Europe Middle East and Africa, Cities, States and Regions - Engagement Volunteer Intern

Duration: 3 months - starting 9th November 2020 (some flexibility is possible)

Days per week: We will be flexible in our approach and discuss your volunteering hours with you. We are looking for someone to volunteer with us for 3 days a week. This position will initially be remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

About CDP’s Cities, States and Regions program:

Over 920 local and regional governments worldwide are measuring and disclosing environmental data through CDP and ICLEI’s unified reporting system in order to manage emissions, build resilience, protect themselves from climate impacts and create better places for people to live and work.

The internship program

All our volunteer interns will be assigned to a volunteer intern supervisor and will receive an induction, on-the-job training, coaching and one-to-one support. On successful completion of their placement, volunteer interns can request a reference.

Interns will get an insight into how an international environmental NGO operates with the opportunity to attend meetings and ask questions.

Role, purpose and background

This internship is ideal for someone seeking to put into practice their engagement, research, and analysis skills. You will get to grips with the climate actions that cities, states and regions are taking to reduce emissions, adapt to climate change, and finance the clean economy transition.

Key tasks include

• Research and analysis of CDP cities data and external sources to support city level-climate action
• Supporting the EMEA team to develop materials to engage cities, states, and regions to take data-driven climate actions
• Supporting the EMEA team to ensure participation in CDP’s cities, states, and regions annual disclosure through phone calls and email support to sub-national governments in EMEA
• Supporting the organization of disclosure-related initiatives including webinars
• Helping to maintain an internal database for EMEA cities, states, and regions contacts

Required skills and competencies

• Interest in cities and sustainability—particularly in mitigation and adaptation efforts, and green infrastructure projects;
• Outgoing and personable attitude—superior interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage and follow up via phone and email;
• The ability to come up to speed quickly and independently with technical information (such as emissions targets or Global Covenant of Mayors badge requirements);
• Experience in analyzing data sets;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Desirable skills and competencies

• Competency in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and/or French.
• Previous work experience.

Expenses

This is not a salaried position.

How to apply

Interested applicants must be eligible to volunteer legally in the UK.

To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and competencies, which should be no more than two pages, to [email protected] with ‘EMEA Cities, States, and Regions Internship’ in the subject. The deadline is 5pm on Monday 26th October 2020.

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