Role and Responsibilities
- Support programmatic work on climate migration seeking to avert, minimize, and address climate displacement.
- Support the development of thought leadership on climate migration through engagement with experts and conducting research, writing, and analysis on the intersection between human mobility and climate change.
- Support programming and convening of high-level events within the framework of the Climate Migration Council.
- Monitor legal and policy developments on climate migration.
- Collaborate effectively with various teams across the Emerson Collective, including communications, data, and others, to advance the work of the climate migration team.
- Develop and maintain systems for organizing data, materials, and information.
- Support the Director, Immigration Strategy, and the broader EC climate migration team as needed.
Qualifications, Skills, and Requirements
- Rising undergraduate junior or senior preferred.
- Knowledge of and interest in relevant topical areas, including global climate policy, climate finance, human dimensions of climate change, global migration, refugees, and/or human displacement.
- Strong sense of professionalism and capacity to engage respectfully with diverse audiences.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to develop materials for internal and external audiences.
- All hands-on deck approach to working in a collaborative environment.
- Portuguese and/or Spanish fluency is preferred, though not required.
- Operate with care, kindness, and a spirit of generosity.
- Excited by working in an environment where any idea is possible and is driven to help execute to make those ideas happen.
Location Emerson Collective is a Bay Area-based organization with offices in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. This position is located in Washington, DC, and is onsite 40 hours/week between June 9th and August 1st, 2025.
All EC Interns are paid $25/hour and can expect to work 40 hours per week from June 9th to August 1st (eight weeks). Interns may also receive travel and housing allowances as needed.