The goal of the YVSC Internship Program is to connect motivated students and young professionals with training and experience that puts them on track to sustainability careers in the future. These positions are paid, part-time, and in-person at our office in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 

The 12-week program brings interns into partnership with YVSC staff and engages them in our programs addressing sustainability issues in the Yampa Valley, while providing them with training and on-the-ground experience in nonprofit work. Using a project-based approach, participants apply what they learn through the internship to contribute to, expand on, or develop a meaningful environmental project within our community. Projects are rooted in one of our 5 main priority areas: Energy, Transportation, Waste Diversion, Resilient Land and Water, and Community Engagement. This internship will teach you professional communications, technical writing skills, time management, independent task management, collaboration with local partners, understanding of policy and environmental decision making, and very applicable skills for non-profit work and beyond.