Research, Literacy & Strategic Partnerships Volunteer

Unpaid Developmental Internship • 3–6 Months • On-site, hybrid, and virtual opportunities are available depending on the role and location.

Osinachi (oh-SIN-ah-chee), which means “Gift of God,” is a nonprofit organization working to improve literacy, increase reading, and help create lifelong readers—beginning with children.

Real Work. Real Training. Real Experience. Greater Employability.

Learn how a nonprofit builds the evidence behind its mission and finds organizations that can help expand its impact.

This is an unpaid developmental apprenticeship, not a clerical-assistant position. You will work on real projects while receiving hands-on, on-the-job training.

What You May Work On

• Review literacy and reading statistics, locate current sources, verify claims, and document reliable evidence.
• Support research for 100 Books for Life, websites, presentations, grants, speaking, and media.
• Research schools, libraries, churches, youth programs, community organizations, shelters, and other potential partners.
• Identify decision-makers, partnership requirements, and appropriate outreach contacts.

As your skills grow, your responsibility will grow.

What You Can Learn

Research Methods • Source Verification • Data Interpretation • Partnership Development

Prospecting • Institutional Outreach • Evidence-Based Writing • Strategic Research

You will also receive practical exposure to AI-assisted business tools for research, organization, quality control, project management, and productivity, while learning when human judgment and review are essential.

Our goal is that after six successful months, you are more employable than when you arrived and can point to meaningful professional accomplishments on your résumé.

Who Should Apply

A strong fit may be a research, education, public-policy, sociology, business, communications, or nonprofit-management student—or someone who enjoys finding reliable information and connecting organizations.

Applicants should be dependable, teachable, detail-oriented, comfortable with technology, and willing to receive constructive feedback. You are not expected to know everything already—the purpose is to learn through meaningful work.

Supervision & Development

Interns receive orientation, defined assignments, regular supervision, feedback, and periodic check-ins. As skills grow, responsibility can grow. Academic-credit requirements can be coordinated with eligible schools when available.