Community Engagement Internship

CRWA’s community engagement internships offers on-the-job training and experience in climate resilience, river restoration and environmental justice tasks. Interns will support either our River Restoration & Advocacy OR Climate Resilience program, depending on intern skills and interests. Responsibilities may vary but can include researching community stakeholders, conducting outreach, attending community meetings, tabling at farmers’ markets and community days, hosting workshops and training events, and supporting environmental advocacy efforts.

CRWA will be hiring two individuals for this role - one for our Restoration program and one for our Climate program. Please indicate your program preference in your cover letter.  

Internship Details:

This internship is unpaid and is available to students earning academic credit or a stipend from an educational program.

Internship schedules are flexible within normal business hours (may need to work some weekends)

This internship is hybrid

Potential Skills Gained:

Learn about important climate change, water quality, and environmental issues

Stakeholder engagement and outreach, and communications

Professional experience working with a small non-profit organization

Working with diverse stakeholders

Community and landscape planning

Event and workshop planning and implementation

Writing, commenting and presenting about environmental issues

Preparation of graphics for handouts/brochures, newsletter articles, and public presentations for education and outreach

A deeper understanding of the climate resilience policies that CRWA is pursuing in the watershed.

Research on a variety of topics such as climate resilience measures, flood control, urban heat island and tree canopy, green stormwater management

Desired Experience:

An interest in environmental and water quality issues

Willingness to learn and ability to work independently

Strong verbal and written communication skills; multilingual is a plus!

Preliminary coursework in environmental science, political science, or a related field

Experience with Google Workspace, Canva, and Microsoft Office

Willingness to work some evening and weekend hours

Access to a car and a valid driver’s license (strongly preferred)

APPLY TODAY! SEND YOUR RESUME & COVER LETTER TO EMILIA DICK FIORA DEL FABRO AT EFIORADELFABRO@CRWA.ORG, WITH YOUR NAME AND “COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTERNSHIP” IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, JULY 31ST, 2025.