Environmental Defense Fund, EDF+Biz, Europe Region

The intern will research and perform literature reviews on sustainable finance priority topics within EDF’s European region, including clean aviation finance. They will also collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather perspectives around sustainable finance and identify additional opportunities for EDF to develop its work in Europe. The intern will report to the Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance and work closely with the Senior Policy Analyst, Sustainable Finance and other members of EDF Europe Region.

Tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Research on a particular aspect of the European financial services market.
• Work with both the Global and the European Sustainable Finance team to deliver the project.
• Perform literature reviews of research that has already been conducted on the topic.
• Prepare a report on findings.
• Support in translating complex, technical subject matter into language that resonates with and helps drive desired behavior by investor audiences.
• Contribute to an internal knowledge hub to house the growing body of analytical work related to EDF Europe.
• Participate in advancing EDF’s organizational effectiveness and culture goals, so people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included and empowered to address environmental and organizational challenges in ways that align with EDF values.

Moderate Supervision: Intern will meet with their supervisor regularly, but will be given the opportunity to work on independent projects.

IOP interns will join a larger cohort of interns at EDF across the U.S. and join professional development workshops, speaker series events, social programming, and opportunity to meet EDF president and senior leaders. By the end of the summer, they will have the opportunity to present their learnings at the Intern Symposium.

This Director's Internship Host will host additional undergraduate interns outside of the Director's Internship Program.

• Enrolled in a degree program with demonstrated interest in sustainable finance, policy, international affairs, or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in understanding financial systems as it relates to sustainable economy.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be well organized, motivated, and detail oriented.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to work in a virtual team setting with global teammates, and have the ability to work independently when projects are due.
• Demonstrate self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders across all cultures and backgrounds.
• Demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills.

• Access to high-speed Wi-Fi
• Personal laptop
• Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)