Public Lands and Climate Change Advocate

Overview

The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. We work throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon’s state, regional, national, and international programs, nature centers, and chapters have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. As a sentinel species, we recognize that the fate of birds is inextricably tied to the fate of us all.

Audubon has more than 700 staff working across the United States and seven countries in 17 state and regional offices, 41 nature centers, and 23 wildlife sanctuaries. Together as one Audubon, we aspire to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss.

Audubon is committed to a culture of workplace excellence, where our talented and diverse staff are deeply engaged, with a strong sense of belonging. The birds Audubon pledges to protect differ in color, size, behavior, geographical preference, and countless other ways. By honoring and celebrating the equally remarkable diversity of the human species, Audubon will bring new creativity, effectiveness, and leadership to our work throughout the hemisphere.

Position Summary

Audubon Alaska is seeking a Public Lands and Climate Change Advocate based in Anchorage, Alaska to help us protect Alaska’s people and places in the face of dramatic climate changes throughout the state. The Public Lands and Climate Change Advocate will work with our science, communications, and policy teams to build engagement opportunities and provide public support for a suite of activities and campaigns at local and statewide scales.

We provide an open and friendly workplace with many opportunities for working with partners across our conservation, community and advocacy networks.

Compensation:

$20.00 / hour

Essential Functions

The goal of the assignment is to familiarize the intern with Audubon’s resources and conservation priorities; and provide professional development, skills building, and leadership opportunities for students interested in conservation science, education, outreach, or policy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communication support for public lands and climate change campaigns at Audubon Alaska, including: Tongass National Forest, transboundary mining, Bristol Bay/Bering Sea fisheries protection, and Arctic coasts.
• Outreach and engagement support for Audubon’s summer events across the state, including travel to small communities for local science fairs, bird festivals, and the continued promotion of our Southeast Alaska Birding Trail and newly developed mobile app.
• Organize one event in the intern’s interest that intersects with one of our public lands and climate change campaign areas.
• Help communicate science and conservation issues to the general public through presentations, contributing writing to reports, blog posts, and/or social media.
• Work with the media to help advance our campaigns, including opinion editorials, press releases, letters to the editor, and action campaign emails.

Internship Benefits
The intern will have an opportunity to network with Audubon’s national network of advocates, educators, and policy teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experienced communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize and communicate technical and complex information to non-technical audiences.
• Creative, effective at solving problems, and a strategic thinker with excellent judgement and discretion.
• A good “people person” and listener, with an interest in working in rural communities and with Indigenous Peoples communities.
• Well-organized.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite is a plus.
• Must be self-motivated and willing to work in a flexible, non-structured environment.
• Interested in Audubon’s mission and conservation goals.
• Educated on public lands and climate change issues in Alaska.
• A team player, with interest in leadership opportunities.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally and out-of-state and be comfortable with working evenings and weekends as job demands.
• Ability to work independently and in a virtual team environment.

EEO Statement

The National Audubon Society is a federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, inclusion and equal opportunity and actively seek a diverse pool of candidates in this search.

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