General Job Description
The intern will be an integral member of the PANNA Campaigns Department, focusing on campaigns to reduce the use of and exposure to highly hazardous pesticides in California. The intern will assist with all aspects of the campaign including campaign coordination, interpreting scientific data for lay audiences, public outreach, campaigns material production, and website maintenance. The intern may have the opportunity to represent PANNA in communications with affiliate organizations on behalf of the program with which the intern is involved. Spanish language skills considered a plus. Applicants looking for a longer-term (at least 6 months) internship are preferred.
Responsibilities
- Campaign coordination: help keep campaign activities, timeline organized
- Synthesize scientific data for a variety of lay audiences including farmworkers, rural families, suburban families and policymakers
- Create documents / campaigns materials (e.g. fact sheets)
- Revise and update existing campaigns materials, including webpages
- Draft letters and statements to be used in campaign
- Participate in the formation of campaign strategy
- May be asked to assist with some support tasks for campaign such as photocopying, proofreading…etc.
Qualifications
- Comfortable with public outreach
- Strong interest in environmental/public health, pesticide reform, or social justice
- Experience living/working in the California Central Valley or Central Coast
- Ability to work both independently as well as an active group participant
- Ability to keep work organized in order for it to be interpreted by future interns or PANNA staff
Location: Most work will occur in the San Francisco office.
There may be some opportunity for work at home, if desired, and some
opportunity for work in the field.
Supervisor: Kathryn Gilje, Executive Director
Benefits
There is no stipend associated with intern positions at PAN; however, we do reimburse any local commuting costs.
Benefits include:
- Strengthened campaigning knowledge and skills
- Better connected to individuals within the field
- Increased understanding of pesticide issues
- Exposed to an established non-profit structure
How to Apply
Submit the following to intern_coordinator@panna.org:
- A cover letter indicating that you wish to apply for the California Campaigns Intern position. Include why you want to work with PANNA and what experience/skills you hope to gain, your available dates, number of hours per week you wish to work. Please include where you learned of the position.
- A current resume highlighting the experience and/or coursework relevant to the position
- A brief writing sample (no more than 5 pages)
- Contact information for two references (name, phone, e-mail, relationship)
