NY Cities Intern

The Nature Conservancy • New York, NY

3d • $17 - $21 • Remote

About The Position

What We Can Achieve Together: The Cities Program in New York State builds strategies and initiatives to create a healthy, resilient and sustainable urban environment in NYS cities, with a significant focus on New York City. We work with government and non-government partners on key programmatic areas: tackle climate change, improve water quality in and around cities, promote nature and environmental solutions to enhance the quality of life, and reduce urban heat island and air pollution. We are leading practitioners on the science and policy of the NYC urban forest and we convene Forest for All NYC, a coalition of 200+ member organizations committed to equitably expanding tree canopy across NYC. We’re Looking for You: The NY Cities Team Intern plays a key operational role in enabling the Cities Program team to deliver its conservation impacts more efficiently. By streamlining internal processes and automating workflows, the Intern will help increase staff capacity, improve information flow, and strengthen team agility. The Intern will directly support the team’s ability to advance conservation policy, manage complex projects, and collaborate effectively. Tasks may include but are not limited to: automating a tracker for relevant policy and legislation, setting up a press and media tracker, and leveraging appropriate automation tools for team meeting notes and follow-ups. The Intern will partner closely with their supervisor and team to document current processes, design and/or implement simple no/low-code automations using TNC-approved tools, and deliver user-friendly documentation and demos to the team. This role is ideal for a tech-savvy graduate student interested in strengthening their skills in automation, workflow process design, business operations, or computer science with a mission-driven environmental organization.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a Graduate program throughout the duration of the internship.
• Reside in New York State.
• Current enrollment as a graduate student in information systems, public administration, business, computer science, environmental science, sustainability, policy, urban planning, or related field.
• Willingness to work remotely and independently (with guidance) 35 hours per week (full-time) as a summer intern.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in or a passion to learn about environmental issues, public policy, urban conservation, or related topics.
• Strong technical aptitude and comfort learning new digital tools quickly.
• Passion for current and evolving trends in relevant technologies.
• Ability to communicate (written and verbally) accurately, transparently, and to apply feedback.
• Excellent organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail.
• Growth mindset, curiosity, and comfort working with ambiguity.
• Ability to incorporate feedback in a flexible and iterative process
• Some familiarity with New York City (government, geography, or policy landscape) is helpful but not required.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Work with supervisor to assess and prioritize 3-5 workflows in the Cities Program that would benefit from automation and increased efficiency.
• Create clear workflow maps to document the “current state” of each priority workflow
• Conduct research on automation tools available to TNC teams and develop recommendations on the best tool and process for each priority workflow.
• Implement no/low-code automations using TNC-approved tools (e.g. Power Automate, SharePoint, Workday integrations, Teams, Zoom, or equivalent tools).
• Document guidance and produce short demo or training session for NY Cities Team members.

Benefits

• TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees