Women’s Community Center of Central Texas
1704 San Antonio, Austin, TX 78701
Paid Development/Fundraising Internship
$11 per hour
Mission
The mission of the Women’s Community Center of Central Texas is to promote the well being of Texas women and girls and to build positive connections among people and organizations that do the same.
Vision
We envision and work for a central Texas community in which all women and girls have the resources they need to build the lives they want. The Center will be a hub where women, girls, and allies from all walks of life come together to support each other and find empowerment.
Requirements/Skills: Development interns will be actively enrolled in a university. Students will preferably have at least sophomore standing. The individual must demonstrate the ability to undertake basic development research and writing assignments and possess an understanding of basic development (fundraising) skills, an ability to interact professionally with clients.
A working knowledge of computers, as well as word processing, excel, powerpoint is needed. The director will help the intern prioritize tasks, projects and deadlines. Interns will work between 5 and 10 hours a week depending on their school schedule.
Responsibilities: We are looking for a paid intern to work with us on a variety of individual donor partnerships. Our intern:
• Processes donations and prepares acknowledgement letters and other correspondence.
• Helps establish and maintain files.
• Creates monthly fundraising reports as needed.
• Continually updates and corrects database records.
• Conducts preliminary research on prospective donors.
• Coordinates production and mailing of specialty appeal letters.
• Tracks donations in the database and maintains records.
• Sends appropriate documentation to acknowledge donations to donors.
• Helps support fundraising events.
• Helps handle administrative details associated with committee meetings of the Board.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Development.
To apply: Please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to:
Julie Gillis
Director of Development
Women’s Community Center of Central Texas
1704 San Antonio, Austin TX 78701
Or email julie@womenscommunityctx.org
512.284.9221