Natural Capitalism Solutions Internships

Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS) seeks two interns for summer, 2019

Are you looking for sustainability experience and learning about regenerative economies? Are you ready to put theory into a real-world application? Are you passionate about making a difference that positively impacts the lives of others? If so, join the NCS team, a non-profit 501c3 that works with local communities, companies, countries, and governments to advance sustainability and regenerative (non-extractive) activities. Hunter Lovins and the NCS team create tools and programs to implement sustainable and regenerative practices inside businesses, communities, and organizations.

DIGITAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
Time commitment: 2 days a week
Duration: 3 – 6 months
Compensation: unpaid
Work location: Interns are required to work at the Longmont, Colorado office for the majority of the internship (occasional remote work acceptable).

NCS seeks a Social Media Coordinator to help create content, manage social media channels, and establish standardized workflows.

NCS now focuses on creating regenerative economic systems that prioritize shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. To this end, NCS is helping facilitate the creation of a Regenerative Economic Hub in the Upper South Platte River bioregion, also known as the Northern Front Range. NCS’s effort to create the Hub is in its early stages, and the social media manager will contribute to the Hub’s overall communication strategy and ensure regular and consistent messaging to our audience of over 10,000.

You will work closely with the NCS team to strengthen our online presence in accordance with our brand. Together we will enhance our efforts to effectively deliver the NCS mission and voice while increasing our education and outreach success.

Duties:

  • Create newsletters to our 10,000+ subscribers on Mailchimp.
  • Help create blog posts to generate other social media posts on channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
  • Set up schedules for posts and ensure content is delivered regularly.
  • Use web tools (e.g., Hootsuite, Canva, Calendly, etc.) that simplify the social media process.
  • Set up standardized, repeatable workflows that make social media engagement and posting as efficient and easy-to-use as possible.
  • Filming and video editing for webinars and promotion.
  • Periodically review our website for accuracy and review google analytic.
  • Analyze the donor database and supporting vehicles: WP website, MailChimp, PayPal, SalesForce (minimally), etc.
  • Assist with writing and submitting Foundation grant proposals, consistent with our messaging.
  • Attend staff meetings.

Desired qualifications:

  • Experience working on social media in a nonprofit or university setting.
  • A general digital skill set that includes experience with filming and video editing.
  • Comfortable with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, MailChimp, Google Drive, Microsoft Suite. WordPress and Photoshop skills are a plus (or other photo editing and design programs)
  • Strong writing skills and a creative mind.
  • Self-starter: a history of taking initiative on projects where the way ahead is not clear.

What we offer:

  • The chance to exercise creative freedom, manage processes, and create new systems at the beginning of a project.
  • A casual work setting.
  • The opportunity to learn from Hunter Lovins and other experts on sustainability and regenerative economics.

FOUNDATION FUNDRAISING AND DONOR RELATIONS COORDINATOR
Time commitment: 2 days a week.
Duration: 3 – 6 months.
Compensation: unpaid.
Work location: Intern is required to work at the Longmont, Colorado office for the majority of the internship (occasional remote work acceptable).

Foundations that support our work in sustainability, climate change and our vision for a new economy are the focus. We are looking for a resourceful intern to learn about the development and management of foundation and corporate grants. The Coordinator intern will work under our program director to research foundations, write and refine proposals and letters-of-interest, then submit applications. Currently, NCS is centered on creating regenerative economic systems that prioritize shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. To this end, NCS is helping facilitate the creation of a Regenerative Economic Hub in the Upper South Platte River bioregion, also known as the Northern Front Range of Colorado. The Hub is in its early stages and meeting funding requirements will ensure the Hub’s overall momentum, success and staying power.

You will work closely with the NCS team and help with a longer range program to refine our donor relations process. Together, we will deliver the NCS mission and voice, while increasing our education and outreach success.

Duties:

  • Analyze the needs of grant issuing foundations; find a fit for NCS initiatives.
  • Adapt NCS proposals to the formats and specifications requested by each foundation for grant proposal submissions.
  • Set up procedures and schedules for contact with foundations. Define repeatable workflows for our proposal process as efficiently as possible.
  • Assess and improve the donor relations process; e.g., database and follow-up procedures.
  • Conduct research relating to sustainability and the emerging regenerative economics movement.
  • Attend Tuesday staff meetings.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Detail-oriented.
  • Organizational and follow-up skills.
  • Strong writing, editing and communication skills.
  • A history of taking initiative on projects where the way ahead is open.
  • Past experience with general research and applied critical thinking.
  • Comfortable with Microsoft Word and basic digital communication.

What we offer:

  • The chance to help create and manage new systems for non-profit fundraising.
  • A casual work setting.
  • The opportunity to learn from Hunter Lovins and other experts on sustainability and regenerative economics.

How to Apply:
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume to [email protected], with the subject line “Foundations Fundraising Donor Relations Coordinator”
Past Interns:
Past interns have gained employment at the following organizations: Standard Renewable Energy, GreenOrder, Weecycle Environmental Consulting, ATC Associates Environmental Consulting, Clean Energy Action, Department of Health, and NCS, to name a few.