Environmental Strategy Analyst Intern

Responsibilities

Project Description

To conduct its mission, the Department of Defense (DoD) makes use of 27 million acres of natural lands and waters around the globe. These lands provide the contiguous, unencumbered spaces needed to train for assigned missions under realistic conditions. Faced with numerous change agents, including adjacent development, sea level rise, climate shifts, and invasive species, the best available science is needed to maintain these resources.

 

The mission of the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is to demonstrate innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions to meet DoD's environmental and installation energy challenges. However, ecosystem transformations are occurring faster than most federal agencies can currently manage and adapt.

 

Although mission planners, engineers, and natural resource managers of military lands have identified needs to adapt to ecosystem change, a pathway to communicate with the research community does not exist, slowing the development of innovation that responds to operational needs. More deliberate coordination is required to accelerate the pace of adopting new technologies and approaches to adaptation planning in concentrated DoD landscapes.

 

Thus, the DoD established the National Innovation Landscapes Network (NILN) with partner research and land management agencies to increase the pace of innovation in conservation management, reduce duplicative efforts, and transfer new technologies across representative federal landscapes. We are seeking personnel to join our team of talented professionals to support the NILN.

 

Tasks (specific to one key geography) may include:

• Determine environmental threats and land manager needs relative to DoD mission readiness.
• Research, analyze, and visualize DoD investment in technology, while identifying synergies between investments and local culture and needs.
• Produce data visualizations of DoD investment, military installation presence, and climate change driven threats.
• Conduct literature review to determine policy, agency, and innovation drivers for Federal government. Document existing and future science and technology needs.
• Attend stakeholders’ meetings to learn about interagency collaboration efforts.

What skills can the intern expect to develop by supporting this project?

• Knowledge of cutting-edge tools that support climate resilience across the U.S.
• Data analysis and visualization skills.
• Ability to support client-facing work.
• Presentation and writing skills.
• Experience in project management.
• Knowledge of the Federal government policies and initiatives that drive innovation.
• Understanding of interagency partnerships, and how the NILN leverages these synergies to amplify innovative problem solving across federal agencies, relying upon the coproduction of actionable science.

Learn, Network, and Contribute

If you are a student who is looking for good pay, valuable real-world experience, and the opportunity to grow, we are the place for you. Our interns spend their days collaborating with full-time staff and other interns to create innovative, mission-focused solutions for our clients’ most pressing problems. We offer a diverse network of professionals who each offer a unique skillset to shape your development. Read more about our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative here. 

 

Build Your Real-World Experience

When you intern for Noblis, we will offer real work on projects where you can learn, contribute, and see what it is like to be a working professional in your field. We will show belief in your potential through making you an integral part of our team from day one. We also facilitate group activities that allow you to meet other interns and form new connections. You also will have the ability to join our Intern Mentorship Program. Above all, we will provide you with an environment that enables learning and growth.

 

Invest in Your Future

You will leave prepared for life after school—as a leader, problem-solver, and critical thinker with real-world experience. And if you love your time at Noblis, you may have the opportunity to stay! A significant percentage of our interns become full-time employees.

Required Qualifications

• GPA of 3.3 or higher
• S. Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Climate Science, Sustainability, Environmental Policy, or related discipline.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work indepen