Remote Sustainability CRM & Recruitment Ops Intern

Seeds Renewables; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) invites applications for a Summer Intern to help manage host recruitment data within our CRM system, supporting growth, data integrity, and analytics to increase quality applications.

The role focuses on data flows, campaign management, and reporting, working with the EDF Climate Corps team to optimize outreach and pipeline health while gaining hands-on experience in nonprofit operations.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in or recent graduate of a graduate degree program with coursework in business analytics or environmental studies.
• Demonstrated interest in sustainability, climate change, or environmental program management.
• Experience in sales operations, CRM management, or business operations roles with data integrity focus.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data validation.
• Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) including campaigns and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Research potential host organizations and maintain a comprehensive recruitment prospects database.
• Manage data flows within the CRM, ensure data integrity, and establish governance protocols.
• Configure and manage CRM campaigns, segmentation, and outreach sequences.
• Develop Excel models to analyze recruitment metrics and forecast trends.
• Analyze data to identify patterns, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
• Support development of recruitment communications and materials.

Skills

CRM management

Data analysis

Excel

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Graduate degree coursework in business analytics/environmental studies

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

Tableau/Power BI

Pivot tables

Job description

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) invites applications for a Summer Intern to help manage host recruitment data within our CRM system, supporting growth, data integrity, and analytics to increase quality applications.

The role focuses on data flows, campaign management, and reporting, working with the EDF Climate Corps team to optimize outreach and pipeline health while gaining hands-on experience in nonprofit operations.