United Way, an international network of fundraising affiliates, is inviting applications for a remote internship opportunity in international network engagement.
About the Organization
United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. Membership to United Way and use of the United Way brand is overseen by the United Way Worldwide umbrella organization.
About the Opportunity
The Intern will be a part of the International Network Operations & Engagement Team, whose objective will be to support their regional offices and teams to enable United Ways across the globe to more fully realize a shared mission and goals by leveraging support (resources, people, and info) both from United Way Worldwide (UWW) and from within the network itself.
Responsibilities
- Story lead identification via social media platforms and local United Way websites.
- Creating stories from social media leads.
- Building an inventory of international United Way’s websites & social media sites region-by-region.
- Securing media (photo or video for which have permission to share) to accompany the “stories from the field”.
- Conduct research & formulate recommendations for UWW’s engagement with United Ways in Sister Cities as well as with US-based Diasporic Populations from other countries where there is a United Way.
- Template Creation.
- General research and analysis of current organizations, philanthropic environments, and other metrics; understanding the basics in collecting data and researching techniques required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Open to recent graduates or current students of college programs.
- Background or interest in Nonprofits, International Studies, Business or other relevant fields.
- Must be flexible and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
- Must have research, analysis, and outreach skills.
- Must have strong analytical and communication skills along with demonstrated leadership ability.
- Must have a good understanding of math, excel, and standard analysis functions.
- Must be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Must be dependable.
- Experience working with virtual/online teams preferred.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Project management and team leadership experience preferred.
- International exposure and/or with multi-cultural groups preferred.
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