AdvantageWest announces the application process for positions with the 2010-11 AdvantageGreen Energy Internships Program is now open. Nine internships and three fellowships are available under the program. Applicants must be either a graduate within the preceding three years of an accredited institution of higher education in the State of North Carolina, or be a permanent resident of North Carolina who has graduated from an accredited, out-of-state institution of higher education within the preceding three years.
These positions are 12-month commitments that start in October 2010 and pay a competitive stipend. The goal of the program is twofold: to help create pathways to meaningful employment in clean energy companies for students, and to help grow Western North Carolina’s clean energy economy.
Available internship positions:
• Associate Energy Analyst – SolTherm Energy, Asheville
• Biodiesel Production Assistant – Blue Ridge Biofuels, Asheville
• Direct Conversion Engineer – Altech-Eco, Arden
• Green Building Coordinator – Deltec Homes, Asheville
• GO Energy Team Marketing Assistant – Green Opportunities, Asheville
• Project Manager (Sales Emphasis) – sgblue, Arden
• Residential Program Outreach Coordinator – WNC Green Building Council, Asheville
• Solar Energy System Design & Engineering Associate – FLS Energy, Asheville
• Sustainable Projects Assistant – Caldwell Co. Green Commission, Lenoir
Available fellowship positions:
• Clean Energy Economic Development Assistant – AdvantageWest, Fletcher
• Energy Fellow – Land-of-Sky Regional Council, Asheville
• Energy Fellow – Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments, Winston-Salem
For links to a full description of each position and application instructions, visit http://www.advantagewest.com/content.cfm/content_id/332/section/green. Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on an ongoing basis. All positions are expected to be filled by Sept. 22.
In addition to the experience to be gained through the positions themselves, the AdvantageGreen Energy Internships Program aims to provide additional professional development opportunities and a supportive learning environment for the interns. This includes an initial orientation, development of a peer-network among all the interns, and periodic seminars, networking and other activities.
The AdvantageGreen Energy Internships Program is made possible through a grant from the North Carolina State Energy Office, which created the funding program with money from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. For more information, contact Matt Raker, senior director of AdvantageGreen and grants administration at AdvantageWest, at mraker@awnc.org or (828) 808-2873.
AdvantageGreen is the green economy initiative of AdvantageWest, the regional economic development partnership serving the 23 westernmost counties of North Carolina. Chartered by the state General Assembly in 1994, AdvantageWest is a nonprofit, public-private partnership. In addition to AdvantageGreen, AdvantageWest’s program of work focuses on advanced manufacturing; entrepreneurial development activities such as Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council (BREC) and the Certified Entrepreneurial CommunitySM; and Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a food business and natural products incubator and commercial kitchen. AdvantageWest also maintains the WNC Film Commission.
For more about the AdvantageGreen program, visit www.advantagegreennetwork.org. To learn more about AdvantageWest, visit www.advantagewest.com or call (828) 687-7234.
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