What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Engagement Intern, Summer 2025 position at rescue?
SCOPE OF INTERN WORK
The Summer 2025 Community Engagement Intern will offer vital assistance to the Development Team at the IRC in Louisville in engaging volunteers, community partners, donors, and other stakeholders; scheduling communications; written and graphic content creation; and other assigned business development projects. The intern plays a pivotal part in involving the community and producing materials to back the IRC's work in significant ways.
Please note that this is an UNPAID internship.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and support social media outreach, community engagement and informational materials, and donor/sponsorship research.
- Follow and enhance the strategic outreach plan and content to engage new community partners, university contacts, and other community groups supporting IRC.
- Manage IRC Louisville webpage and social media to ensure information is current and regularly updated.
- Aid in content collection and storytelling projects for web and social media platforms.
- Tabling at community events to increase awareness of IRC Louisville and recruit volunteers and interns.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support development efforts through tracking relevant grant opportunities, performing basic outreach for in-kind donations (non-monetary), and processing incoming volunteer/intern applicants.
- Provide administrative support to the Development Team
- Participate in weekly meetings with the Development Team and monthly all-staff meetings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Intern will gain experience implementing a nonprofit communications plan and creating content for fundraising appeals, donor-facing reports, newsletters and social media.
- Intern will learn about brand guidelines in design, content editing, and best practices.
- Intern will learn about strategic planning for community engagement and communications.
- Intern will learn about administrative processes in the nonprofit space.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a current undergraduate student, graduate student, or less than 12 months past graduation.
- Access to a personal vehicle/reliable transportation; IRC Louisville cannot support securing transportation or housing for interns.
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or must have active and compliant visas and work authorization status in the United States (the IRC must not be represented as a sponsor or host in any application, filing, or other context for an intern).
- Primary availability during IRC business hours (M-F; 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM); availability for occasional weekend and evening events preferred.
- Ability to handle sensitive client information confidentially.
- Strong communication skills, including demonstrated ability to work effectively with people from various backgrounds and across language barriers.
- Comfortable with Microsoft Suite Products, social media platforms, and Canva.
- Adherence to IRC volunteer/intern and workplace policies.
- Fluency/proficiency in English, both spoken and written, are required.
TRAINING & GUIDANCE
- In-depth training will be provided for interns to understand IRC programming and the various needs of clients accessing IRC services.
- Interns with client languages who could serve as an interpreter will receive guidance on policies when interpreting. Other activity specific training will be provided as needed.
- Flexibility, initiative, and a desire to collaborate are essential qualities for this intern opportunity. A high-level of confidentiality is required when working with IRC clients.
