NRDC is seeking an unpaid intern to work with the Urban Water Management and Environmental Justice teams in our Chicago office. The intern must receive academic credit for the work, and a small stipend is available to help with travel and transit costs; the intern is expected to work between 20 and 35 hours per week for 8 to 10 weeks, depending on the intern’s school’s requirements for credit. We will also consider candidates who have access to external sources of funding, with certain minimums that apply. NRDC will work with successful candidates to complete any paperwork necessary to help secure available credit or funding
Assist with reviewing and analyzing data related to the topics of lead in drinking water, flooding, and/or water affordability;
- Conduct research on how and why the issues of drinking water quality, flooding and/or water affordability differentially impact low-income communities and communities of color in the Midwest;
- Help NRDC build relationships with frontline communities in the Midwest around these water issues;
- Help develop and implement public stakeholder meetings over public health impacts in environmental justice communities along Chicago’s waterways, including development of health profiles and other materials for such meetings; and
- Support regulatory and legal advocacy to clean-up sources of pollution in Chicago impacting environmental justice communities.
- Comfort with data, spreadsheets, and quantitative methods ability to read and digest dense regulatory/legal materials
- Comfort around people of many different backgrounds
- Comfort with public speaking/presentations
- 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 regulations, laws, and/or utility proceedings
- Spanish language capabilities, ideally fluency