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Internship Opportunities with Engage Globally - deadline April 15

Internship opportunities with Engage Globally

Engage Globally Summer 2021 Internship Program
https://www.engageglobally.org/internships.html
 
This summer, Engage Globally is looking forward to working with a group of interns to support our community-led sustainable development programs in rural Ghana and our virtual environmental education and inclusion programming. All of our internships are virtual and unpaid, as we are a volunteer organization. However, we are happy to support internships for academic credit and campus fellowships.
 
Our internships are designed to help students build or demonstrate professional skills including:
  • Communication – social media, marketing, graphic design, photo editing, video-making
  • Environmental education skills
  • Crowdfunding / virtual fundraising
  • Understanding of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion in sustainable development
  • Global and current event engagement
 
We seek interns who:
  • Are interested in global sustainable development, environmental education, inclusion and/or small nonprofit work
  • Would like to work 15-20 hours per week virtually between May 31 and August 6, 2021
  • Are very well organized and who can work independently with minimal direction
  • Enjoy working in collaborative teams with other interns
 
What do interns with Engage Globally do?

Each intern will work on the following:
  • A project that you select during the interview process (see internship descriptions below) – approximately 8 hours per week
  • Crowdfunding and social media support – approximately 2 hours per week
  • Team projects – approximately 3 hours per week
  • General program assistance – approximately 2 hours per week
  • Personal professional development – resumes, trainings, reflections, meetings – the first week and then approximately 2 hours per week
 
How do I apply? (Applications are due by April 15)
Pre-application steps:Applying:
  • Email your attached resume and a cover email (no cover letter is needed) to Heather Heckel, engage@engageglobally.org
  • In your cover email please include:
  • The number of hours you are available to work each week
  • If you are doing this for academic credit or some other university program
  • Which internship projects you are most interested in and why

Internship descriptions:

  • Environmental education interns
    • Research environmental education materials online
    • Develop environmental education activities and curriculum for multiple audiences
    • Create social media environmental education messaging
    • Early-childhood educators are  needed to support our early childhood education curriculum, assessment, and teacher learning exchange
    • Spanish language speakers are needed to translate some materials
 
  • Environmental education – artists
    • Illustrate environmental education materials
    • Produce music for videos
    • Research environmental art – music, artists, documentary films
    • Create social media messaging to share these resources
 
  • Inclusion interns
    • Researching and producing materials that will be made publicly available on environmental inclusion
    • Designing social media messages and educational materials
    • Develop curriculum for youth and adults on environmental justice and inclusion
 
  • Graphic design
    • Support social media team
    • Design flyers about our Ghana programs
    • Design templates for resource sharing – ex. inclusion resources
 
  • Social media communication
    • Produce a variety of social media materials on topics including
      • Key sustainable development global dates – ex. World Women’s Day
      • Individual actions to support conservation – ‘Make a difference Mondays’
      • Highlights of our Ghana programs
      • Themed projects like ‘eco-walk’ and pollinator gardens
  • Support Instagram growth efforts including influencer research
 
  • Development / Fundraising interns
    • Seeking small business partners for diverse Ghana projects
    • Social media materials for themed campaigns – ex. Giving Tuesday
    • Seeking community organization partners for specific Ghana projects
    • Grant research and drafting
 
  • Event planning
    • Intern would plan an online auction
    • Help plan and design marketing materials for virtual educational sessions
 
  • Ghana project interns – support our Ghana projects by:
    • Researching potential partners in Ghana – ex. organizations that install water resources or use solar lanterns or provide laptops
    • Research statistics on Ghana and the region to enhance grant applications and our monitoring and evaluation efforts
    • Writing project proposals – cookstoves, solar lanterns, computer lab, women’s agricultural expansion, vocational training projects
    • Editing / enhancing materials from our Ghana partners for publication
 
  • #30by#30 intern – support our research and messaging around supporting the #30by#30 global conservation initiative, including:
    • identifying online resources
    • social media messaging creation
    • education material development
    • wildlife and habitat research
 
  • Soccer intern
    • Reach out to college soccer teams and clubs to raise support for our youth teams
    • Develop social media to share our soccer program with others
    • Write a project proposal to expand this program
    • Research other youth soccer programs in Ghana
 
  • Pollinator gardening, rewilding intern – this person would manage this project by:
    • Researching and development of shareable resources
    • Blog writing
    • Social media development
    • Outreach to community organizations, universities, and small businesses
 
  • Team coordinators
    • Some interns will be asked to help lead other intern teams – if you have volunteer management experience or expertise in something listed above, such as social media communication, please let us know if you would be interested in this role.