Job Information
- Location: Asheville, NC
- Close Date: 10/08/2024
- Hiring Organization: MountainTrue
- Contact Name: Susan Bean
- Contact Email: susan@mountaintrue.org
- Job Website
Description
Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC is a program of MountainTrue, a regional nonprofit organization championing resilient forests, clean waters, and healthy communities in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains.
We know that healthy communities exist within the context of a healthy environment — and right now, both are threatened. There is a housing crisis across the country, with many hard-working families unable to find an affordable place to live. There is also a climate crisis, with greenhouse gas emissions threatening the stability of all our planet’s ecosystems and biodiversity.
Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC advocates for building in and up within our cities and towns as a way to increase the housing supply for our neighbors while also minimizing carbon emissions by decreasing vehicle miles traveled, preserving farms and forests from additional sprawl development, and reducing energy demand by building small, multi-family housing instead of large, single-detached housing. We also advocate for anti-displacement measures to be implemented so that existing homeowners and renters are less vulnerable to being displaced as our communities grow and change.
Supervisor: Susan Bean, MountainTrue Housing & Transportation Director
Responsibilities
Our housing intern may support program goals by creating social media content, conducting general program outreach, event planning, research on best practices in the pro-housing movement, and more.
Qualifications
What skills and experience can you bring to this internship?
What skills and experience are you hoping to gain from the internship?
Is this internship for school credit or for personal experience?
What connection do you see between the built environment and the natural areas MountainTrue is working to protect?
Salary/Benefits
Work schedule: Flexible between 4-12 hours/week
Compensation: $1,500 stipend and mileage reimbursement
Application Instructions
Please answer the following questions in your cover letter and attach that document when submitting your application form.
Applications due by October 8, 2024. Including a resume is optional. Apply through this form.
