internship Summer Program will start around June 1st and run for 10 weeks, while the Semester Program will start on August 17th and run until the end of the year. Applicants for the internship positions must be currently enrolled and in good standing at an accredited college or university and be enrolled full-time in a degree program related to the posted internship.

If you would like to be notified when the next call for interns is announced, please provide your contact information here.
Last day to apply to the 2021 Summer Internship Program: March 26, 2021

GeoAdaptive is an interdisciplinary consulting firm focused on providing research, spatial analyses and strategy to aid decision making. We are seeking team-oriented, energetic, curious, and dedicated candidates for a position as a summer intern. The position is available for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2021. Students graduating in Spring 2022 or recent graduates are preferred, but all are encouraged to apply.

While the internship may take place in Boston, MA, due to COVID-19, we are currently working remotely.

As a summer intern you will play a critical role in a variety of our active projects, conducting spatial and quantitative analyses as well as developing new methodologies and tools that can be implemented in our projects across the world. Candidates should be passionate about analytics and design, and have interdisciplinary research interests that include land use, transportation, infrastructure, environment, and development. Experience with quantitative analysis of demographic data and socio-economic indicators is also critical for successful candidates. Candidates are also preferred to have strong creative thinking skills, written and verbal communication skills, graphic representation skills (charts, graphs, cartography etc.), and must work well in teams. Experience working internationally and foreign language skills are preferred but not required.

Do you want to begin a career in academic or policy research? Are you interested in contributing to impactful, balanced research that is aimed at improving environmental, energy and natural resource decisions? A summer research internship with Resources for the Future (RFF) might be right for you. The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research. Interns are essential members of the Resources for the Future (RFF) Research and Policy Engagement team. They are responsible for providing technical support that, under the direction of RFF Fellows, allows for the production of compelling and impactful research that aligns with RFF’s mission of improving environmental, energy and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.

Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Our mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. We work with leading national and global partners—from technologists at NASA to climate scientists at our new European institute—to apply an economic lens to climate change and other global environmental and resource challenges of the 21st century. We’re leaders in our field: RFF was recently named #1 for environmental economics from a field of 8,000 global institutions. RFF’s research and engagement activities center on the economics of: (1) designing smart emissions reduction strategies; (2) Confronting risks and building resilience; and (3) cross-cutting issues and strategies. RFF seeks impact with decisionmakers in key venues, including at the federal, state, and international levels, and with the business community. Much of RFF’s current work is focused on strategies for addressing the climate challenge.

Our research internships are a 10-week program paid at $15 an hour for up to 35 hours a week. Internships this year will be conducted virtually unless otherwise noted.

Applications will remain open until March 8th. We anticipate making hiring decisions by April 16th. Internships will run from June 7, 2021 to August 13, 2021. Start or end dates can be changed with an approved exception.

Projects currently recruiting for interns include:

• Control of Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Energy Transition Policy
• Wildfire, Climate Adaptation, and Rural Communities
• Parks, Green Space, and Environmental Justice
• Developing US & Canadian Electric Power Transmission Network Models
• Use of Energy Savings Devices on Heavy Duty Truck Trailers

Duration: Our research internships are a 10-week program paid at $15 an hour for up to 35 hours a week. They will be conducted virtually unless otherwise noted. Internships will run from June 7, 2021 to August 13, 2021. Start or end dates can be changed with an approved exception.

We are seeking an intern to support an ongoing project that will build a used passenger vehicle market equilibrium and scrappage model using a variety of different data sources, including the National Household travel Survey. The project requires merging the used vehicle equilibrium and scrappage model with an existing model of the new vehicle market. The intern will:

• Assist with organizing and compiling datasets required to build the model.
• Code used vehicle equilibrium conditions.
• Calibrate vehicle scrappage schedules.

• Education: Priority is given to candidates enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program that is relevant to RFF’s research and mission. Highly motivated candidates in the social and natural sciences with training in economics and quantitative methods, or with a keen interest in public policy, are encouraged to apply.
• Desirable Skills
  • Strong writing and communication skills
  • Experience and expertise with large datasets
  • Strong information and data gathering skills
  • Strong writing and communication skills

To Apply: All applications must be submitted electronically. Please fill out the application and supplemental questions and upload the following, beginning the name of each file with your last name:

• A cover letter that explains your interest in and how your qualifications match to the specific project.
• Resume summarizing your experiences and qualifications for the position
• Copy of your academic transcript(s) (unofficial transcripts are acceptable at this stage)
• The name, address, phone number and email information for three references