Fall Intern, Transaction Acceleration Group

Position Title: Fall Intern, Transaction Acceleration Group

Supervisor: Associate, Transaction Acceleration Group

Department/Division: Transaction Acceleration Group, Decarbonizing Industrial Supply Chain Energy

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 birds-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:

Reporting to an Associate, Transaction Acceleration Group, the intern will

work with the Decarbonizing Industrial Supply Chain – Energy (DISC-e) team to support its initiatives to decarbonize steel and building materials.

Core Intern Responsibilities:

• Conduct research related to the decarbonization of building materials and/or steel manufacturing

• Support development of new, educational resources and related events (e.g. primers, webinars, and workshops)

• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the DISC-e team

• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a graduate course of study
• Eligible to work in the U.S.

Preferred or Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with supply chains, clean energy procurement, steel and/or building materials
• Able to work effectively with others in a collaborative, supportive environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A 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 you intend to meet 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.