Communications Intern PACE At World Resources Institute

Communications Intern PACE

Internships at WRI are learning experiences designed for current students, recent graduates, and other candidates who wish to gain knowledge about a specific area of our work. We strive to attract diverse, intellectually-driven candidates who have a passion for sustainability and development. WRI provides internship opportunities throughout the year in all our programs.

Job responsibilities

Provide communications support (70%)

• Contribute to the ongoing management, content creation and analysis for PACE social media channels
• Make PACE website updates using a Drupal Content Management System
• Manage email marketing communications, writing content and managing contact lists
• Carry out research to inform PACE’s communications and campaign activities
• Potentially contribute to graphic design and/or video editing projects, depending on skills and interests
• Support other external communication tasks as needed.

Provide outreach and operational support (30%)

• Assist with speech writing and developing PowerPoint presentations
• Support logistical preparations for events, conferences and workshops, including meeting management
• Support other PACE Secretariat tasks as needed.

PACE Overview

PACE is a public-private collaboration platform and project accelerator that aims to leverage global public-private leadership to accelerate action towards the circular economy. PACE was created and incubated by the World Economic Forum (“the Forum”) in Switzerland. As part of a new phase of development, the work is currently being transitioned across to a formal PACE hub, being established at WRI Europe in the Netherlands.

To date PACE has achieved significant outputs across its three delivery pillars:

• Projects: driving projects
• Leadership/Engagement: leveraging global leadership to drive action
• Knowledge: capture and disseminate learnings for scale.

Funding commitment is partially complete for three-years for the PACE hub to enable further scale and speed.

The PACE hub will function and operate as an independent unit with its own branding and governed by an independent board. Work will be undertaken by a diverse project team initially comprising of 6 full-time staff and a number of additional seconded members from across the PACE partner organizations. As funding growth allows, the team may further expand.

Internship Qualifications

Students must be registered at a college or university in The Netherlands for the full duration of the internship.

Compensation

This internship offers a reimbursement of 300 euros per month.

Duration

This is a full-time, six-month internship to start in September 2021 (there is some flexibility based on the student’s availability).

WRI Overview

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being. We are working to address six critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade in order to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water and sustainable cities.

We are passionate. We value our diversity of interests, skills and backgrounds. We have a flexible work environment. And we share a common goal to catalyze change that will improve the lives of people. Our shared ideals are at the core of our approach. They include: integrity, innovation, urgency, independence and respect.

The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps and analysis to solve the world’s greatest environment and international development challenges, and improve people’s lives. We work with leaders in government, business and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.

We have been growing rapidly: our staff has doubled in size over the past 5 years and our operating budget is now $100 million. Founded in 1982, WRI has a global staff of nearly 700 people with work spanning 50 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States.

WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices.