Internship opportunities with Engage Globally

 Engage Globally collaborates with interns to support our community-led sustainable development programs in rural Ghana and our virtual sustainability 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 
• Crowdfunding / virtual fundraising
• Understanding of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion in sustainable development
• Global and current event advocacy and engagement

 
We seek interns who:

• Are interested in global sustainable development, environmental education, inclusion, advocacy and/or small nonprofit work
• Would like to work 15-20 hours per week virtually in the summer and 10-12 hours per week virtually in the spring and fall
• 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 and that is designed around your interests and professional goals as well as Engage Globally's needs (see examples below) – approximately 7-10 hours per week
• Crowdfunding and social media support – approximately 2 hours per week
• General program assistance – approximately 1-4 hours per week
• Personal professional development – resumes, trainings of your choice, reflections, meetings

 
How do I apply? (Summer applications by April 15, Fall applications by August 1, and Spring applications by November 15)
Pre-application steps:

• Read more about Engage Globally on our website – www.engageglobally.org
• Follow us on social media
• https://www.facebook.com/EngageGlobally/
• https://www.instagram.com/engageglobally/?hl=en

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

Examples of internship projects:

• 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 and elementary environmental educators are needed to support our early childhood environmental education curriculum

  

• 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
  • Spanish language speakers are needed to develop and translate some materials

 

• Graphic design / website editing / photo editing
  • Support social media 
  • Design flyers about our Ghana programs
  • Design templates for resource sharing – ex. inclusion resources
  • Support video making out of photographs
  • Enhance websites

 

• 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 

 

• Development / Fundraising interns
  • Research and communicate with potential small business partners for Ghana projects
  • Research and community with community organization partners for Ghana projects
  • Grant research and drafting
  • Crowdfunding 
  • Plan an online art auction

   

• #30by#30 conservation 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

    
     Engage Globally is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), click here for information on our approach to inclusive communities.