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Volunteer/Intern Opportunities

Help protect the greenbelt and create livable communities by joining the hundreds of interesting, fun and dedicated people who volunteer or intern with us on a variety of projects every year. Volunteer for a day or a year—choose the opportunity that fits your schedule.

Volunteer Opportunities

HOW TO APPLY: To volunteer with Greenbelt Alliance please send a resumé and cover letter to:

Volunteer Application
Greenbelt Alliance
631 Howard Street, Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94105

or email us

Blugrass for the Greenbelt Poster Volunteer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking energetic volunteers to help with pre-event outreach for our Bluegrass for the Greenbelt benefit concert on June 22. Volunteers are needed to put up posters and distribute leaflets in San Francisco and Oakland. Volunteers will receive a free ticket to the concert. [ more information]

Livable Communities Team Volunteer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking qualified and motivated individuals with backgrounds in planning and/or environmental review for a rewarding volunteer opportunity as a Livable Communities Team Volunteer. Two types of LCO volunteers are needed.
Logistics volunteers help determines Livable Communities Outreach tactics around transit-oriented development in targeted Bay Area cities; individuals with backgrounds in planning and/or environmental review; this position requires a monthly commitment of 5-10 hours. [more information about Logistics volunteers]
Visioning volunteers help determine tactics around transit-oriented development in targeted Bay Area cities.; preferred visioning volunteers individuals with backgrounds in planning and/or architecture; this position requires a monthly commitment of 5-10 hours for a minimum of one year.
[more information about Visioning volunteers]

East Bay Tabling Volunteer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking an energetic and reliable individual to staff an information table at the Concord Farmers Market and similar venues in the East Bay. The Tabling Volunteer will staff a Greenbelt Alliance information table at the Concord Farmers Market on Tuesdays from 10 am to 2 pm. The volunteer will inform visitors about Greenbelt Alliance and the Concord Naval Weapons Station planning process. The volunteer will recruit new Greenbelt Alliance members, distribute literature, collect sign-up cards, and handle general administrative duties involved with table set up. [more information]

Events & Outreach Assistant
San Francisco
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking an individual with a strong interest in non-profit communications, public relations, event planning, and/or environmental and land use issues for a volunteer position to assist the development staff with a wide range of events and administrative tasks servicing Greenbelt Alliance's donors and constituents. [more information]

Field Office Community Volunteer
Santa Rosa and Walnut Creek are currently available
Do you want to help keep the Bay Area a great place to live? Greenbelt Alliance is seeking committed individuals to volunteer in our field offices in Walnut Creek, San Jose, Fairfield, or Santa Rosa. Be a part of a team that protects open space and promotes livable communities. There are volunteer opportunities in outreach, grassroots activism, research of land-use policy issues, communications, and office support. 5-10 hours weekly.

Greenbelt Outings Leader
Do you like to share your knowledge of nature in the Bay Area? Greenbelt Alliance is looking for dynamic trip leaders for our free Greenbelt Outings Program. Help expose local residents to the Bay Area's diverse greenbelt by leading hikes, bike tours or other outings. Lead 1-2 weekend day trips quarterly, with occasional meetings in San Francisco.

Graphic Design Volunteer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a volunteer to assist in creating promotional and member recruitment materials. Ideal volunteers will have experience in graphic design, advertising or communications, and an interest in open space conservation and smart growth issues. Volunteers should also be able to work from their own computer in InDesign CS. Short and long term projects are available. Please submit a portfolio of your work when applying for this position.

Compact Development Team Volunteer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking qualified and motivated individuals with backgrounds in planning and/or environmental review for a rewarding volunteer opportunity as a Compact Development Team volunteer. The Compact Development Team volunteer attends monthly endorsement team meetings in the Greenbelt Alliance San Francisco office and works with other team members to evaluate projects submitted for endorsement by Bay Area developers. This position requires a monthly commitment of 2-10 hours for a minimum of 6 months. [more information]

Internships

HOW TO APPLY: To intern with Greenbelt Alliance, please send a resumé and cover letter to:

Volunteer Application
Greenbelt Alliance,
631 Howard Street, Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94105
or email us.

Unless otherwise specified, all internships are unpaid. These opportunities are filled on a rolling basis.

Sonoma-Marin Outreach Coordination Internship
Santa Rosa
Accepting applications for Spring and Summer 2008
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking highly motivated individuals with backgrounds in public policy, environmental planning, transportation policy, outreach strategies, public relations, grassroots organizing or management for a rewarding internship in community organizing and policy advocacy through our Santa Rosa Field Office. [more information]

East Bay Outreach, Policy Analyst, and Media Internship
Walnut Creek
This internship Is FILLED For Spring and Summer
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in media or public relations, communications, and/or environmental and land use issues for an internship in our East Bay Office in Walnut Creek. The Walnut Creek office is a convenient short walk from BART.
[more information]

Compact Development Endorsement Team Internship
San Francisco
This internship is FILLED
Learn about smart growth development and livable communities by working with our Compact Development Endorsement program. Communicate with local developers, assist with project reviews, maintain our database of endorsed compact development projects, correspond with the volunteer team, write project summaries for the website, and assist with program administration. [More information]

Urban Design Internship
San Francisco
Now accepting applications for internships beginning August 15.
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking an individual with a background in urban design or architecture to help us illustrate our vision for upcoming publications. [more information]

Green Vision Internship
San Francisco
Now accepting applications for internships beginning August 15.
The San Francisco Bay Area is a great place to live, with spectacular landscapes surrounding attractive cities and towns. In the next few years, major decisions will be made about which of these landscapes get protected, and which do not. The Green Vision Intern will help create a vision for open space around the region in the Bay Area -- everything from wildlife preserves to working farmlands, and eventually to urban parks. Activities will include compiling and keeping a record of Bay Area open space maps, organizing county-by-county meetings with groups working to protect natural resources, and analyzing the information and maps that have been gathered. Currently we are creating a map showing what lands are protected by city and county policies so we can focus our efforts on those that are most threatened. The Green Vision Intern will work with the Policy Research Director and the Green Vision Task Force to create a vision for open space in the Bay Area. The Green Vision Intern will gather open space maps by contacting regional agencies, keep a record of open space maps and information available, make revisions to a draft open space map compiled from sub maps around the Bay Area, organize county-by-county meetings, and provide general assistance to Green Vision Task Force mapping efforts.(If you wish to also apply for the Infill Task Force Internship you need apply only once.)[more information]

Infill Task Force Internship
San Francisco
Now accepting applications for internships beginning August 15.
The Bay Area will add a million new residents by 2020. Where will these people live and work? Where will these homes and workplaces be built? What will this growth mean for the Bay Area’s quality of life? Greenbelt Alliance is working to channel this growth toward existing cities and towns, in a way that revitalizes existing downtowns and makes existing neighborhoods better places to live. The Infill Task Force intern will support this effort by helping the Research and Field Departments field test a model showing where infill may occur. He or she will help coordinate case studies of a few cities to see whether the reality matches our model's predictions. We will then use the model to determine where policy changes are most needed to ensure that growth happens in cities, rather than by paving over farmlands and natural areas. (If you wish to also apply for the Green Vision Internship, you need apply only once.) [more information]

GIS Mapping Internship
San Francisco
Now accepting applications for internships beginning August 15.
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking an individual with a background in urban planning or development and basic GIS skills to help create a vision for open space around the Bay Area.[more information]

Outreach Coordination Internships
Openings in Santa Rosa. (The San Jose and Walnut Creek internships are FILLED)
Accepting applications for both Spring and Summer 2008
Gain experience in outreach strategies, public relations, and grassroots organizing through an Outreach Coordination Internship in Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa, or San Jose. Outreach Coordination Interns engage in coalition-building, volunteer outreach and management, policy analysis, and event planning. 10- 40 hours weekly; 3 month minimum. Working hours are flexible, some evenings and weekends required. Comprehensive training provided. Access to a motor vehicle is strongly encouraged. [More information]

Ballot Initiative Campaign Internship
San Francisco
Check back for availibility
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking an individual with an interest in the political process and ballot initiative campaigns for a fun and rewarding opportunity with the San Francisco-based regional phone banks. The Ballot Initiative Campaign Intern will help coordinate the recruitment and daily management of evening phone banks leading up to an election. 12-15 hours per week. Working hours are flexible, but must take place afternoons and evenings weekdays. Training is provided. [more information]

Media Relations Internship
San Francisco
Check back for availibility
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in media or public relations, communications, and/or environmental and land use issues for an internship in our East Bay Office in Walnut Creek. The Media Relation Intern will assist the East Bay Field Representative in media-related needs pertaining to Greenbelt Alliance's work in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. 2 hour/week commitment, one month minimum. Working hours are flexible, but must be completed between 9am and 5pm weekdays. [more information]

Grants Assistant Internship
San Francisco
This internship is FILLED
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in non-profit development, management, communications, public relations and/or environmental and land use issues for an internship through our Development Department. The Grants Assistant Intern will research and index small foundation/corporate grant opportunities. The intern will compile materials and complete appropriate paperwork and assist the Development Department by participating in membership acquisition and event planning. Intern tasks include researching and developing a membership acquisition campaign, assisting in direct mail and major donor events, researching and soliciting sponsorships, and assisting with Greenbelt Outings and other events. [more information]