NRDC is seeking a law or graduate school (preference for public health) intern to work with NRDC’s Healthy People and Thriving Communities Program, Urban Water Management and Environmental Justice teams, in our Chicago office during the summer of 2019. Community-level engagement is a critical component of this internship. This is a full-time, paid summer position through an endowed internship; the intern will be compensated at NRDC’s standard full-time intern rate and must complete 35 hours per week for 8 to 10 weeks.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Assist with reviewing and analyzing data related to the topics of urban flooding, industrial stormwater, and/or water affordability;
- Conduct research on how and why the issues of water quality, flooding and/or water affordability differentially impact low-income communities and communities of color in the Midwest and nationally;
- Support local, state and federal policy and legal advocacy to clean-up sources of pollution in Chicago impacting environmental justice communities and incentivize clean, sustainable economic development, with a goal of creating model approaches that can be adapted and used by other communities; and help NRDC build relationships with frontline communities in the Midwest and elsewhere.
Skills/Experience:
Required:
- ability to read and digest dense regulatory/legal materials
- comfort around people of many different backgrounds
- comfort with public speaking/presentations
- comfort with data, spreadsheets, and quantitative methods
- ability to draft clear, concise and compelling written materials for a range of audiences
Preferred:
- familiarity with public health principles and modes of analysis
- familiarity with water systems
- familiarity with regulations, laws, and/or utility proceedings
- familiarity with public finance
- Spanish language capabilities, ideally fluency
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 4 2019
Active Until:
Apr 4 2019
Hiring Organization:
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit