Intern, Programs, Girl Up

Intern, Programs, Girl Up

United Nations Foundation

Remote

The United Nations Foundation links the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women's empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.-UN relations.

Girl Up is a global leadership development initiative, positioning girls to be leaders in the movement for gender equality. With resources in five languages and more than 4,000 Girl Up Clubs in over 100 countries, we’ve trained 48,000 girls of all backgrounds to create tangible change for girls everywhere. Girl Up provides leadership training and gives girls tools to become gender equality advocates and activists. Through our programs, girls broaden their social impact skill set, receive a platform to tell their stories, and apply solutions for social good. Our girl leaders create real policy change at local and national levels, raise millions of dollars to support programs for tens of thousands of girls around the world through our United Nations partners, and build community-based movements. Girl Up is hosted at the United Nations Foundation, working across a global community of partners to achieve gender equality worldwide.

The Programs intern will primarily support Girl Up’s virtual Club programming, in addition to our other signature youth leadership programs, including leadership curriculum development, STEM for Social Good, Sports for a Purpose, the Teen Advisor program, Girl Up Club Coalitions, and other advocacy efforts.

Internship Expectations

Track and report weekly on all new Clubs and existing Club report completion (M&E)

Assist in generating ideas and content for materials such as toolkits, blogs, emails and newsletters.

Support key program moments and events

Participate in overall support of Girl Up’s leadership programs – including Club, Campus, and Teen Advisor programs.

Monitor and update internal Girl Up Community website

Assist with mailings and other tasks to support Girl Up’s program outreach.

Monitor the general information email accounts.

Answer phone calls from supporters and donors.

Assist with logistics and volunteer outreach for virtual events and conferences.

Other duties as assigned.

Selection Criteria

Candidate must be enrolled in a degree-granting program during the internship or must be a recent graduate (within 8 months) of a degree-granting program from a college or university with a demonstrated interest in gender equality and international development and/or global politics

Those majoring in relevant fields such as Education, Youth Development, Women’s and Gender Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Global Health and similar fields preferred.

Background in teaching, tutoring, and mentoring youth, and/or experience working with youth programs or mobilization is highly preferred.

Interest and/or experience in professional or campus organizing, grassroots outreach, political campaigns, and/or canvassing preferred.

Demonstrated interest in girls’ and women’s rights and/or international development is required.

Broad understanding of digital tools and social media

Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Excellent customer service skills.

Experience in Microsoft Office suite, with particular emphasis on database management.

Ability to take initiative as a self-starter.

Strong creativity and organizational skills.

Ability to work well with a small, fast-paced team and manage multiple tasks.

Ability to work 25 hours/week.

Must have a personal laptop computer and access to the Internet.

Benefits and Compensation

The United Nations Foundation offers unpaid full and part-time internships. We are happy to host interns who are able to receive academic credit or a stipend through their college or university. However, please note that it is not a requirement in order to intern with us.

*Please note that this is a Spring 2021 internship, and all Spring 2021 internships will be remote*

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