Pencils of Promise is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in the country. Founded with only $25 dollars, in less than three years PoP has broken ground on more than 80 schools in Laos, Nicaragua and Guatemala and delivered more than 3M education hours. Together, we build sustainable schools, partnerships and solutions to enable basic education for underserved children in the developing world. We are proof that a generation empowered will empower the world: one child, one pencil at a time.
Pencils of Promise has been growing explosively in Laos, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Ghana. In Guatemala, we've built over 30 schools and now have a full-time local staff of over 15 people. You will work closely with local staff to help support rural education in various regions of Guatemala.
Role and Responsibilities
Pencils of Promise is seeking an intern who will support operations in Guatemala by streamlining communication, capturing media, and supporting our local staff. You will work closely with local staff and spend time visiting our completed, ongoing, and upcoming project sites.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Support local staff in their professional development (e.g. computer skills, English, communications with NY office)
- Gather, curate and organize compelling digital media content from the ground, and support PoP digital initiatives (e.g. web updates, content, check ins, etc.)
- Streamline communication from Guatemala operations to NY headquarters by inputting project and programming information into PoP's Salesforce database and recommending system improvements
- Create communications materials including blog posts, etc.
- General support for office operations
Qualifications
- Recent college graduate
- Highly proficient Spanish language capabilities (must be able to work in Spanish and communicate comfortably with Guatemalan staff)
- Highly adaptable; experience living in the developing world strongly preferred
- Experience working in a culturally sensitive environment
- Experience working in an office setting preferred
- Experience working with Salesforce or other database management system preferred
- Experience teaching, managing or leading small teams highly preferred
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Extremely detail-oriented
- Excellent oral and written English language skills
- Understanding of photography and visual documentation
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office
