Gender And Social Equity Internal Communications And Learning Intern

World Resources Institute

2mo ago

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Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Banking & Finance
Washington, DC

Requirements

Build knowledge on the linkages between gender and social equity and environmental issues, particularly challenges and opportunities for strengthening the focus on equitable outcomes.
Learn about leveraging internal communications and learning strategies to influence change within an institution.
Experience working in an environment that demands flexibility and efficient use of time.
Gain in-depth knowledge of equity, gender, and poverty issues in the environment and international development fields.
Learn about the importance of internal communications and learning strategies to build and maintain staff knowledge of gender and social equity issues.
Gain experience in collaborating across operational and technical functions of an organization.
Have the opportunity to maximize your learning opportunities across WRI by participating in seminars and presentations offered by a wide range of programs, centers, and initiatives within WRI.
What you will need:
This opportunity is part of WRI’s Dream Green program, which is an institutionally funded internship program to increase representation among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). To qualify for WRI's Dream Green program, the intern must be a BIPOC student.
Bachelor’s degree in related field.
Academic and/or professional experience in international development, environmental studies, gender, equity, and social justice causes.
Demonstrable interest in issues of gender, poverty, and/or social equity, preferably in WRI’s core areas of work (Food, Forests, Water, Oceans, Cities, Climate, and Energy).
Through this internship you will:
Build knowledge on the linkages between gender and social equity and environmental issues, particularly challenges and opportunities for strengthening the focus on equitable outcomes.
Learn about leveraging internal communications and learning strategies to influence change within an institution.
Experience working in an environment that demands flexibility and efficient use of time.
Gain in-depth knowledge of equity, gender, and poverty issues in the environment and international development fields.
Learn about the importance of internal communications and learning strategies to build and maintain staff knowledge of gender and social equity issues.
Gain experience in collaborating across operational and technical functions of an organization.
Have the opportunity to maximize your learning opportunities across WRI by participating in seminars and presentations offered by a wide range of programs, centers, and initiatives within WRI.

Responsibilities

Develop talking points on equity within WRI program sectors for leadership to use for external events.
Develop case studies of WRI projects that are integrating equity for internal learning purposes.
Compile resources on equity within WRI sectors to add to learning guides for colleagues.
Prepare the GSE monthly newsletter.
Assist with internal learning exchanges, including our quarterly ‘reflect on equity’ sessions and bi-monthly equity reading circles.

World Resources Institute

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Industry

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Employees

1982

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. We organize our work around six critical goals that the world must achieve this decade in order to secure a sustainable future: Climate: Protect communities and natural ecosystems from damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and generate opportunities for people by catalyzing a global transition to a low-carbon economy. Energy: Drive the scale-up of clean, affordable power systems throughout the world to deliver sustainable socio-economic development. Food: Ensure the world’s food systems reduce their impact on the environment, drive economic opportunity, and sustainably feed 9.6 billion people by 2050. Forests: Alleviate poverty, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity, and mitigate climate change by reducing forest loss and restoring productivity to degraded, deforested lands. Water: Achieve a water-secure future by mapping, measuring, and mitigating global water risks. Cities and Transport: Improve quality of life in cities by developing and scaling environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable urban and transport solutions. We design solutions for and analyze these six critical goals through the lenses of our three Centers of Excellence which focus on Governance, Business and Finance.