Engage Globally collaborates with interns to support our community-led sustainable development programs in rural Ghana and our virtual environmental education programming. Our internships are virtual and unpaid. However, we are happy to support internships for academic credit and to help students apply for campus funding and other fellowships.
Our internships are designed to help students build professional skills including:
Our internships are designed to help students build professional skills including:
- Communication – social media, marketing, graphic design, photo editing, video-making
- Environmental education
- Crowdfunding / fundraising / grant research
- Understanding of global sustainable development issues
- Environmental advocacy and engagement
WE SEEK INTERNS WHO:
- Are skilled in communications and/or interested in building skills in social media, marketing, story telling, graphic design, photo editing, video-editing, newsletter writing, and campaign design.
- Interested in environmental education and environmental advocacy
- Have experience in, or interest in learning about, fundraising
- Can intern 12 hours per week (spring/fall) or 20 hours per week in the summer
- Are very well organized and able to work independently
- Enjoy working in virtual collaborative teams
WHAT DO INTERNS WITH ENGAGE GLOBALLY DO?
Each intern will work on the following:
- A core project (see examples below)
- Fundraising – interns support one of our fundraising campaigns
- Online research and other virtual tasks to support our programs
- Personal professional development – resume editing, professional trainings of your choice, weekly reflections, non-profit management discussions, and Zoom meetings
HOW DO I APPLY?
Pre-application steps:
Applying:
- Read more about Engage Globally on this website and in our annual reports
- Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about our work.
Applying:
- Email your attached resume and a cover email (no cover letter is needed) to Heather Heckel at [email protected]
- In your cover email please include:
- If you are doing an internship for academic credit or fellowship program and if yes, then with what school/program?
- Which internship projects or topics you are most interested in and why?
- Your professional communication experience or goals.
- What your current career goal is - i.e. if you could have your dream job at age 30, what would that job be?
EXAMPLES OF INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
Engage Globally is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and actively seeks interns with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests.
- Development assistance
- Conduct fundraising research
- Reach out to potential community and small business partners
- Learn about and practice crowdfunding
- Communications internships
- Support our communication projects by producing diverse materials and helping to design marketing campaigns highlighting our programs in Ghana
- Interns will work on social media, newsletters, graphic design, video creation, annual impact reports, and other communication materials
- Helpful skills include Canva, photo or video editing, and experience using Facebook
- Environmental education
- Research environmental education materials online
- Design environmentally themed curriculum for use in our schools in Ghana
- Create educational materials for a public audience on sustainable living and environmental conservation
- Virtual event planning
Engage Globally is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and actively seeks interns with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests.
