Communications & Outreach Intern, Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolina's (V, Lanham, MD
Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolina's (V -
Lanham, MD,
US
Communications & Outreach Intern
Date Posted: 2024-06-01
Job description
Job Details
Job Location
Administrative Office - Lanham, MD
Position Type
Unpaid Internship
Education Level
High School Diploma Obtained
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Day
Description
Marketing and Development Internship Overview
The Communications & Outreach Intern at our administrative office, will learn from and be supervised by the Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships. During the course of the internship, the intern will experience a wide range of functions in areas of communications, marketing strategies, connecting with external and internal stakeholders, creating and executing engagement and event planning. Social media strategies, and community relations will be additional learning opportunities.
Hourly rate: $16.50/hr
Hours per week: 20 hours during a 10-week timeframe
Travel requirement: 50%
Learning Goals consist of understanding and execution on:
Qualifications
Ideal interns will demonstrate the following:
Job Location
Administrative Office - Lanham, MD
Position Type
Unpaid Internship
Education Level
High School Diploma Obtained
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Day
Description
Marketing and Development Internship Overview
The Communications & Outreach Intern at our administrative office, will learn from and be supervised by the Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships. During the course of the internship, the intern will experience a wide range of functions in areas of communications, marketing strategies, connecting with external and internal stakeholders, creating and executing engagement and event planning. Social media strategies, and community relations will be additional learning opportunities.
Hourly rate: $16.50/hr
Hours per week: 20 hours during a 10-week timeframe
Travel requirement: 50%
Learning Goals consist of understanding and execution on:
- Community engagement event coordination
- Social media management for nonprofits
- Spreadsheet creation & content management
- Community outreach team calendar management
- Content writing for web and blog posts
Qualifications
Ideal interns will demonstrate the following:
- Experience with, or able to learn, Adobe Suite
- Detail oriented administrative abilities and accurate data entry experience
- Ability to develop informational reporting based on raw data requests
- Proficiency in Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Discrete, trustworthy with strong business integrity and ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
- Able to meet time-sensitive timeframes when necessary
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
- Must be willing to travel locally for community engagement activities
- Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities
- Excellent filing skills are required, and strong organizational skills
- Professional and customer service-oriented demeanor, comfortable working with all levels of employees
- Motivated self-starter who can work independently and in team environment
- Excellent business phone etiquette
- Excellent editing, spelling, grammar and punctuation skills