Internships

A CCL Internship provides an enriching learning experience for college students and recent graduates. Interns work directly with our expert staff and have opportunities to interact with our dedicated volunteer leaders. Interns go on to top graduate schools and often pursue careers in environmental, political, or nonprofit fields.

Academic credit can be considered in consultation with the intern’s academic advisor. 

In addition, interns have the opportunity to apply to be a CCL National Conference Intern (limited slots available) to assist on-site at the event in Washington, D.C. This would include free registration to the conference, a stipend, travel and lodging accommodations.

This is an unpaid internship with no employee benefits. However, interns receive:

  • Free registration to the Citizens’ Climate National Conference & Lobby Day in Washington, D.C.

  • Priority consideration for CCL’s fellowships and scholarships.

Internship time frames vary, please see listings below. 

To learn more about CCL, please consider joining CCL.

We keep applications open year-round.  You can apply any time!

Apply now: https://cclusa.org/intern-application

Outreach and Engagement

Field Operations Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 4 months
Hours/week: 8 - 10
Semesters available: Fall, Spring, Summer

The intern will assist with the weekly national Informational Session on Wednesday evenings, write featured chapter blurbs for CCL’s Weekly Bulletin, and create and implement a personal passion project of their choosing. Past projects have encompassed a wide range of activities including hosting a film screening, tabling on campus, giving presentations, and creating and delivering a diversity, equity, and inclusion workshop for volunteers.

Inclusion Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 4 months
Hours/week: 8 - 10
Semesters available: Fall, Spring, Summer

The inclusion intern assists the Vice President of People & Culture in providing support to CCL campus chapters and CCL affinity action teams. The intern will work with members of the Inclusion Team to design and co-create inclusion workshops as needed. This intern will also take on other projects as assigned by the supervisor. From time to time, interns can design their passion projects (after a consultation with their supervisor).

National Youth Action Team Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 4 months
Hours/week: 8 - 10
Semesters available: Fall, Spring (not available in Summer)

This intern assists the Youth Program Coordinator and works closely with youth volunteers in our National Youth Action Team (NYAT). The volunteers are engaged and enthusiastic middle and high school students from across the country who are learning advocacy and leadership skills. The NYAT crafts and implements an annual agenda that helps to empower youth in CCL’s lobbying, outreach, education, and training activities. Intern duties include welcoming new team members and maintaining the roster, overseeing social media posts, responding to DMs, and supporting various subcommittees with projects.  This position includes many opportunities for creativity and mentoring the next generation of climate advocates. 

National Events Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 6 months
Hours/week: 6
Semesters available: February - July

This intern will support the National Events Director in helping organize CCL’s Summer Conference & Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., and other national events (virtual). Primary intern responsibilities include but are not limited to: event marketing, attendee communications, program development, speaker invitations and coordination, vendor management, on-site event execution, and lead a team of interns during the event.

Marketing

Marketing Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 4 months
Hours/week: 8 - 10
Semesters available: Fall, Spring, Summer

This position will primarily support CCL's Director of Marketing, a member of the organization's national marketing staff. This intern will primarily work to create and caption video clips for use on social media in alignment with CCL’s brand guidelines. This intern may also have the opportunity to draft social media copy, support social media community management, and take on other tasks as assigned. Additional marketing tasks are available depending on the intern's skill set and the time of year, such as graphic design, ad script writing, and video filming or photo shoots at CCL events.

Communications

Communications Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 4 months
Hours/week: 8 - 10
Semesters available: Fall, Spring, Summer

This position will primarily support CCL's Communications & Media Manager, a member of the organization's national communications staff. This intern will be responsible for reviewing volunteer logs of local media work for completeness and CCL-appropriate content and tone, helping to prepare, run or host media training calls on Zoom, and other tasks as assigned. Additional communications tasks are available depending on the intern's skill set and interest, such as researching local media opportunities, writing blog posts, or authoring and pitching opinion content to local news outlets.

Government Affairs

Government Affairs Intern (Remote)
Internship length: 6 months
Hours/week: 6
Semesters available: Summer/Fall, Winter/Spring

This position supports the Congressional Liaison Program Director who coordinates CCL’s large and small lobbying efforts. This intern also interacts regularly with our dedicated CCL volunteers throughout the country. Primary intern responsibilities include assisting with twice-monthly Liaison Training Calls, coaching and reminders for volunteers setting appointments for lobby meetings, email communications and database updates. Additional opportunities to assist the wider Government Affairs team with research and attending briefings on particular legislation. Intern will learn grassroots advocacy methods, how to interact with the US Congress, volunteer coordination and communications skills.

We keep applications open year-round.  You can apply any time!

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Please join CCL and volunteer with your local chapter if you’re ready to get a taste for what we do.

For questions or support about internships, please contact membership@citizensclimatelobby.org.