View the current employment opportunities available at the Local Government Commission below.
Position Title: Undergraduate research assistant/project associate
Salary Range
Unpaid
8 hours per week
Position Overview
The Local Government Sustainable Energy Commission (LGSEC), a program of the Local Government Commission (LGC), seeks a part-time undergraduate research assistant/project associate intern (unpaid*) to help support LGSEC’s energy initiatives, projects, and day-to=day operations. In addition to supporting LGSEC, the intern will have the opportunity to choose from a diverse list of energy-related projects to focus on for the duration of the internship.
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Position Title: CivicSpark™ Americorps Fellow
Position Overview
CivicSpark—a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local governments to address climate change, water, and opportunity access issues—is currently recruiting 90 motivated recent college graduates who are interested in gaining professional experience and developing technical skills while creating a meaningful and lasting impact in their community. During the 11-month service year (September 2018 – August 2019), CivicSpark Fellows will complete research, planning, or implementation projects that provide local government agencies with the support they need to advance their sustainability and opportunity access initiatives.
Apply now to become a CivicSpark AmeriCorps Fellow for the 2018-19 service year at http://civicspark.lgc.org/join-civicspark/fellow/.
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Position Title: Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network Internship
Salary Range
Unpaid
8 Hours per Week
Position Overview
The Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network (BayCAN) is a collaborative network built by and for local government staff to help coordinate an effective and equitable response to the impacts of climate change on water, public health, ecosystems, fire, and our shorelines. The Network is in its early stages, and is currently supported by the Local Government Commission (LGC), which seeks a part-time research assistant/project associate intern to help support BayCAN’s rollout and initial climate adaptation initiatives, projects, and day-to-day operations.
To apply, submit a Resume & Cover Letter to Julia Kim (jkim@lgc.org) and Bree Swenson (bswenson@civicspark.lgc.org).
Thank you!
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Position Title: Web & IT Assistant
Salary Range
16-18 / hour
15-20 hours / week
Position Overview
The assistant will work with our IT Manager and Multimedia Specialist to maintain the LGC’s parent and project web sites and ensure smooth delivery of technology services at a nonprofit office. Duties will include updating web pages, collecting new content, assisting with the redesign of our site, converting documents to PDF, and customizing WordPress themes. A portion of the time will be spent providing general IT support in a primarily Mac OS X environment, as directed by the IT Manager. This will include software/hardware installation and setup, data management, supporting cloud-based services, workstation and server maintenance and general troubleshooting.
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