September 2021

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) seeks to provide motivated law students entering their second or third year of law school, graduate students, and undergraduate students with internship opportunities in Washington, D.C. The internships will provide public policy and government experience related to civil rights and civil liberties in the fields of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Employment Law, Homeland Security, and Immigration Law.

For additional information, please the CRCL Internship Announcement.

Applications are reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis. Priority considerations are given to students who apply prior to the deadline: June 1 for fall, October 1 for spring, and March 1 for summer.

Well Aware currently offers an unpaid position of Social Media Intern. You will be devoted to all of our media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.); this includes assisting in content creation, post scheduling, message responses, and staying up to date on best practices. Social Media Intern must be available a minimum of 10 hours per week.

Overview of Well Aware’s Internship program:

Well Aware’s internship program is designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a high-level educational experience in the day-to-day programs and operations of a small, lean nonprofit. Interns are encouraged to ask questions regarding implementation of clean water systems in Africa, community development, training and education in Well Aware’s project regions, development and fundraising work, and organization and administration of nonprofit management.

Interns will be assigned a supervisor that will oversee and guide their experience.

Other responsibilities may include:

Conducting prospect research on individual, foundation, and corporate donors
Maintaining donor and grant databases and files, including calendaring deadlines, logging donations, generating and sending donor acknowledgements, logging donor appreciation efforts
Supporting staff with logistics associated with special events, including assisting with the creation of invitation list, all logistics, soliciting sponsors, communicating with venue and vendors
Attending/Volunteering at special events
Tracking and evaluating all development efforts
Working with Board of Directors Development Committee to implement development strategies

Ideal Candidates Must:

Be responsible, flexible, hard‐working, ethical, and committed to the mission of Well Aware
Possess a high level of organizational skills and be detail oriented
Possess solid oral and written communication skills
Be skilled at a variety of computer skills, e.g., Google Drive, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
Be able to operate standard office equipment
Able to handle multiple tasks at one time
Possess an interest in a nonprofit career ‐ particularly development and fundraising

How to apply?
Send your resume, availability and motivation statement to our office manager,
Amy Prewitt – amy@wellawareworld.org

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