Government Affairs Fellowship

Climate Action Campaign • Washington, DC

2d • $19 - $19 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Climate Action Campaign (CAC) Fellowship is a paid intern program designed to immerse its participants in the environmental advocacy field. Assignments vary and are designed to both support the campaign with its mission to advance and defend climate policies and assist the fellow with their professional growth. This non-exempt position allows interaction with all of the campaign’s departments providing a wide breadth of experiences. We have a fellowship available in our Government Affairs department. As an integral part of the team, the Government Affairs fellow will learn about environmental advocacy at the national level, including efforts to build public support for action to tackle the climate crisis, educate key decisionmakers, and shape federal policy. CAC is based in Washington, D.C. We are currently working in a hybrid environment with fellows expected in the office 2-3 times per week. The fellow will work predominantly with the Government Affairs team.

Requirements

• Interest in environmental issues and the environmental community
• Ability to learn to juggle multiple, distinct projects in a fast-paced, high-expectation campaign environment
• Ability to work successfully individually and collaboratively, with diverse teams and individuals internally and with external partner organizations
• Experience with data entry and managing large amounts of data
• Excellent communicator and self-starter; keen attention to detail

Nice To Haves

• Experience in issue-organizing, advocacy or electoral campaigns a plus
• Familiarity with Congressional activity and legislative research and analysis a plus

Responsibilities

• Conduct legislative research, tracking, and analysis, including reviewing and summarizing major legislation and decisionmakers’ positions
• Assisting with environmental advocacy efforts including drafting outreach language and creating, editing, and distributing a variety of documents for internal and external use
• Tracking Congressional and administrative activity, and national and local partners’ activities
• Ability to to be in the Washington, DC office 2-3 times per week, and attend occasional events like briefings, press events, and rallies
• Assisting various Departments during surge moments, including but not limited to attending events or otherwise supporting community-wide climate advocacy efforts, facilitating outreach to partners and decisionmakers, conducting research and data entry
• Assisting with internal information sharing and communications
• Providing logistics and meeting support as needed
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed