Fall Intern, Development

Position Title: Fall Intern, Development

Supervisor: Senior Manager, Development

Department/Division: Strategy & Impact

Hours: 20 hours workweek (hourly)

Location: Washington, DC preferred/remote possible

Hourly Rate: $25 per hour

Term: September 19, 2022 – December 16, 2022 (3 months)

Why Intern with CEBA?  As an intern, you will gain professional skills and experience in a non-profit business association while working alongside our world-class team. You will have a bird’s-eye view of how system change can be accomplished and will grow to understand the daily tasks and activities that will get us there.

Interns specifically working with the programmatic teams learn about clean energy including how energy customers across all sectors, like Google, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, and Citi are shifting the energy system, while building professional skills across a wide range of topics within the clean energy space.

Internship Overview/Summary:

The intern will be responsible for developing donor stewardship communications, including newsletters and other written pieces segmented by audience interest. This will involve culling information from CEBA and CEBI resources, including membership newsletters, press releases, and blogs, and repurposing it for donor updates. The intern will also conduct donor prospect research and draft internal memos. The ideal candidate will have a passion for climate and energy issues, research, and writing.

Intern Responsibilities

• Map and track existing communications, philanthropy, and programmatic team reports and resources that can be used to inform philanthropic cultivation and stewardship collateral.

• Track and aggregate activities and outcomes across multiple internal teams.

• Draft compelling narratives for philanthropic audiences, including reports, newsletters, and solicitation pieces.

• Research and identify new potential sources of revenue, including corporations, foundations, and major donors using donor database and philanthropic journals.

• Assist with Salesforce data entry and updates

• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional written communication skills, including strength in persuasive writing and editing
• Eligible to work in the U.S.

Preferred or Additional Qualifications:

• An understanding of energy policy or climate issues is preferred

• A demonstrated ability to distill complex information into compelling narratives

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to collaborate with staff across the organization to obtain content, information, and resources

• Prior experience with Salesforce or other CRM preferred

• Entrepreneurial approach and ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment

• Able to work effectively with others in a collaborative, team-based environment

• Able to take initiative and solve problems independently

• Passion for achieving CEBA’s vision of customer-driven clean energy for all

• Shared commitment to CEBA’s core values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence  (RISE)

Internship Structure :

• Physical Demands: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Benefits: Interns are not eligible for benefits including health, dental, vision, paid time off, and paid sick time. Interns receive pro-rated holiday pay during CEBA’s organization-wide holidays.

• Educational credit: Eligibility for credit is determined by your educational institution.

• Schedule: 20 hours/week. Weekly schedule to be determined with your supervisor, capped at 20 hours.

• Orientation: All interns are required to virtually attend two welcome and orientation sessions. Exceptions may be considered after hire.

• Content: Interns work directly with CEBA’s programs and quickly become an important part of the team. You work with a Supervisor who guides daily work, and a Mentor who ensures a positive experience and continual growth. Interns will identify 2-3 key objectives which are intended to be met throughout the course of the internship, agreed upon with your Supervisor, to ensure a mutually beneficial internship experience.

To Apply:

To be considered for this opportunity, please provide a resume and cover letter.

About Clean Energy Buyers Alliance:

Together, the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) form the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance**,** and share a collective vision of customer-driven clean energy for all. The Alliance is an inclusive community of energy customers, clean energy providers, service providers, NGOs, philanthropies, and clean energy thought-leaders. Our aspiration is to achieve a 90% carbon-free U.S. electricity system by 2030 and to cultivate a global community of energy customers driving clean energy.

The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to deploy market and policy solutions for a carbon-free energy system. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is a public benefit charity with a mission dedicated to solving the toughest market and policy barriers to achieving a carbon-free energy system.

Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission, stakeholders, and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented, grounded by strategy, a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discord. We know that diversity is critical to realizing our vision of customer-driven clean energy for all because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike.

CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, caregiver status, and past, present or prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state, federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity, applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, discipline, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits and training.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.