TreesCharlotte Internships

Looking to gain professional experience working for an environmental nonprofit? Apply for a TreesCharlotte Internship!

TreesCharlotte Internship

About TreesCharlotte:  TreesCharlotte is a public/private nonprofit collaboration to grow, diversify and steward the city’s iconic urban forest. Trained volunteers and science-based programs teach residents about the value of trees and how to plant and care for them.

Known as “The City of Trees,” Charlotte has a wonderful foundation for achieving manageable canopy goals. However, a detailed analysis shows we must take a more aggressive approach to ensure the continued health and well-being of our tree canopy, and we must actively plant thousands of trees to account for growth and development in our city and around the region.

Internship Summary:  The TreesCharlotte Intern will hold a dynamic position within our organization. They are responsible for assisting with the education programs including schools and adult activities, stewardship programs such as TreeCare, and CommunityWoods (tree plantings and adoptions). They will also support day-to-day administrative activities alongside the Director of Programs and the TreesCharlotte Programs Team.

Responsibilities include: 

Education

• Assist in the development of curricula for tree education with grades K-12,
• Work with our Urban Forest Educator to create short instructional videos on tree care, tree ID and more,
• Assist with creating educational activities for adults and communities,
• Craft slideshows and videos for the TreesCharlotte.org website, social channels, and special events,
• Assist in writing informative blogs on the value of and impact of trees,
• Use the data collected in Tree by Tree to consolidate quantitative data and reflect these data points in our internal scorecards.

Community Engagement

• Research value of trees to specific communities with the direction of our Community Engagement Manager,
• Assist in post-event analytics and scorecard tracking,
• Conduct planting site visits to help with survivability mapping,
• Assist in tabling event packaging materials for TreeAmbassadors,

Operations

• Continue to put together and build materials for community engagement events (i.e. tree seed packets; coloring pages),
• Assisting with the TreesCharlotte marketing campaign that is inclusive of social media and guerilla marketing tactics,
• Primarily coordinating volunteer efforts and tracking analytics along with assisting in managing received pledges that the campaign drives. 
• Assist in creation of other marketing materials that help promote programming efforts. 
• Administrative office duties such as creating flyers and marketing materials; printing event materials such as nametags and maps; and organizing materials for tabling events.
• Assist at Programs Events, including but not limited to: TreeAdoptions, Plantings, and TreeCare.
• Other duties as assigned,

Ideal candidates will possess: 

• Knowledge of environment and ecology of North Carolina Piedmont area (preferred).
• Ability to perform duties in a flexible environment that changes daily.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Creativity as well as sharp technical skills.
• Ability to learn new softwares quickly and efficiently.

Candidates must:

• Have reliable transportation.
• Have access to a laptop.
• Have access to the internet (when working remotely).
• Candidate will be responsible for all travel expenses.

Compensation: Compensation based on experience. Internship can be used towards school credit (please get in touch with your school for more information).

Time Commitment: Typically 15-20 hours per week (or 2-3 days a week). Time commitment can be flexible.

Candidates must:

• Have reliable transportation.
• Have access to a computer.
• Have access to the internet (when working remotely).
• Candidate will be responsible for all travel expenses.

Internship dates and hours are flexible. This position will be a hybrid position with some work hours completed remotely and some completed on-site (whether in our office or on-site at a planting location).

Ready to apply? Interested candidates should send a detailed email with their preferred internship season(s), preferred hours, and resume to Krysten Reilly, Director of Programs at krysten@treescharlotte.org.