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World Resources Institute

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: EESD
  • Region: North America
  • Location: Washington DC, USA
  • Internship Title: Project Assistant
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 60 countries, with international offices in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States, regional offices in Ethiopia (for Africa) and the Netherlands (for Europe), and program offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Our more than 1,000 experts and staff turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.

Our Challenge
Natural resources are at the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being. But today, we are depleting Earth’s resources at rates that are not sustainable, endangering economies and people’s lives. People depend on clean water, fertile land, healthy forests and a stable climate. Livable cities and clean energy are essential for a sustainable planet. We must address these urgent, global challenges this decade. 

Our Vision
We envision an equitable and prosperous planet driven by the wise management of natural resources. We aspire to create a world where the actions of government, business and communities combine to eliminate poverty and sustain the natural environment for all people.

Our Approach
In working to achieve global change at scale, we apply a threefold approach that is WRI’s hallmark:
Count It
We start with data, creating user-friendly information systems, protocols and standards. We conduct independent, unbiased research to analyze relationships and design solutions, and communicate our findings in a compelling manner.
Change It
We work with leaders of cities, companies and countries to achieve change, testing our ideas in complex, messy, real-world situations. We set clear objectives and hold ourselves accountable.
Scale It
We identify and overcome barriers to change so that proven solutions spread quickly and widely. We work with coalitions of remarkable leaders who transform business sectors, societies and economies, nationally and globally.

WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Our Goals
We focus on seven urgent global challenges that must be addressed to reduce poverty, grow economies and protect natural systems:
Climate: Protect communities and natural ecosystems from damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and generate opportunities for people by catalyzing a global transition to a low-carbon economy.
Energy: Drive the scale-up of clean, affordable power systems throughout the world to deliver sustainable socio-economic development.
Food: Ensure the world’s food systems reduce their impact on the environment, drive economic opportunity and sustainably feed 9.6 billion people by 2050.
Forests: Alleviate poverty, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change by reducing forest loss and restoring productivity to degraded, deforested lands.
Water: Achieve a water-secure future by mapping, measuring and mitigating global water risks.
Sustainable Cities: Improve quality of life in cities by developing and scaling environmentally, socially and economically sustainable urban and transport solutions.
The Ocean: We are charting the path for a New Ocean Economy that is good for jobs, economic growth and human health — while protecting and restoring the ocean.
Internship Tasks：
Intern in Strategy Development & Performance, Cities Program:
● WRI Ross Center’s Strategy Development & Performance team is responsible for coordinating the strategic development, planning, fundraising, project management, and monitoring, evaluation, & learning (MEL) functions for the center. 
● As an intern with the Strategy team, you will have the opportunity to learn what goes into setting institutional priorities and goals, aligning action towards those goals, and evaluating performance for a complex, dynamic non-profit that bridges the gap between a research and on-the-ground action. 
● In this internship you support the Strategy Development & Performance team in using tools to retroactively estimate the impact of outcomes delivered by the Cities program since 2015, support the roll-out of an industry-standard monitoring, evaluation and learning platform, and assist in consolidating guidance and self-paced learning materials for Cities staff members to develop project theories of change and results frameworks. These activities will contribute to the compilation of data points and information that is foundational to strategic decision-making. 
● This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in strategic planning, management or organizational development, as you will be exposed to the detailed work that goes into successfully planning and managing organizational strategy.  
Intern in Foundations Relations, Development:
● You will work with the Foundation Relations team and other teams in Development to conduct research on prospects and donors, develop briefings on donors for Executive Team members, draft and track grant acknowledgement letters, write external-facing donor communications and execute donor communications and stewardship strategies, support and edit donor reports, help strengthen internal coordination and knowledge management, manage Salesforce (a constituent relationship management database), support proposal development, among other activities. 
● This position also requires support for webinars and events, internal and external meeting logistics and scheduling, and administrative support. 
● This internship provides a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the world’s largest and most sophisticated foundation funders. You will have the opportunity to learn about and implement all stages of the donor cultivation cycle – including research, proposal development, solicitation, and stewardship.
● In addition, you will learn about fundraising from other donor types including corporate, government, and individual donors. By supporting and editing proposals and reports you will have the opportunity to learn more about WRI, technical aspects of our work, and grants management.  
● Fundraising is a key component of nearly all positions in the non-profit sector. Whether you are interested in a career in fundraising or programmatic work in a non-profit, this internship will help you build essential skills in writing, research, and fundraising and lead to tangible work products upon which to build your career. 
Intern in Health & Road Safety, Urban Mobility:
● The internship offers learning opportunities in sustainable urban mobility, road safety, and new mobility, based within the Ross Center’s Urban Mobility program. 
● As part of the Urban Mobility team, you will take on research and writing in support of ongoing knowledge products, webinars and events. Topics for this internship will include strategic approaches to road safety, accessibility challenges, political barriers and opportunities to change, or emerging mobility relevant to the developing world. 
● This internship offers the opportunity to connect and work closely with our global team of sustainable mobility and urban development experts, and key stakeholders around the world. 

Requirements：
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)

2019-04-01  Copenhagen, Denmark – Maximizing co-benefits by linking implementation across SDGs and climate action2008-02-25  Galway, Ireland – COHAB  international conference on health and biodiversity2006-03-24  Curitiba, Brazil – Sustainable ways to conserve and equitably share biological diversity – implementing the 2010 targets2005-08-16  Lima, Peru – Latin America regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2005-08-11  Delhi, India – India and South Asia sub-regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2004-12-12  San Francisco, CA USA – Making business work for the poor 2004-10-25 – Globalization and the poor and serving and connecting the poor 2004-06-21  Manila, Philippines – Asia regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2004-06-09  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania UR – Africa regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2004-02-06  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Global biodiversity forum 2003-09-05  Cancún, Mexico – Global biodiversity forum 2003-08-30  Havana, Cuba – Inter-regional session of Global Biodiversity Forum 2003-06-16  Dhaka, Bangladesh – Asia regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2003-04-23  Chisinau, Moldova – Europe regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2003-03-13  Washington, DC USA – Sustainable enterprise summit 2002-11-15  Valencia, Spain – Global biodiversity forum 2002-07  Cook Is – Pacific regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2002-04-05  The Hague, Netherlands – Global biodiversity forum 2001-12-05  Washington, DC USA – Sustainable enterprise summit 2000-05-12  Nairobi, Kenya – Sharing the benefits from biodiversity 2000-02-21  Mombasa, Kenya – Africa regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 2000  Mombasa, Kenya – Africa regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 1999-10-24  Colombo, Sri Lanka – Asia regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 1999-06-18  Montréal, QC Canada – Global biodiversity forum 1999-05-07  San José, Costa Rica – Global biodiversity forum 1998-12-04  Dakar, Senegal – Global biodiversity forum 1998-11-06  Buenos Aires, Argentina – Global biodiversity forum 1998-05-01  Bratislava, Slovakia – Global biodiversity forum 1997-12-06  Kyoto, Japan – Global biodiversity forum 1997-08-28  Montréal, QC Canada – Global diversity forum 1997-08-28  Nairobi, Kenya – Africa regional session 1997-04-03  New York, NY USA – Global biodiversity forum 1997  Harare, Zimbabwe – Global biodiversity forum 1996-11-01  Buenos Aires, Argentina – Global biodiversity forum 1996-09-26  Nairobi, Kenya – Africa regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 1996-08-31  Montréal, QC Canada – Global biodiversity forum 1996-05-26  Santa Marta, Colombia – Latin America regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 1995-11-04  Jakarta, Indonesia – Global biodiversity forum 1994-11-26  Nassau, Bahamas – Global biodiversity forum 1994-09  Washington, DC USA – Forum on regional biological diversity management 1993-10-07  Gland, Switzerland – Global biodiversity forum 1993-06-15  Pasadena, CA USA – Workshop on technical means for meeting environmental information needs early in the next century 1991-10-25  Washington, DC USA – Recent developments on the proposed UN code of conduct on transnational corporations

Relations
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations:
Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 – Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of theUNCCD). 
Invited to Governing Council sessions of: F-XF1721 – International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 
Participates in the work of: E-XE4176 – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). 
Hosts: E-XM7495 – NDC Partnership. 
Involved in development and participation of: F-XF1971 – Caribbean Action Plan (CAR). 
Has participated in meetings of: K-XK2374 – Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD.
Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Accredited by: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Accredited by: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Secretariat (UNFCCC Climate Change Secretariat)
Accredited by: United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Partner of: Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Member of: Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP)
Member of: International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
Observer status with: Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment (CIDIE)
Links with: Bioversity International
Links with: Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA)
Links with: Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
Links with: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Links with: International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
Links with: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Links with: International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV
Links with: Managing the Environment Locally in Sub-Saharan Africa (MELISSA)
Links with: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)
Links with: UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UN Environment WCMC) 
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Provides secretariat for: F-XM8929 – High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Panel). 
Managing partner of: C-XM7168 – Global Commission on Adaptation. 
Participates in: J-XM7163 – Global Center on Adaptation (GCA). 
Signatory to charter of: E-XN9300 – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
Member of: Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG)
Member of: Asian Energy Institute (AEI)
Member of: Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA)
Member of: Climate Action Network (CAN)
Member of: ELC International (ELCI)
Member of: EverGreen Agriculture Partnership
Member of: GEF-CSO Network
Member of: Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GABC)
Member of: Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)
Member of: Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA)
Member of: Global Commons Alliance
Member of: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)
Member of: Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)
Member of: Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (Data4SDGS)
Member of: Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR)
Member of: High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Panel)(Advisory Network)
Member of: InsideNGO
Member of: International Centre for Earth Simulation (ICES Foundation)
Member of: International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
Member of: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
Member of: LEDS Global Partnership (LEDS GP)
Member of: Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)
Member of: Science Based Targets Network
Member of: Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
Partner of: Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG)
Partner of: Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
Partner of: Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
Partner of: Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD)
Partner of: Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR)
Partner of: Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA)
Partner of: WorldFish
Instrumental in setting up: Global Forest Watch (GFW)
Instrumental in setting up: Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)
Instrumental in setting up: The Access Initiative (TAI)
Supports: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB)
Supports: Society for Development Alternatives
Links with: African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
Links with: Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Links with: Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Links with: Casa de la Paz, Santiago de Chile
Links with: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Links with: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Links with: Earth Share
Links with: EcoAgriculture Partners
Links with: EIS-AFRICA
Links with: European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Links with: Global Legal Empowerment Network
Links with: Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Links with: High Conservation Value Resource Network (HCV Resource Network)
Links with: International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)
Links with: International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED)
Links with: International Foundation, Brussels
Links with: International Marinelife Alliance (IMA)
Links with: Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development
Links with: LatinoAméricaPosible (LAP)
Links with: Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD International)
Links with: Pan-African Alliance for Environment and Development
Links with: Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
Links with: Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)
Links with: Population Action International (PAI)
Links with: Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS)
Links with: Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
Links with: Society for International Development (SID)
Links with: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Links with: We Mean Business
Links with: Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests (Montreal Process)
Links with: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC)
Links with: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Links with: Atlas Service Corps
Links with: Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
Links with: EAT
Links with: Global Salmon Initiative (GSI)

Members
Network of advisors, collaborators, international fellows and cooperating institutions in over 50 countries. Membership countries not specified.