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Environmental Markets Analyst Internship [Summer, 2025]

Position:
Environmental Markets Analyst [Summer, 2025]
 
Company:

Magnolia is an environmental conservation company that develops mitigation projects across the United States. Magnolia is pioneering a new era in environmental stewardship by leveraging compliance-based markets to drive large-scale, impactful conservation and restoration efforts. Project developers such as energy companies and public entities purchase mitigation from Magnolia to maintain compliance with the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and other federal or state regulations. To date, we have conserved over 18,000 acres (and counting!) of critical habitat for dozens of rare and endangered species nationwide, the majority of which have been endangered bird and bat mitigation projects for wind and solar developers. Alongside species mitigation, Magnolia has established flourishing markets for wetland mitigation throughout the Midwest. We are growing quickly and are looking to identify talented and inspired people to join our multidisciplinary team. Learn more at www.mitigation.org.

Responsibilities:
As an Environmental Market Analyst at Magnolia, you will have the opportunity to join one of the company’s core teams and work alongside the people at the vanguard of compliance-based environmental conservation. Our teams collaborate closely, so you will likely work on projects and tasks across different areas of the company. Working at a small start-up, Magnolia’s Environmental Market Analysts will contribute directly to the creation of real-world conservation projects around the country.

1)    Land Team: The Land Team is charged with finding, assessing, and acquiring potential conservation sites using a variety of methods including, but not limited to, geospatial analysis, on-site assessments, in-person meetings, and real estate transactions. Environmental Markets Analysts will assist with outreach to potential partner landowners and organizations across the United States. Day-to-day tasks include species data analysis, GIS mapping, and drafting conservation documents. Experience with GIS software, technical reading/writing, or rural real estate are a bonus but not required.

2)    Regulatory Team: The Regulatory Team is responsible for working with various governmental agencies and NGOs to develop and approve new conservation projects. This team manages agency relationships, drafts regulatory filings, and maintains a deep understanding of the mechanics of each environmental market in which we operate. Day-to-day tasks include communicating with environmental agencies, drafting regulatory documents, and researching market guidelines. Experience with proposal-writing, technical reading/writing, or GIS software is a bonus but not required.

3)    Growth Team: The Growth Team manages relationships with mitigation buyers, exploring opportunities to provide these offsets to new companies or into new geographies. Growth Team members market and sell environmental mitigation credits to a variety of entities across the country, including large-scale renewable energy and infrastructure projects, by analyzing trends in clean energy markets, managing relationships with developers, and staying up to date with compliance-based mitigation requirements. Day-to-day tasks include market research, sales prospecting, reaching out to new clients, and drafting sales proposals. Experience in a sales role or proposal-writing is a bonus but not required.


Beyond team specific tasks, Environmental Analysts will assist with daily operations at the company, which may include some combination of the following: proposal-writing, marketing and branding, restoration ecology, data analysis, market research, and administrative tasks. 

Past analysts have produced valuable work that has positively impacted the trajectory of the company. This is an opportunity to leave a real impact at a mission-driven startup company that is operating in the new and growing field of environmental offsets!

Eligibility/Qualifications: Magnolia is searching for candidates that share our enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, conservation, and market-based environmental solutions. An ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, resourceful, proactive, and comfortable collaborating with a small team. Preference will be given to students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program graduating in 2025 or 2026. Ability to work eight to ten weeks is strongly preferred.

Compensation: Environmental Market Analysts will receive a base stipend of $2,000 per month, subject to increase, depending on an applicant’s need to relocate and ability to receive funding from partner academic institutions. To promote the use of public transportation by team members, Magnolia will cover the cost of daily transit to and from the office (limitations may apply).

Location: We anticipate that this will be a hybrid-model internship with a preference for applicants who are able to be physically present in either our Philadelphia or Chicago office for at least a portion of the summer. 

Application Deadline: March 1st, 2025. Applications will be accepted until the deadline but will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
 
How to Apply:
Send your resume and a short cover letter to hiring@mitigation.org with the subject line "Environmental Markets Analyst - Your Name". The email should indicate which office you would like to work in and rank the teams by your interest in them.

Vision

Magnolia’s mission is to expand private conservation across the United States. We believe firmly that empowering our employees to pursue environmental projects of personal interest, regardless of their role, is critical to our growth. We encourage applicants with bold ideas and wide-ranging backgrounds to apply to join our team.

Culture

At Magnolia, we are committed to cultivating a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and supportive work environment. We work closely together on a daily basis, and encourage team members to freely share ideas and take initiative on important projects. At the same time, we emphasize the importance of enjoying the time we spend working together and ensuring our employees are happy and healthy outside of the office.

Benefits

Magnolia offers the opportunity to wear many hats and make a meaningful contribution from day one. Benefits include continuing education, unlimited PTO, medical and vision coverage, 401(k) match with profit-sharing, and the potential for remote work.

Magnolia is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for  employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national  origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Operations Manager

Company 

Magnolia is a conservation banking company. We earn environmental credits by restoring and protecting critical habitats and natural resources across the United States. Our clients use these credits to offset their environmental impacts, a process known as environmental mitigation. We’re fortunate to include among our partners all the largest renewable energy developers in the US, many state departments of transportation, and the US Department of Agriculture. This is a new model for conservation—one that doesn’t rely on public grants or private philanthropy and that marries the needs for economic development with environmental stewardship. We’ve conserved over 12,000 acres over the past five years alone. Learn more at our website: www.mitigation.org

Location

The Operations Manager will be based out of our Chicago office. This position will also require frequent travel to project sites. We offer flexible office hours to counterbalance irregular travel intervals, especially during growing season months. 

About the Role

Magnolia is seeking a new team member to help manage our growing ecological restoration project portfolio across the country. The primary role will be to help facilitate ecological restoration projects throughout the construction, maintenance, and monitoring phases. This role has extensive growth potential and allows the opportunity to manage some of the most impactful habitats across the United States. The ideal candidate will have experience working with private and public landowners and managing ecological restoration projects from start to finish. The Operations Manager will report to the Director of Operations. 

Magnolia is a place where your professional growth is both encouraged and valued. Team members are empowered to explore new areas of expertise and expand their skill sets in emerging market opportunities. As an Operations Manager, you'll play a role in shaping new market strategies, bringing your operational insights to help drive impactful initiatives. Opportunities for growth may include acoustic and bird surveys, implementing remote monitoring techniques, or developing protocols for species-specific restoration. We welcome team members to leverage their unique experiences and perspectives to unlock new possibilities and contribute meaningfully to our evolving landscape. 

Magnolia offers the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution from day one, continuing education, flexible hours, unlimited PTO, medical and vision coverage, 401(k) match, and remote work. 

Job Specific Requirements

Magnolia’s Operations Manager will support the operations team in their efforts to produce high quality habitat restoration projects across the county. Below are some possible responsibilities of this role: 

  • Management of conservation projects 

  • Traveling to sites to evaluate ecological viability of projects 

  • Coordinating and conducting active project site visits 

  • Assisting with contractor oversight and quality control 

  • Completing monitoring reports 

  • Assisting in developing project site restoration plans 

  • Communicating internally with Regulatory, Growth, and Land teams 

  • Performing occasional habitat restoration work 

  • Coordinating with state/federal environmental regulatory agencies 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or related field 

  • Habitat management experience (at least 3 years) 

  • Midwest flora and fauna identification experience 

  • Comfortable with frequent travel 

  • Ability to hike on uneven terrain for several hours 

  • Valid driver’s license 

  • Quick learner 

  • Ability to work on many projects simultaneously 

  • Detail-oriented and organized 

  • Demonstrate time management capabilities 

 

Desired Qualifications

  • More than five years ecological restoration experience 

  • Natural area habitat assessment report writing experience 

  • Ecological restoration experience across many habitat types 

  • GIS proficiency 

  • Previous project management experience 

  • Site construction oversight experience 

  • Mitigation experience 

 

Salary 

Minimum annual salary $60,000; commensurate with experience 

Magnolia is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

How to Apply

Please send resumes to hiring@mitigation.org with the subject line: "Operations Manager Position - [YOUR NAME]” 

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