The Compassionate Listening Project Summer Internship

This internship offers experience in a range of nonprofit management and operational tasks with an organization focused on conflict transformation and everyday peace-building.

Interns will work with staff online to gain practical experience in the areas of fundraising, public relations, education, event planning, and general organizational operations. Each intern will also be expected to complete at least one independent project, to be determined by staff with intern input, by the end of the internship.

TERM: 10 Weeks, June – July – August (Initial orientation meetings to take place in May)

HOURS: Interns are expected to work 12 to 15 hours per week.

LOCATION: Interns will work remotely during set hours (to be determined with staff). A weekly in-person meeting or phone check-in with staff is required each week. Interns will also spend time with TCLP staff, board members, or volunteers to work on specific projects.

COMPENSATION: This is an unpaid position. The intern will receive a stipend of $500.00 for the 10-week position.

HOUSING: Housing is not provided.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

8-10 Hours/week: General administration and outreach

• Assist with social media outreach and posting; track engagement metrics
• Assist with content creation for website and social media
• Assist with facilitator and participant coordination
• Research grant funding and partnership opportunities
• Assist with database management, including donor, participant, and facilitator record keeping
• Other general administrative support as needed such as responding to emails and participant inquiries, preparing workshop materials, coordinating meetings, taking meeting minutes, providing Zoom support, etc.

4-5 Hours/week: Project planning and implementation

• With mentorship of TCLP staff, create and implement one or more independent projects to be determined by intern and staff and to be completed by August 31.
• Projects may be in the areas of:
  • Public relations. This may include social media postings, newsletter production, press releases, articles for print media, website updates, etc.
  • Educational programs or community events. This may include planning an educational event, a film screening, a facilitator training for other facilitators, an online meeting with our founder Leah, or similar.
  • Online fundraising: Working with staff to develop and promote a fundraising campaign online.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Collecting data and analyzing results to evaluate success of programming.
  • Other. Other project ideas are open for discussion.

Opportunities will be available for participation in an introductory Compassionate Listening workshop at no cost. (These hours are not included in total internship hours.)

Opportunities will be available for participation in an introductory Compassionate Listening workshop at no cost. (These hours are not included in total internship hours.)