Want to change the world by reducing global poverty with marketing, communications, and strategic engagement? CHOICE Humanitarian is looking for a motivated and skilled individual to join our team as the Strategic Engagement & Communications Intern.
CHOICE Humanitarian is a nonprofit development organization with nearly four decades of experience in reducing poverty by expanding choice. CHOICE has impacted over 2 million people, funded over 2,000 projects, and helped over 750 communities. CHOICE works with and through rural communities in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, the Navajo Nation, Nepal, and Peru. Learn more about CHOICE at www.choicehumanitarian.org.
Remote
$15 an hour
What You’ll Do
The Strategic Engagement & Communications Intern will support the Director of Strategic Engagement & Communications in marketing campaigns, initiatives, tasks, and responsibilities. The goal of CHOICE’s communications is three-fold: educate our audiences on the challenges and solutions to rural poverty, inspire them with stories of hope and resilience from our communities, and activate them to donate, advocate, share, partner, volunteer, and more. In this internship, you’ll gain hands-on experience for a career in marketing while you work alongside passionate global changemakers to make a real difference. This just might be the best internship ever.
The Strategic Engagement & Communications Intern will:
- Support the Director of Strategic Engagement and Communications in marketing, communications, and engagement efforts.
- Coordinate the creation, execution, and deployment of assets, resources, and technology to leverage communication channels: social media, email newsletters, video, website, blog, etc.
- Gather content from various sources (country teams, partners, expeditioners, etc.), write content, and utilize content on CHOICE’S communication platforms to educate, inspire, and activate.
- Work with the Director of Strategic Engagement and Communications to develop, implement, and evaluate marketing plans, strategies, and tactics that expand reach and awareness, grow our audiences, and increase donations for CHOICE.
- Assist in day-to-day activities associated with strategic engagement and communications, including administrative tasks and support for other departments.
- Assist in improving internal communications with local and global staff members which may include process development, technology adoption and training, etc.
Who You Are
- Self-starter who is proactive, productive, and dependable
- Excellent at working independently and meeting deadlines, managing time, and organizing priorities
- Creative and collaborative with problem-solving—you work well with others in finding ways to achieve goals
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Basic understanding of Microsoft tools
- College or university student in a marketing-related degree program
- You are passionate about making the world a better place
A Plus, But Not Required
- Design or video experience with the Adobe suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, etc.)
- Spanish language abilities (written or verbal)
- Prior work or volunteer experience in a marketing-related job role
Job Type
- Part-time at 20 hours per week
- $15.00 per hour
- Flexible (but consistent) schedule. The most important thing is getting the work done on time and being in close communication with the Director of Strategic Engagement and Communications.
- Most of the internship responsibilities can be performed remotely, though there may be some meetings, trainings, or marketing events that take place in person. (If a candidate does not live within driving distance of the CHOICE Humanitarian offices in West Jordan, UT, the internship can be fully remote.)
- This internship is a temporary position from End of April -End of August 2022. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible.
