Internships
Internships
Internships with CCL are enriching learning experiences for college students and recent graduates working with our expert staff and volunteer leaders. Our fellows and interns go on to top graduate schools and careers in environmental, political, or nonprofit fields. Internships are volunteer positions. All work with CCL staff. Internships are usually 8 - 10 hours a week for a semester or 15 weeks.
Internships at CCL are extremely competitive; this year we received over 200 applications for five positions. To increase your chances of acceptance and as an alternative, we strongly recommend that you join CCL.
Applications for Spring 2026 (January 5 - May 26 [start and end dates flexible]) are now OPEN! The deadline to apply is October 1st. All positions are remote unless otherwise stated in the position description.
Outreach and Engagement
Chapter Development Intern (Remote)
The intern will assist with the weekly national Informational Session on Wednesday evenings, write featured chapter blurbs for CCL’s Weekly Bulletin, and create and implement a personal passion project of their choosing. Past projects have encompassed a wide range of activities including hosting a film screening, tabling on campus, giving presentations, and creating and delivering a diversity, equity, and inclusion workshop for volunteers.
National Youth Action Team (Remote)
Strengthens the National Youth Action Team (NYAT) by welcoming new members, maintaining the roster, and organizing regular orientation calls. It supports youth Team Leaders in growing an inclusive and engaged Membership Team and helps provide educational resources on climate advocacy. On the communications side, the role involves assisting youth leaders, managing NYAT’s social media presence, editing infographics, maintaining Linktr.ee, and increasing engagement on Instagram. The position also includes attending leadership meetings and coordinating regularly with the NYAT Coordinator.
National Youth Action Team - Electrification Challenge (Remote)
This role supports the School Electrification Challenge by assisting outreach efforts, coordinating with participating teams, and helping develop educational resources. It involves tracking progress with the Actions Team, attending Electrification Action Team meetings as the NYAT liaison, and supporting broader youth leadership initiatives. The position also includes organizing and promoting leadership meetings and maintaining regular communication with the NYAT Coordinator.
Inclusion Intern (Remote)
The inclusion intern assists the Vice President of People & Culture in providing support to CCL campus chapters and CCL affinity action teams. This intern also takes on other projects as assigned by the supervisor. From time to time, interns can design their passion projects (after a consultation with their supervisor).
Government Affairs
Government Affairs Intern (Remote)
This position supports the Congressional Liaison Program through coordination of large and small lobbying efforts with CCL volunteers in the field. Primary responsibilities include assisting with twice-monthly Liaison training calls, coaching and reminders for volunteers setting appointments for lobby meetings, email communications and database updates. Additional opportunities to assist the wider Government Affairs team with research and attending briefings on particular legislation. Intern will learn grassroots advocacy methods, how to interact with the US Congress, volunteer coordination and communications skills.
Special Events and Conferences
The National Events Intern (Remote)
The National Events Intern supports the planning and implementation of CCL’s largest in-person event of the year, the Annual Conference & Lobby Day, which is critical to our mission. We expect 1,000 attendees at the 2026 event. Some support will also be needed for CCL’s smaller national events including Conservative Conference & Lobby Day (in-person) and Inclusion Conference (virtual). The intern assists with all aspects of planning in-person and virtual conferences.
Communications and marketing
Communications Intern (Remote)
This position will primarily support CCL's State & Local Media Coordinator, a member of the organization's national communications staff. This intern will be responsible for reviewing volunteer logs of local media work for completeness and CCL-appropriate content and tone, helping to prepare and run media training calls on Zoom, and other tasks assigned. Additional communications tasks may be available depending on the intern's skill set and interest, such as writing and uploading blog posts, authoring and pitching opinion content to media outlets, or drafting social media copy.
Applications for Spring 2026 (January 5 - May 26 [start and end dates flexible]) are now OPEN! The deadline to apply is October 1st. All positions are remote unless otherwise stated in the position description.