Internship - Community Outreach at Tetra Tech, Inc. in San Diego, California

Job Description:

Discover your full potential. At Tetra Tech, we are collaborating with industry-leading experts for a sustainable future for our world. We combine consulting and engineering with advanced analytics and technology to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our innovation hubs across the globe will enable you to share ideas and best practices while growing your professional network. Wherever you are in your career journey, you will benefit from working with world-class engineers, scientists, and technical specialists.

Apply today and join the company that is Leading with Science®.

We are seeking a part-time, Community Outreach Intern for our San Diego, CA operations.

The selected candidate will assist Community Involvement Managers in developing and implementing communication strategies for clients. You will work internally assisting technical staff in communicating dense technical information to a wide variety of audiences on behalf of our clients. You may learn how to do the following:

• Assist internal teams and clients with developing communication strategies for contentious and/or high profile situations.
• Attend meetings, prepare meeting summaries, and track action items.
• Coordinate public meetings, including setting up meeting space, preparing agendas and public notices, sending meeting reminders, and preparing presentation materials (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, posters boards, and handouts).
• Support the preparation of fact sheets and newsletters.
• Coordinate the development of materials with technical teams, graphics staff, and clients.
• Address community concerns via telephone phone and e-mail.
• Maintain organized information repositories of technical documents for various projects.
• Produce documents.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Experience with public participation and or community involvement programs for environmental site investigations and remediation is desirable
• Understanding and experience with U.S. EPA's NPL and CERCLA processes is desirable
• Experience working with federal, state, and local agencies community involvement programs is desirable

In addition, you will have:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with communicating on various social networks
• Experienced and effective public speaker. Comfortable presenting information in front of large groups (especially in high stress or contentious environments).
• Self-motivated with a "can do" attitude
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work
• Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment

Degree / Certifications
• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, preferably in Communication, Public Health, Education, Liberal Arts, Sociology, Psychology, Business, or Environmental Science.

Work Environment
This position involves general office work. You must be able to:

• Work weekends as needed.

The Hourly Rate for this position is $21.00/hour - depending on education, experience, skills, and location.

Tetra Tech offers a basic core medical plan and our 401k retirement plan for this position.

Health and safety play a vital role in our success. Tetra Tech's employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including any public health orders and regulations that are mandated by local, state, provincial, federal, and international authorities as well as client and project requirements.

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 550 locations around the world. Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees27,000 associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:

LinkedIn: @TetraTechCareers

Twitter: @TetraTechJobs

Facebook: @TetraTechCareers

Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity, inclusion, and equity are among Tetra Tech's core values. Throughout our history, the company has prioritized equitable inclusion of all people. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military or veteran status, gender, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information and any other characteristics protected by the law. We invite resumes from all interested parties. Please visit our website at www.tetratech.com to see the array of diverse services and exciting projects we are currently working on.

Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans for available positions.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please no phone calls or agencies.

Additional Information

• Organization: 103 EMI