Overview of Well Aware’s Internship program
Well Aware’s internship program is designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students with an educational experience in implementation of clean water systems in Africa; community development, training and education in Well Aware project regions; development and/or organization and administration of Well Aware’s Austin office.
Interns will be assigned a supervisor that will oversee and guide their experience.
Social Media Intern Position
Well Aware currently offers a position as social media intern Well Aware.
You will be devoted to all of our media channels (facebook, twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn…); this includes assisting in content and creation. Social Media Intern must be available a minimum of 10 – 15 hours per week.
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 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 task at one time
- Possess an interest in a nonprofit career ‐ particularly development and fundraising
- Available for at least 10 – 15 hours a week
- Must have transportation
- Must have laptop
Communications and Public Relations Intern
Well Aware currently offers a position as communications and public relations intern.This position will†primarily be†responsible for writing white papers about Well Aware to inform people about our mission and projects.
Other responsibilities may include:
- Intern will use material provided by Well Aware such as images, written documents, and project statistics to curate white papers
- Work with communications intern when needed to write blogs and additional communication materials
- Proof content going out for press releases, blogs, housefile emails, etc.
- Grant writing for Well Aware
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 task at one time
- Possess an interest in a nonprofit career ‐ particularly development and fundraising
- Available for at least 10 – 15 hours a week
- Must have transportation
- Must have laptop
How to apply?
Send your resume, availability and motivation statement to our office manager, Amy Prewitt – amy@wellawareworld.org
