What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paid Virtual Internships - Student Referral position at MobilizeGreen?
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This internship partners current students with nonprofit partners to design their own 8-week internship, addressing issues through green projects in Green Infrastructure and Community Development, Workforce Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Public Health, and Urban Forestry. You will create a summer internship with a partner organization of your choice where you will work on a green project designed with the nonprofit partner. The internship will allow you the opportunity to create change, provide valuable service to a community organization, and gain the job skills to enhance your future career in the field while getting paid.
Communities of color disproportionately bear environmental burdens. Without leaders who share the values of those communities, their challenges will remain. MobilizeGreen develops leaders who share the values of the communities most impacted by climate change.
The VirtualIntern powered by MobilizeGreen, is launching the Building Capacity, Careers, & Community Internship Initiative, a cohort intern program that partners with nonprofits and other organizations to place college-level students in short-term, project-based virtual internships in communities across the country. The Initiative seeks to close the widespread “career experience” and “economic opportunity” gap for college-level students from underserved communities by removing barriers and helping them launch their careers through paid virtual internships.
Students will create their own summer internship in collaboration with the University and host site. Internship projects will have to have measurable outcomes reflecting community impact, increase in organization capacity, intern skill development, and more.
The project driven internships can include the following project areas:
- Sustainability & The Environment
- Environmental Justice
- Community Engagement
- Project Management
- Finance & Operations
- Marketing & Communications
- Philanthropy & Fundraising
- Data & Technology
- Other
The internship is paid and requires a full time 8-week commitment, with the internship starting on June 9th, 2025 and ending on August 1st. Stipends are between $680-920 a week for the program, depending on academic level. Interns must commit to work during required hours, typically M-F 9am-5pm in the timezone of your host nonprofit. You will receive ongoing training/professional development opportunities throughout the internship, including webinars hosted by The VirtualIntern every Friday from 1-2:30 pm EST.
MobilizeGreen is an organization committed to inclusion. MobilizeGreen seeks applications from all participants who meet the position requirements, including women, people of color, Indigenous people, individuals of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, military veterans, and members of other historically disenfranchised groups. All are encouraged to apply.
Term of Service: Full time, 8-week position beginning June 9th, 2025.
Benefits:
- Paid work learning experience
- Nonprofit capacity building training
- Professional networking
- Mentorship/Coaching
- Career readiness training
Core Responsibilities:
- Provide support to nonprofit partner organizations
- Complete project duties as assigned
- Meet all program deadlines
- Participate in professional development opportunities
- Prepare reports and program evaluations
How to Apply:
- Complete your application by no later than March 2nd, 2025 by 11:59pm EST.
- Attach all requested documentation as required in the application
- Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Requirements:
- You must be a rising college junior, senior, or graduate student with a demonstrated interest in or passion for nonprofit management, equity, and environmental justice.
- Proficiency in Google Suite/Microsoft Office applications and online video communication tools.
- Experience with or ability to quickly learn information technology and database management systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Must have excellent writing and editing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects, showing strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated, extremely organized, and comfortable working remotely while developing and building relationships.
- Commitment to teamwork, good interpersonal skills, can-do positive attitude, and professional etiquette.
- Ability to work respectfully with people of all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
We encourage you to apply ASAP.
To complete your application, you will need a completed referral from your university and a verified host site commitment for this position. All needed materials can be found in our applicant toolkit.
Salary : $680 - $920
