Internship opportunities with Engage Globally

Engage Globally collaborates with interns to support our community-led sustainable development programs in rural Ghana and our virtual environmental education programming. All of our internships are virtual and unpaid. However, we are happy to support internships for academic credit and to help students apply for 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 
• Enjoy working in virtual 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) 
• Crowdfunding and social media support 
• General program assistance and background research projects
• 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 this website and in our annual reports (under about us tab) – www.engageglobally.org
• 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, 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
  • What your current career goal or dream job is

Examples of internship projects:

• Environmental education interns
  • Research environmental education materials online
  • Create social media environmental education / sustainability messaging
  • Early-childhood and elementary environmental educators are needed to support our 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

 

• Social media post design / graphic design / website editing / photo editing / video creation
  • Support our communication projects including environmental education and highlights from our Ghana programs
    

 

• Development / Fundraising interns
  • Research and communicate with potential small business and/or community organization partners for Ghana projects
  • Grant research and drafting
  • Fundraising virtual event planning

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