Tennessee Outreach & Communications Assistant

The intern will work closely with our Tennessee Campaign Manager to support base-building, community education, and other outreach from our Knoxville office.

Intern activities include, but are not limited to:

Tracking and tabling at relevant events in the Knoxville area
Maintaining our outreach database
Organizing presentations on our work at local colleges
Coordinating and recruiting for volunteer events
Assisting with workshops in Knoxville and surrounding rural communities
Writing blogs/website blurbs that describe our program focus and current work
Making Instagram and Facebook posts about current projects
Training rural co-op members on the use of Google Drive & other technology
Contacting regional organizations to engage in our campaigns
Supporting various projects as they arise

Requires 15 hrs/week commitment, on average. Compensation $15/hr. The internship will start immediately and last through the end of January.

Skills/Qualifications

Passionate about environment/social issues the Appalachian region
Great communication skills
Ability to compromise/work well with people from a wide range of opinions and backgrounds
Organizational skills- highly detail oriented
Sense of humor
Use of Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, etc.)
Self-starter that can work independently
Use of Facebook and/or WordPress
Good writing skills

To apply

Please send your resume and letter of interest to Tennessee Campaign Manager Bri Knisley, at brianna@appvoices.org. Please make the subject line of the email “Outreach & Communications Intern.”

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About Appalachian Voices
Appalachian Voices is a nonprofit advocacy organization that works to achieve an Appalachia with healthy, intact ecosystems and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy. We have 30 staff members located in offices in Boone, N.C., Charlottesville, Va., Norton, Va., Knoxville, Tenn., and Durham, N.C.

Commitment to equity
Appalachian Voices is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion both in our work and in our organizational structure. We seek applicants who share and exhibit these principles. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure staff and interns and applicants for those positions are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.