What We Look For: Friends of the Earth seeks an intern for its Agriculture & Climate Finance Program, which fights for shifts in public and private finance that support a just transition away from chemical-intensive monocropping and factory farming to ecologically regenerative production of plants and a sustainable amount of pasture-based, higher welfare animal production. As part of this, we work to convince U.S. banks and multilateral development banks to reduce financial flows to industrial livestock and stop the expansion of factory farms.
Does this sound like you? If so, then this is the intern position for you. The intern will assist in conducting grassroots and stakeholder outreach to support our federal and international policy work, support engagement efforts with Multilateral Development Banks (particularly the World Bank/IFC and Inter-American Development Bank/IDB Invest), help with multilateral development bank project research tracking factory farm projects on the ground in Latin America and Africa, support digital communications and social media campaigns, assist with domestic and international coalition building efforts, and draft public outreach materials. This is a paid, part-time internship. The intern must be able to commit to 15 hrs/week; at the rate of $17/hour. The length of the internship is 6-9 months.
Who You Are:
Supportive Collaborator: Participate and support activities of our global Stop Financing Factory Farming coalition meetings. Provide support for meeting and event logistics such as petition deliveries, creation of PowerPoints for webinars, meetings with policy makers, briefings, etc. Conduct research and compile relevant information on campaign villains and targets. Attend coalition meetings and other relevant meetings on behalf of the campaign. Help mobilize Friends of the Earth members and campaign partners to participate in key campaign moments such as days of action, sign-on letters, petitions, and other calls to action.