CTLCV Internship Opportunities
About Us
The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters is a non-profit organization working to educate voters and elected leaders on state environmental issues. CTLCV (and CTLCV’s Education Fund) works with dozens of groups to develop and support good environmental policies at the state legislature. We publish an annual environmental scorecard grading legislators on their environmental voting records, endorse candidates for state office who will make the environment a top priority, and help to get conservationminded people informed and involved. Please visit our websites at www.ctlcv.org or www.conservationeducation.org.
Development Intern:
CTLCV seeks an energetic individual with excellent verbal and creative writing skills to assist in vital fundraising efforts. The intern will learn and hone highly marketable skills in the development and maintenance of the organization’s fundraising activities. The intern will help the Development Director on communications with previous and potential donors, look for opportunities to garner support for the organization, and assist in formulating and writing grant proposals. Competence in Microsoft Excel and experience with grant writing, database management, or working with non-profits is a plus.
- Reports to: Development Director
- Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Education Level: Currently enrolled in a college or graduate school program
Political Intern: Environmental Scorecard
CTLCV seeks a self-motivated individual with exemplary skills in verbal and written communication and an interest in environmental policy to help CTLCV develop the annual Environmental Scorecard for the Connecticut legislative session. Prospective candidates should be prepared to directly communicate with legislators and special interest groups to identify, track and summarize legislation resulting from the spring legislative session.
- Reports to: Executive Director
- Semester: Spring
- Education Level: Currently enrolled in a college or graduate school program
Political Intern: Legislative Outreach
CTLCV is seeking an individual with strong organizational skills to assist the organization in reaching out to candidates for state legislature prior to elections. The intern will assist in the endorsement process of pro-environment candidates by contacting candidates, Researching races, helping to distribute and get candidate questionnaires for review, and coordinate logistics of candidate surveys and interviews. A key responsibility will be to prepare materials for CTLCV board members reviewing candidates for possible endorsement.
- Reports to: Executive Director
- Semester: Spring, Summer
- Education Level: Currently enrolled in a college or graduate school program
The CTLCV is seeking an undergraduate student with exemplary research and writing skills to assist with the update of a briefing book about Connecticut’s environmental issues in relation to the development of law and advocacy at the state level. Prospective candidates should have excellent written communication skills, an interest in environmental issues, and a general understanding of the state political process.
- Reports to: Communications Director
- Semester: Fall, Spring
- Education Level: enrolled in a college or graduate school program, or law school program.
Contact: To apply, please email a letter of intent and resume to CTLCV Executive Director Lori Brown at lori.brown@ctlcv.org. For more information, call CTLCV at 860.236.5442.
