Public Affairs Intern - Summer 2024

This Opportunity

Nationally recognized as a Top 100 Internship Program, WSP USA hosts hundreds of interns across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.

Our Communications and Public Involvement Team is seeking a Public Affairs Intern - Summer 2024 to work out of our New York, NY office. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2024 or later.

This 12 week internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program that is scheduled to start on May 20th, 2024. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.
 

Your Impact

• Support on the ground liaison between the project and the community
• Support effective public outreach strategies for this high-profile infrastructure project
• Manage and track stakeholder and public input database and run analytics and reports to inform outreach strategies
• Draft and support content development for the projects’ social media channels 
• Analyze the effectiveness of outreach campaigns, including website and social media campaigns
• Coordinate and support public meetings and community events with various neighborhood groups or other stakeholders as assigned
• Monitor and archive escalate media coverage of project issues
• Support the implementation of strategic messages that educate the community on the purpose, need, benefits, and perceived impacts of the project
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
• Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.
   

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Political Science, Journalism, Economics, Environmental Studies, or related Undergraduate program.
• Demonstrated interest in Public Affairs, Infrastructure, Clean Energy, or related field and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
• Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Political Science, Public Affairs, Public Administration, Journalism, Economics, Environmental Studies, or related, Master's or PhD program.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, proprietary database management and/or CRM systems, social media scheduling tools such as Sprout Social or Later.
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus

Compensation:

Expected Salary: $19.13 - $30.00 per hour

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

 

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.