NCSE’s Campus to Careers (C2C) Program provides meaningful, paid green job internships to expose college students and recent graduates to real world work experience as well as mentoring and career networking opportunities.
C2C is hiring an Environmental Policy Intern that will work in the Nation’s capital to support Pollinator Partnership initiatives aimed at:
  1. promoting public awareness through efforts in support of the Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus and National Pollinator Week, June 20-26, 2011
  2. advancing pollinator-beneficial practices on highway rights of way under existing authorities and through amendments to transportation reauthorization legislation, by assisting in research and outreach to Federal agency and Capital Hill staff and other interested stakeholders.
The internship will be based in Washington, DC from late March to June, with the possibility for an extension into the summer months.  The intern will be compensated on an hourly basis and a medical insurance plan in included.  No assistance is available for housing or transportation (other than DC-based, on-the-job travel).
Tasks and Duties:
  • Direct meetings with Capital Hill staff, to help inform them about pollinator issues and identify opportunities to add pollinator-beneficial provisions to transportation reauthorization legislation
  • Assist in literature review on economic and environmental benefits of implementing pollinator-beneficial practices on highway “rights of way”.
  • Assist as needed in updating contact information for Hill staff handling transportation and environmental issues in the new Congress.
  • Provide telephone and e-mail contacts to Hill staff and others to provide information and in setting up or following up on direct meetings.
  • Contribute to the development of information and handouts for use in congressional, agency and stakeholder outreach for both highway rights of way and National Pollinator Week.
Work Product:
  • Provide periodic reports on analysis and Hill contacts and related outreach efforts, complemented by conference calls with west coast organizational representatives.
  • Produce a ‘final’ report on congressional/stakeholder outreach at the end of the project, including results and recommendations for additional actions.
Skills and Experience:
  • Coursework in Environmental Studies or Policy
  • Education and/or previous volunteer or internship experience in some combination of:
    – Environmental education
    – Public Policy
  • Microsoft Office skills:
    – Essential:  Word and PowerPoint
    – Valuable: Excel


Interested applicants should send an email to C2C@NCSEonline.org with a resume and application materials attached. For more information about this and other internship opportunities, visit www.ncseonline.org/CampustoCareers.