Outdoors for All Intern

Sierra Club • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Outdoors for All Intern supports the Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign, which works to advance a just, equitable, and inclusive movement that ensures access to the outdoors for all people. The campaign creates opportunities for communities to experience the outdoors and advocate for outdoor access and equity through national and field initiatives, including Military Outdoors, One Million Kids Outdoors, Nearby Nature, and Parks for People. The intern supports the campaign’s storytelling efforts and may help document events and activities that highlight the campaign’s impact.

This is a temporary position for 15 hours per week for six months. Washington, DC is preferred. The hourly rate is $18–$20, depending on location. The role is category 99, non-exempt, and non-represented. The intern reports to the Outdoors for All Director.

Requirements

• Excellent writing skills and experience writing content or developing memos, one-pagers, fact sheets, social media content, slide decks, and other written materials.
• Experience developing images and graphics for social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn.
• Ability to use Sierra Club graphic templates in Canva to develop assigned assets.
• Strong visual eye.
• Experience or willingness to speak with a wide variety of people to support story development.
• Ability to inspire people to share stories and to steward those stories with care.
• Ability to set and meet deadlines, follow through on commitments, and respond to a variety of communication styles.
• Commitment to continually deepening and evolving one’s understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility; ability to recognize one’s relationship to privilege and power and adjust behavior as appropriate.
• Constructive, can-do approach; sees mistakes as opportunities for growth and problems as catalysts for solutions; brings a sense of humor and authentic kindness.

Nice To Haves

• Experience or interest in policy advocacy.
• Experience or interest in conservation, outdoor access, and recreation topics.
• Experience or interest in working with veterans, youth, volunteers, and communities with a wide range of lived experiences and identities.

Responsibilities

• Reach out to outdoor leaders and participants to collect stories about the impact of Outdoors for All initiatives and help develop them into digital content such as blog posts and social media posts.
• Potentially participate in in-person events, such as rallies or outings, and capture stories directly.
• Develop social media content—including images, carousels, and short-form video—using Canva and Sierra Club brand guidelines for campaign and coalition channels.
• Help develop the campaign’s weekly network newsletter by editing organization-wide contributions into a Google Docs template and collecting assigned stories.
• Research policy measures and topics related to the campaign.
• Prepare briefing materials, presentation slides, documents, and one-pagers, using Sierra Club brand guidance and research, to support campaign advocacy, fundraising, and effectiveness.
• Support special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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