Community Engagement Intern, Intersect
$35 USD per hour for undergraduate students or $45 USD per hour for graduate students
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Clean energy company
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Clean energy company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$35 USD per hour for undergraduate students or $45 USD per hour for graduate students
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To preserve our planet for future generations through low-carbon energy and infrastructure solutions.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in communications, public affairs, environmental studies, or a related field
- Interest in community engagement, stakeholder relations, or project development within the energy or infrastructure space
- Strong research and organizational skills, with the ability to synthesize information clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and support event coordination efforts
- Familiarity with community outreach, event planning, or public engagement is a plus
- Curiosity, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset that will help you succeed in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- A proactive approach and attention to detail, especially when supporting team coordination and logistics
What the job involves
- As part of Intersect’s Community Engagement team, you’ll help strengthen how we connect with local communities during early-stage project development
- This internship plays a meaningful role in shaping how projects are introduced, understood, and supported at the local level
- You’ll contribute to both research and public-facing engagement efforts—gathering community insights, supporting outreach strategies, and helping deliver thoughtful, well-executed events
- This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect’s mission to accelerate the renewable energy transition by building strong, trust-based relationships with the communities where we operate
- Through early engagement, thoughtful communication, and inclusive outreach, the team ensures projects are grounded in local context and positioned for long-term success
- Support Community Research and Insights:
- Gather and synthesize information about local communities to inform early-stage project development
- Track stakeholder engagement and maintain organized records of outreach activities
- Identify key community groups, priorities, and potential concerns to support informed siting decisions
- Execute Community Engagement Events:
- Support the planning and coordination of Roman and Meitner Open Houses and volunteer initiatives
- Help ensure events are organized, inclusive, and aligned with community engagement goals
- Assist with event logistics, materials preparation, and on-site coordination
- Strengthen Outreach and Communication:
- Contribute to outreach strategies that build awareness and foster positive community relationships
- Support the development of clear, accessible communication materials
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure consistent and thoughtful engagement efforts
- Joining this team offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful, community-centered work while developing skills in stakeholder engagement, research, and project coordination
- Program Details:
- Duration: 10 weeks
- Program Dates: June 1 – August 14
- Location: Interns are expected to work in-person from our San Francisco office
- Mentorship: Each intern will receive guidance from experienced professionals throughout the program
- Capstone Presentation: Interns will present their final project to executive leadership at the end of the program
Our take
Intersect is expanding access to clean electricity to help drive broad-based decarbonization. The company develops some of the world's largest clean energy resources and delivers these low-carbon solutions to customers around the globe.
Intersect is redefining what it means to be a clean power developer by constantly looking at new industries that it could vertically integrate into, to get closer to its goal of deep decarbonization. The company was born from innovation, conceived as an alternative to the traditional selling of electricity under long term PPA, which is demonstrative of the company’s determination to challenge the status quo and approach projects at scale without destroying value.
Excitingly, Intersect has partnered with Google and TPG Rise Climate (TPG) to drive the expansion of renewable power and storage solutions for data centers across the US. This collaboration is set to deliver gigawatts of new capacity and catalyze a $20B investment in renewable energy infrastructure by the decades end. With its first co-located clean energy project already in the works and expected to be operation by 2026, Intersect is very much paving the way for a sustainable future in the data center industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
91% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Greenway, Beaverton, OR
Leadership
Sheldon Kimber
(Founder & CEO)Previously acted as COO for Recurrent Energy. Also spent 9 years at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business as a Lecturer.
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