This internship will run from early September 2018 – early December 2018.
The Intern will be a part of the Investor Relations/Major Donor Team, whose objective is to enable United Ways across the region to more fully realize our shared mission and goals by leveraging support (resources, people, and info) both from United Way Worldwide (UWW) and from within the network itself.
During the internship, the intern is scheduled to meet with United Way staff in multiple departments including public policy and advocacy, international fundraising, international network, human trafficking, marketing, research, and other areas. This provides a significant opportunity to conduct internal networking and career information gathering.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Support work of the nationally trademarked Tocqueville Society
- Review and update the Major Donor Resource Center (web based) and all related major donor pages to update content, ensure consistency, capture best practices and ensure all relevant documents are branded and well presented
- Participate in the Roundtable on Philanthropy event with items such as marketing, outreach, logistics and turn-key process
- Assist the Major Donor team with multiple projects related to expanding fundraising in the United Way network
- Potentially work on special projects on the following topics:
- International/Regional Major Gift process and/or analysis
- United Way Planned Giving Work
- Potentially conduct research into several areas supporting the “Bold Play” initiatives
- Attend UWW training: Introduction to United Way
- Work with the team in the Alexandria office to support their development/fundraising initiatives
- Other duties and special projects as assigned
Educational Background:
The internship opportunity is open to recent graduates or current students of college programs.
Skills/Experience:
- Background or interest in nonprofits, fundraising, or other relevant fields.
- Must have strong project management, technology and communication skills along with being detail oriented.
- Ability to multi-task. Must be able to work both independently and as part of a team. Must be flexible and comfortable in a fast-paced environment. Selection will be based on project delivery experience, GPA/academic achievement, extracurricular/civic activities, and strong interest in a potential career in the nonprofit industry, especially in fundraising/development.
- Strong working knowledge of all Microsoft Suite of products, specifically, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to protect confidential donor information and to sign a non-disclosure agreement before internship commences.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 14 2018
Active Until:
Sep 14 2018
Hiring Organization:
United Way Worldwide
industry:
Nonprofit