San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA

Application Deadline:  April 4, 2008

Background
Green Corps was launched by U.S. PIRG in 1992. The mission of Green Corps is to train organizers, provide field support for today’s critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess the skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s environmental battles. Since our founding in 1992, Green Corps has partnered with more than 75 environmental organizations, provided critical field support to 100 campaigns, and secured dozens of significant victories in conservation, corporate accountability, and public health. Over the last fifteen years, Green Corps has graduated 200 emerging environmental leaders from our yearlong Environmental Leadership Training Program, with eighty-five percent of our graduates continuing their careers in the environmental and social change field.   Today, our graduates work as field directors, campaigners, advocates and grassroots organizers with leading regional and national groups such as National Wildlife Federation, Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council, Defenders of Wildlife, Clean Water Action, Environment America, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. 

Internship Description
The Program Development Interns will help coordinate the following projects: 

·         Planning classroom training: The interns will work with the Executive Director to organize the logistics for Green Corps’ three-week Introductory Classroom Training that begins in August.  This will include preparing training materials, organizing special events, and soliciting in-kind donations.   

·         Fundraising: The interns will work with the Executive Director to coordinate outreach to Green Corps’ institutional and individual donors.  This will include membership cultivation, prospecting research, and some grant research and writing.

·         Event planning:  The interns will work with the Executive Director to organize three special events to celebrate Green Corps’ anniversary in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Boston.  This will include event planning logistics, soliciting in-kind donations, coordinating outreach to host committee and potential donors.

·         Organizational development:  The interns will work with the Executive Director on projects to strengthen Green Corps’ institutional systems.  This will include working on developing a media and photo database, managing our contact database, and updating our website.

Location
San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA

Hours
The start and end dates are flexible, although most interns begin in May and work through August. Interns work between 20-40 hours/week, and the level of commitment can be tailored to your schedule. 

Qualifications
We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have experience working with environmental or social change issues, and have demonstrated leadership experience.

Benefits
The internships are unpaid, but Boston office interns are given the opportunity to audit portions of Green Corps’ August Introductory Classroom Training, which features training from top environmental leaders in organizing, advocacy, and leadership skills.

To Apply
Deadline:  March 29, 2008

Email a compelling resume and cover letter to:

cindy@greencorps.org