OPT Sustainabilty Virtual Internship
This role is about helping Local Grown Salads receive and maintain its certificaiton with Climate Bonds Initiative.
This job is perfect for anyone who wants to be an expert in sustainabilty and be part the financial world.
You can find a deeper explanation in our LGS Sustainability KPI Analyst Brief.
If you really want a positions. read this carefully and all the way to the end.
You are being tested on your ability to follow detailed instructions.
We have a 20 hour/week unpaid virtual internship program for F1 OPT MRP Software Engineer students that provides real work experience, the type employees want.
We have students from ASU, U of North Texas,, and many others.
We have had 200+ OPT interns.
Make sure you are following our rules or your application will be rejected:
- If you are an OPT Student - do not apply until you have an OPT start date and you can start within two weeks
- If you are a CPT student - you must have approval from your university and can start within two weeks. Do not apply through Handshake, your application will be rejected. Read on for details on how to apply.
- If you are a regular undergraduate looking for a traditional internship - do not apply through handshake, it will be rejected, read on for how to apply.
If you are a regular graduate looking for an 8 week internship while job hunting, apply after you have graduated through handshake and continue reading. Do not apply unless you can start in two weeks.
Do Not Apply If You Can Not Start Work Within 2 Weeks. You resume will be rejected.
It is not unusual for interns who diligently follow our job hunting recommendations find good jobs within 8 weeks.
This is real work with no cost to the student.
It's a win-win, our projects is completed and the students get relevant work experience for job interviews.
The program provides...
- Practical technical experience
- Communications skills
- Meeting skills
- Working In a team within an organized process
- Assistance in job hunting
We are looking for someone who sees Sustainability as their future.
You will gain strong techbnical expertise in the measurement of sustainabilty
As a company we are raising funds through Green Bonds and therefore we need to follow some international standards.
As part of our sustainabilty methodology we are creating
a) SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), and
b) KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
These are based on ICMA Green Bond Principles
and the Climate Bond Initiative standards.
https://www.climatebonds.net/our-expertise/standard-sector-criteria-certification/the-standard
Please make sure you are somewhat familiar with these standards before applying.
It is not unusual for interns who diligently follow our job hunting recommendations find good jobs within 8 weeks.
This is real work with no cost to the student.
It's a win-win, our projects is completed and the students get relevant work experience for job interviews.
Intern Status
The internship does not constitute a contract of employment. The internship is for 8 weeks and is automatically be extended on mutual agreement for additional 8 weeks at a time. It is the equivalent of an “employment at will” relationship. This means that you do not have a contract of employment for any particular duration. You are free to resign at any time for any reason.
Similarly, Local Grown Salads is free to terminate your internship at any time for any reason. Any statements or representation to the contrary, or that contradict any provision of this letter, are superseded by this offer letter.
There no commitment to a full-time position on completion of the internship implied.
Apply with a PDF resume and cover letter. Do Not Apply with a docx resume or cover letter they are NEVER opened.
Send you resume to OPT-Intern-Application@localgrownfoods.ca job role in the subject line gets first prioriy for the role. We will contact you when we are ready to interview you. Multiple followups gets your resume deleted from the queue.
Working with Universities and Colleges for course credit
Over the years we have worked with many Universities and Colleges to provide course credits for students.
The most common are:
- CPT Students
- Capstone Classes
- Work experience program
We have a standard process for our work. We track work that is assigned and performed with JIRA. So all the students can track what is expected of them and what they have accomplished.
Some of the Universities/Colleges have requested access and we provide them the ability to review what is being done.
As well, we are asked to rate the students two or three times during the term, which we do.
With ASU, the capstone actually operates over two terms.
We do not have the infrastructure to create course plans, however, we have plenty of material to allow the students to create a detailed curriculum.