The Climate Action Campaign (CAC) Fellowship is a paid intern program designed to immerse its participants in the environmental advocacy field. Assignments vary and are designed to both support the campaign with its mission to advance and defend climate policies and assist the fellow with their professional growth. This non-exempt position allows interaction with all of the campaign’s departments providing a wide breadth of experiences.
We have a fellowship available in our Government Affairs department. As an integral part of the team, the Government Affairs fellow will learn about environmental advocacy at the national level, including efforts to build public support for action to tackle the climate crisis, educate key decisionmakers, and shape federal policy.
CAC is based in Washington, D.C. We are currently working in a hybrid environment with fellows expected in the office 2-3 times per week.
The fellow will work predominantly with the Government Affairs team completing tasks including but not limited to:
- Conducting legislative research, tracking, and analysis, including reviewing and summarizing major legislation and tracking decisionmakers’ positions on priority issues
- Assisting with environmental advocacy efforts including drafting outreach language and creating, editing, and distributing a variety of documents for internal and external use
- Tracking and reporting Congressional and administrative activity (meetings, events, etc.)
- Tracking and reporting national and local partners’ activities (meetings, events, etc.)
- Attending briefings, meetings, and events with CAC staff and external allies
- Assisting various Departments during surge moments, including but not limited to attending events or otherwise supporting community-wide climate advocacy efforts, facilitating outreach to partners and decisionmakers, conducting research and data entry
- Attending internal meetings and assisting with Campaign-wide metrics and reporting
- Assisting with internal information sharing and communications
- Providing logistics and meeting support as needed
- Completing other duties and tasks as they arise