Organization:Microcredit Summit Campaign
Location:Washington DCUnited States
Opportunity Type: Internship
About the Organization:
The Microcredit Summit Campaign is a global anti-poverty campaign pursuing two goals: 1) to reach
and empower 175 million of the world’s poorest families with microfinance, and 2) to help 100 million families lift themselves out of severe poverty.
About the Job:
The Campaign seeks one (1) intern for the 2013 Fall semester to support the Campaign's communications and social media strategy with a view to strengthening member engagement and mobilizing the grassroots, as well as to assist with administrative tasks and basic research. The intern will have unique opportunities to interact directly with major actors in the international development field, particularly in the field of microfinance, as well as to attend learning events and seminars in the DC area.
The Microcredit Summit Campaign believes that students who complete an internship with our organization should come out of it with a more nuanced understanding of the sector, particularly who are the actors, what are the challenges and exciting innovations, and how the sector is evolving to better serve the interest of the poorest. Our staff work closely with interns as part of a close-knit team, exposing them to the inner-workings of a development organization and teaching them about the various issues that concern microfinance practitioners, such as client protection, social performance, health integration, gender empowerment, etc. Additionally, interns will have unique opportunities to interact directly with major actors in microfinance as well as to attend learning events and seminars in the DC area.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Communications team in designing and implementing a communications strategy for the Campaign generally and for each project.
- Supporting outreach and promotional strategies on social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and the Campaign blog) as well as with major media outlets in the US and internationally.
- Translation of communications pieces into French and Spanish (you will need to be able to do one if not both).
- Drafting major communication pieces including press releases, blog posts, and weekly bulletins sent to our members in English, French, and Spanish.
- Providing content updates for the Campaign’s multiple online portals:
- Campaign’s main website, http://www.microcreditsummit.org
- 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit website, http://partnershipsagainstpoverty.org/
- State of the Campaign Report website, http://stateofthecampaign.org/
- 100 Million Ideas blog, http://100millionideas.org/
- Supporting dissemination strategy for learning materials and best practices from the various Campaign projects.
- Supporting promotional outreach efforts to members and conducting follow-up as needed for those efforts.
- Some rudimentary graphic design of communications marketing materials.
- Other support and special projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should be able to commit a minimum of 20 hours per week for a minimum of four (4) months. Preference will be given to those who can commit to 30-40 hours per week for nine (9) months.
- Duration: August 26 to December 20 (with the option to continue into the next semester)
- Preference given to those who are proficient with the following design software: Microsoft Publisher; Adobe InDesign and Photoshop/Illustrator.
- Proficient spoken and written English and Spanish and/or French required. Arabic and Portuguese are also useful.
- Candidates should be highly motivated self-starters with a passion for international development, and particularly for reaching and empowering the very poor.
- Candidates do NOT have to currently be enrolled in an academic program.
Posted: 09 Aug 2013
Closing Date: 30 Aug 2013
How to Apply:
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.11.192453