[HESCO] FW: Sierra Club Internship Opportunity

[Timothy Tillman]

Forwarded to HESCO and posting on UCO Green and the HESCO site.

From: Whitney Pearson [mailto:whitney.pearson at sierraclub.org]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:57 AM
Subject: Sierra Club Internship Opportunity

Please share far and wide with students and others with potential interest.  Thanks!




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Sierra Club Internship Description

Background:

The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the country. Currently, the Sierra Club is working on moving beyond coal in Oklahoma, promoting energy efficiency and clean energy, protecting our water, and ensuring that we have clean air to breathe through political and grassroots action.  This internship begins as an unpaid position with the possibility for future stipend dependent upon performance and interest in continued work with the organization.  Intern would be expected to work between 8 and 10 hours over one to two days per week, depending on their schedules and availability.  Work will be primarily in our Oklahoma City office, will occasional opportunities to work from home.

Opportunities:

Interns will work with staff to develop a semester plan and project goals.

Interns will learn the ins and outs of grassroots organizing and nonprofit management through hands on opportunities

Interns will have a variety of responsibilities ranging from event planning and volunteer outreach to research and data entry as well as administrative duties.  Projects and responsibilities will depend on current campaign efforts, needs of the Sierra Club and intern's interests.

Interns may also have the opportunity to get involved in the legislative and political process depending on season of internship

We are happy to cooperate with an institution's requirements for academic credit.

Skills Required

Demonstrated commitment to environmental issues and social change, including the political process, strong communication skills and some social media and web 2.0 experience, ability to balance demands of internship and external commitments, self-motivated, and desire to develop campaign organizing skills



Interest Candidates should send resume and cover letter to:
Whitney Pearson, Associate Field Organizer for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Whitney.pearson at sierraclub.org<mailto:Whitney.pearson at sierraclub.org>
And David Ocamb, Oklahoma Chapter Director at david.ocamb at sierraclub.org<mailto:david.ocamb at sierraclub.org>


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Whitney Pearson
Associate Organizing Rep
Sierra Club, Beyond Coal
Oklahoma City, OK
(o) 405.286.2277 ext. 223
(c) 405.826.0241

http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/ok/


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