Grassroots Administration Internship

~ Who is Greenpeace? Greenpeace is the leading independent environmental campaigning organization that uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. ~

Position Overview 

We are seeking candidates for a Grassroots Administration Internship with Greenpeace for Fall Semester 2014 in Washington D.C.

Our Grassroots team is dedicated to organizing students and volunteers to take direct action within their communities for global green solutions to our planet's environmental problems. 

Our team is comprised of: 

• Field Organizing Team - Field Organizers are based in several cities across the country working with volunteers, building organizational power, securing relationships with influential allies, generating media coverage, and mobilizing grassroots support in their region.
• National Activist Network - This team empowers students and other activists and gives them tools, info, and training to get involved with Greenpeace and take action in their local communities.
• Frontline Campaigns - The Frontline Team is our fundraising canvass team that talks to hundreds of people every day, engaging them in Greenpeace campaigns and gives them the opportunity to take action on the street by making a phone call, to signing a petition or writing a postcard. 

Responsibilities 

The Grassroots Administrative Intern will assist these programs in various different ways: 

• Providing administrative support for 30+ grassroots organizers including reviewing expense reports and working directly with the Finance department
• Writing monthly campaign reports and an internal newsletter
• Event organizing - assisting in logistics for national and regional trainings
• Updating the internal wiki page
• Working once a month from our equipment warehouse in Landover, MD to assist with shipping supplies to field offices
• Assisting with activist recruitment
• Data entry
• Other various administrative tasks

Qualifications 

• Applicants must be over 18, but do not have to be current students
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• Organized
• Reliable
• Ability to prioritize and manage various tasks with competing deadlines
• Self-learner and self-starter
• Be able to take projects and run with them
• Creative
• Dedicated to helping save the world one expense report at a time
• Work 25-40 hours per week with one day being Tuesday or Wednesday (Wednesdays preferred)
• Familiarity with grassroots organizing and training a plus 

Program Details 

• Our fall internships start September 8th and end December 5th. Part time and full time positions available.
• Each intern is trained and closely supervised by a member of the department to which they've been assigned.
• We are flexible with your schedule and can help you receive class credit.
• All internships are unpaid. Unfortunately Greenpeace cannot provide travel or housing. 

To Apply 

• Please click below: "Apply Here!" and then, once on Greenpeace's Internship page, click "Apply now for Fall 2014" and fill out the application form.
• Be sure to mark ‘Grassroots Administration Internship' on your application!

~ Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way Greenpeace selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and effectiveness of our campaigns. Greenpeace strongly encourages applications from women, people of color, and other under-represented communities. ~