Wind Institute Intern

Job Summary

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the State’s principal agency for economic growth. The NJEDA drives inclusive and sustainable economic development by helping to build strong and dynamic communities, creating good jobs for New Jersey residents, providing pathways to a stronger and fairer economy, and implementing initiatives to strengthen New Jersey’s long-term economic competitiveness.

NJEDA’s Wind Institute for Innovation and Training accelerates the development of a robust and diverse offshore wind workforce and champions research and innovation that unlocks market potential. Through offshore wind workforce development, education, research, and innovation efforts, the Wind Institute supports the growth of New Jersey’s offshore wind industry and the state’s position as a national leader in offshore wind development.  

The Intern will work directly with the leadership of the Wind Institute to support and coordinate key initiatives that further the Wind Institute’s mission. 

Interns can work 10-25 hours per week during the Fall/Spring semesters. Summer interns can work up to 35 hours per week for 8 weeks 

Graduate students are qualified to apply and paid $23.00 per hour for this internship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Interns support the Wind Institute team’s activities, projects, and strategies at the discretion of relevant Staff, to include but not limited to: 

• Support efforts to launch and administer a suite of programs focused on advancing economic development and research within the offshore wind industry in New Jersey; 

• Perform research and synthesize findings on existing trainings and innovations in offshore wind that contribute to the development of new initiatives for New Jersey; 

• Develop a strong working knowledge of and the opportunities and challenges of the offshore wind industry in New Jersey; 

• Assist in the creation of tools, systems, and resources for programming offered by the Wind Institute; 

• Contribute to periodic activity analysis for inclusion in memorandums regarding the status of the Wind Institute’s initiatives; 

• Plan, schedule, and implement logistics for meetings and stakeholder events; 

• Attend weekly team meetings. 

• Works closely with Wind Institute team on industry issues, initiatives and policy discussions 

• Performs other duties and special projects, as assigned. 

Required Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; proficient in grammar, spelling and editing; and foster communications with business professionals and EDA staff 

• Ability to prioritize workload, must be highly organized, detail-oriented, handle various tasks simultaneously and work independently within limited time constrains with little or no supervision 

• Ability to analyze data, prepare data visualization materials and other relevant documentation for the sector leaders 

• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and deal effectively and diplomatically with business professionals and EDA staff 

• Demonstrates respectful behavior and promotes teamwork and communication to encourage an interactive, cooperative, collaborative and customer focused work environment among division, EDA staff and external customers.   

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to learn new software packages 

Required Qualifications 

Education and Experience Requirements 

• Must be a full-time graduate student (or planning to enter a post-undergraduate program). 

Physical Demands 

• Minimal  

Travel 

• As necessary to events, meetings, businesses, etc.  

Certificates and Licenses Required 

• None 

Note 

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job description. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope, general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job.  This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. 

Your employment at NJEDA is voluntary and subject to termination by you or NJEDA at will, with or without cause, or with or without notice, at any time.  Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to conflict, eliminate or modify the employment-at-will status of NJEDA employees.   

NJEDA reserves the right to amend/revise this job description as necessary to meet current and changing business needs. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Position Requirements 

• Foreign degrees/transcripts must be evaluated by a reputable evaluation service at your own expense and must be submitted prior to a start date.  If this cannot be provided within 21 days of an offer the offer will be rescinded. 

• Must comply with the “New Jersey First Act” which requires employees hired after September 1, 2011 to reside in New Jersey. Non-New Jersey resident employees must relocate to New Jersey within one year of their date of hire and provide proof of residency to Human Resources. 

• Must complete an Outside Activity Questionnaire (disclosure of outside office or employment) on an annual basis.  

• Must review the required NJEDA Ethics Guidelines.  

• Those guidelines to can be found here:  

• https://www.nj.gov/ethics/docs/ethics/plainlanguage2021.pdf 

• https://www.nj.gov/ethics/docs/ethics/2022_uniformcode_april.pdf