Sustainable Brookhaven Internship

Description

JOB SUMMARY

Formally established in 2020, the Sustainable Brookhaven strategy framework consists of five elements: natural environment, built environment, financial, organizational, and civic governance. Each of these five elements reflects part of Brookhaven’s mission and vision that are impacted by actions, decisions, and policies.

We are seeking a passionate, disciplined Oglethorpe University student intern to support the City’s sustainability efforts in a program development and execution capacity.

Specifically, the Intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects including:

Natural Environment

• Adopt-a-Street Program https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/adopt-street-program
• Community Wildlife Habitat https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/community-wildlife-habitattm
• Electric Vehicles (EV) https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/electric-vehicles-ev
• Household Hazardous Waste Program https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/household-hazardous-waste-program
• Recycling https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/recycling-information
• Trash Trap Inventory/Assessment https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/litter-trap
• Utility Data Acquisition & Analysis Pilot Program https://www.brookhavenga.gov/sustainablebrookhaven/page/utility-usage

Built Environment

• Research Materials Reuse Program for City Projects as well as Private Development

Financial

• Financial Transparency https://www.brookhavenga.gov/transparency/page/financial-transparency-0

Organizational

• Knowledge Management: Information is a precious resource that organizations should endeavor to preserve. Since Brookhaven was incorporated in 2012, founding leaders within the organization have changed, leaving historical knowledge gaps where employee turnover has taken place. In an effort to reduce time and resources spent on onboarding employees and researching legacy issues, the City consolidated essential information in 2020, making it accessible to employees through the intranet platform. In 2021, the City took steps to improve knowledge management, such as providing employee training for different tools and practices and adding SOPs and other key documents to the consolidated knowledge base. This effort will continue annually and to date a total of 50 knowledge management document have been created. The intern will work to develop additional documents on varying topics.
• Performance Management: The City is developing a formalized performance management framework across all departments to be able to present the information as a dashboard available to the public on the website. ICMA (International City-County Management Association) defines performance management as follows: Performance management includes identifying, collecting, analyzing, and reporting on indicators that show how well the organization performs, both internally and in the delivery of services to the public, and how that performance compares with its targets or with peer organizations. More importantly, as a management tool, performance data is intended not as an end result, but rather as a means to more informed decision making and a more engaged community. The intern will work on gathering a comprehensive list of the metrics currently tracked within each department.

Civic Governance

• Civic Involvement: The intern will assist with volunteer coordination and tracking for various projects.

Job Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain effective communications with appropriate and necessary organizations
• Develop program details (e.g., logistics, communications, etc.)
• Manage program operation and execution
• Document program results

Qualifications

Job Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong listening and critical thinking skills
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Self-starter
• Strong writing and editing skills

Preferred (but not required): Undergraduate student that has completed their Sophomore year and a major or minor in environmental science / public policy analysis / political science.

Salary : $19