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INTERNSHIP: Center for Neighborhood Technology - paid (2 positions available)

Part Time Intern (two positions available)

Organizational Background
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is an award-winning creative think-and-do tank that advances urban sustainability by researching, inventing and testing strategies that use resources more efficiently and equitably. CNT's eclectic and dynamic staff works across a range of disciplines and issues-including energy, climate, transportation, community development and housing, and natural resources.

CNT, together with its two non-profit affiliates, CNT Energy and I-GO Car Sharing, engages in four primary activities:
• Researching & analyzing urban problems;
• Advocating for public policies that could help solve those problems;
• Developing web-based information tools to change how people – residents, policymakers and market actors – understand and act in response to those problems; and
• Designing and launching economic development social ventures to address those problems in innovative ways.
See our website for more information at www.cnt.org.

Position Description
These positions are for student interns who will aid in the development of a transportation connectivity index (TCI). TCI measures transit access in metro areas throughout the US and goes hand in hand with CNT’s work on housing and transportation affordability (H+T Index). Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Collection of transit data;
• Compilation and cleaning of data;
• Data analyses (including geographic analyses utilizing GIS); and
• Creation of GIS data.

Qualifications
We are looking for detail oriented individuals with experience working with data. GIS experience is preferred, but not required. Student should have an interest in transit and sustainability.

Position Details
These part time positions are paid and for the Fall semester with the potential to be extended. One intern will work M/W/F and the other M/TH, both 15-18 hours per week.

How to Apply:
Please send a cover letter and resume to Linda Young (linda@cnt.org). Please put the phrase “Intern Application” in the email title. No phone calls please.
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