Cleveland Tree Coalition Summer Intern

Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Job Location:

Cleveland, TN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Cleveland Tree Coalition (CTC) is a collaborative group of public private and community stakeholders. We partner with the City of Cleveland to rebuild our urban forest using the Cleveland Tree Plan as our guide. The Cleveland Tree Canopy Goal aims to increase the citys urban tree canopy cover from 18% to 30% by the year 2040. The coalition strives to create a healthy vibrant sustainable and equitable urban forest by working collaboratively and leveraging resources.

The CTC is seeking two summer interns to support data collection evaluation and overall quality improvement forcoalition supported activities. Promising candidates may have experience working in diverse communities strong communication and organizational skills an interest in environmental justice public health urban planning community activation and a willingness to be outside.

The interns will report to the Director of the Cleveland Tree Coalition. Like theDirector the interns will be employees of Western Reserve Land Conservancy and will be housed within its offices and infrastructure. Western Reserve Land Conservancy provides legal finance and administrative support to the CTC.

At the end of this experience interns will have:

Increased understanding of the Collective Impact model and collaboration in Cleveland.

Increased knowledge of tree planting establishment and maintenance practices.

Increased skills and real-world application of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct an inventory of trees planted by Cleveland Tree Coalition partners.

- Clean and conduct basic analyses of quantitative data.

Refine standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Quality Improvement QI processes.

Schedule and conduct semi-structured interviews with past CTC grantees.

Create compelling stories and mini case studies featuring past CTC grantees.

Support community engagement efforts as outlined the Strategic Communications and Engagement Plan. This may include creating and posting social media content supporting community ambassadors and supporting neighborhood-based tree campaigns.

Attend CTC meetings as appropriate.

On occasion interns will shadow CTC partners conducting tree plantings and maintenance in the City of Cleveland.

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in a higher education institution with at least one year complete.

Experience with spatial mapping software like Arc GIS.

Background or interest in public administration urban planning public health environmental sciences non-profit management or some other related field.

Ability to drive or navigate public transit to various locations in the city.

Pay and Location

This is an hourly position with a pay rate of $17 per hour and it is eligible for overtime. Since this is a summer internship position no benefits or vacation are provided. However the individual will be paid for any Land Conservancy holidays that fall on a scheduled workday.

The position will be located at the Land Conservancys Thriving Communities office in downtown Cleveland.

Western Reserve Land Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to hiring staff members who represent the rich diversity of our community. At the Land Conservancy all employees and applicants for employment are judged on their merits. The Land Conservancy is committed to providing an environment free of illegal discrimination of any kind and does not base any employment decisions on race color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression religion age disability military or veteran status or any other protected category under federal and state laws.

Required Experience:

Intern

Position SummaryThe Cleveland Tree Coalition (CTC) is a collaborative group of public private and community stakeholders. We partner with the City of Cleveland to rebuild our urban forest using the Cleveland Tree Plan as our guide. The Cleveland Tree Canopy Goal aims to increase the citys urban tree...