Internship opportunities with Engage Globally

Engage Globally Internship Program
 
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 skills
• Crowdfunding / virtual fundraising
• Understanding of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion in sustainable development
• Global and current event engagement

 
We seek interns who:

• Are interested in global sustainable development, environmental education, inclusion 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 (see internship descriptions below) – approximately 8 hours per week
• Crowdfunding and social media support – approximately 2 hours per week
• Team projects – approximately 3 hours per week
• General program assistance – approximately 2 hours per week
• Personal professional development – resumes, trainings, 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
• Read about the internship projects below and consider which internship(s) are the best match for you

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

Internship descriptions:

• 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 educators are  needed to support our early childhood education curriculum, assessment, and teacher learning exchange
  • Spanish language speakers are needed to translate some materials

 

• Environmental education – artists
  • Illustrate environmental education materials
  • Produce music for videos
  • Research environmental art – music, artists, documentary films
  • Create social media messaging to share these resources

 

• 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

 

• Graphic design
  • Support social media team
  • Design flyers about our Ghana programs
  • Design templates for resource sharing – ex. inclusion resources

 

• 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 including influencer research

 

• Development / Fundraising interns
  • Seeking small business partners for diverse Ghana projects
  • Social media materials for themed campaigns – ex. Giving Tuesday
  • Seeking community organization partners for specific Ghana projects
  • Grant research and drafting

 

• Event planning
  • Intern would plan an online auction
  • Help plan and design marketing materials for virtual educational sessions

 

• Ghana project interns – support our Ghana projects by:
  • Researching potential partners in Ghana – ex. organizations that install water resources or use solar lanterns 
  • Research statistics on Ghana and the region to enhance grant applications and our monitoring and evaluation efforts
  • Writing project proposals – cookstoves, solar lanterns, computer lab, women’s agricultural expansion, vocational training 
  • Editing / enhancing materials from our Ghana partners for publication

 

• #30by#30 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

 

• Soccer intern
  • Reach out to college soccer teams and clubs to raise support for our youth teams
  • Develop social media to share our soccer program with others
  • Write a project proposal to expand this program
  • Research other youth soccer programs in Ghana

 

• Pollinator gardening, rewilding intern – this person would manage this project by:
  • Researching and development of shareable resources
  • Blog writing
  • Social media development
  • Outreach to community organizations, universities, and small businesses

 

• Team coordinators
  • Some interns will be asked to help lead other intern teams – if you have volunteer management experience or expertise in something listed above, such as social media communication, please let us know if you would be interested in this role.

 
Engage Globally is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), for more information on our approach to inclusive communities see https://www.engageglobally.org/inclusive-communities.html

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Thank you to our interns!