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GENAustin Summer & Fall Internships

GEN’s mission is to support and guide girls to make wise choices as they navigate the unique pressures of girlhood.

Internship Opportunities

  • Communications—contribute to social media, the agency blog/website, and external communications.
  • Community Relations—serve as a representative of GEN in the community, table at outreach events, and assist with the recruitment, screening, and training of agency volunteers.
  • Direct Service—contribute to curriculum review and revision, provide support on-site with programming, and facilitate groups at elementary, middle, and high schools.
  • Fundraising—assist with projects necessary to sustain programs for girls and gain valuable skills in a nonprofit Development Department.
  • Pathfinder Leadership Summit Intern— will assist in various aspects of delivering our Pathfinder Leadership Summit, a personal and professional leadership development program for young women in high school.
  • Project Management—help plan our annual We Are Girls conference which serves 3,000+ parents, girls and educators in November (with events in Austin and Houston), as well as contribute to marketing/PR efforts and initiatives for our camps, Pathfinder program, and special projects.

Each of these internship positions can also contain a direct service component, helping to lead our self esteem building programs with girls, if desired.

GEN is seeking strong leaders with a passion for girls’ issues to fill a number of unpaid internships within our agency. All interns must be committed to the mission of GEN, be team-oriented, possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, and have reliable transportation. Internships typically last one semester (fall, spring or summer) and are anywhere from 10-40 hours/week.  Please use the application form to specify which areas of our work you are most interested in.  Thank you for considering GEN for your internship!  To apply, download the application form GEN Internship Application, fill it out and send it to volunteer@genaustin.org.

Internship Application Procedures
Applicants are interviewed and selected on a rolling basis.

1)      Please save your internship application and your resume using the following naming system. Application: Lastname_Internship_Application.doc
Resume: Lastname_Internship_Resume.doc  (submission optional)

2)    Send your completed application material to volunteer@genaustin.org and use the subject line: Your name, internship.

Notice: GEN DOES NOT accept paper, mailed or faxed applications. Please use an appropriate word processing program such as MS Word to submit your application materials. Also, please note that submitting a resume is optional.

, Filed Under: Internship

A Glimmer of Hope Summer Internships

A Glimmer of Hope helps lift women and children out of extreme poverty in Ethiopia. 

Our model focuses on four areas of development: water, health, education, and microfinance. We have spent more than a decade on the ground in rural Ethiopia. Our experience and the knowledge that we have gained from indigenous Ethiopian development organizations has shown us that the integration of these four sectors provides those living in extreme poverty with the best chance of improving their lives.

SUMMER 2016 COMMUNICATIONS INTERN

Glimmer is looking for a Communications Intern who will assist in a variety of communications and marketing projects and help organize our media content. You will be asked to contribute to ongoing team projects that focus on efficient and engaging communication with Glimmer’s supporters.

position:

  • Contribute to projects that enhance Glimmer’s communications to our donors through writing, storytelling, synthesis of programs information and more
  • Create organization systems for our media content libraries
  • Help build Glimmer’s online presence
  • Assist with research related to Glimmer’s marketing, communications and fundraising
  • Write and edit copy; assist with visual storytelling
  • Assist with other media projects as needed
  • Execute tasks on quick deadlines

requirements:

you’re a world changer. Interested in serving humanity? An internship at Glimmer means you’ll be a part of something big. Something that helps create change in your world.

you get things done. You’re a pro at meeting deadlines and multi-tasking, and you’re a firm believer that every detail matters. If you don’t know, you ask questions and get what you need to perform your best. You communicate early on if there is a problem.

you’re independent and innovative, yet roll with the punches. We expect creative thinking and solutions from everyone here. You are a self-starter who thinks outside the box and provides real-time solutions without hand holding. Our close-knit departments constantly overlap, so you can jump right into group projects, and deal with a diverse group.

you get accused of being a feng shui master. Your well-developed sense of space and function means you have a natural knack for design and organization. You just make things look good.

you’re knowledgeable and experienced. You have the education and work experience to back up your skills as a communicator, writer and general marketing whiz.

you’re tech savvy and an AP stylebook wizard. You’re computer literate with Mac experience including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You love grammar and know where to put an Oxford comma. Familiarity with Photoshop, InDesign or Google AdWords is a plus, but not required.

commitment:

We are looking for a part-time intern (15-25 hours per week) for the Summer of 2016. Hours are flexible. Please apply only if you are located in Austin, Texas.

benefits:

The Glimmer Internship Program is an opportunity for qualified students to gain real world experience at an international non-profit with a mission to help change the world. This is an unpaid internship but it may count for internship credit at your college or university.

apply:

Please submit a cover letter, your resume and answers to the questions below to jobs@aglimmerofhope.org. No phone calls please.

intern questions:

  1. Describe yourself.
  2. How did you become familiar with Glimmer, and what has your previous involvement with Glimmer been?
  3. When did humanitarian work become a priority for you?
  4. Explain why you are applying for this position, and what makes you a good fit.
  5. If you are accepted, what will your personal goals be during your time here?
  6. Please list two or three of your favorite websites.
  7. What is the last book that you read and enjoyed? And the last book you read and didn’t enjoy?
  8. Please list your three favorite movies.
  9. Is there anything else you’d like us to know about you?

 PROGRAMS INTERN

Glimmer’s programs team manages implementation of clustered health, microfinance, education, and microfinance projects through our local implementing partners in Ethiopia. We are looking for a Master’s level Programs Intern who is interested in international development or international affairs for Summer 2016. You will assist in data organization and analysis and provide support for our programs team activities.

position:

·       Maintain program/project records in our project management database,

·       Review project completion documents and photos for accuracy,

·       Review proposals and reports from our construction partners in Ethiopia,

·       Prepare proposals and reports for donors,

·       Communicate with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia office on program tasks,

·       Conduct research and other activities as needed.

 requirements:

you’re a world changer. Interested in serving humanity? An internship at Glimmer means you’ll be a part of something big. Something that helps create change in your world.

you’re independent and innovative, yet roll with the punches. We expect creative thinking and solutions from everyone here. You are a self-starter who thinks outside the box and provides real-time solutions without handholding. Our close-knit departments constantly overlap, so you can jump right into group projects, and deal with a diverse group.

your organization skills intimidate Martha Stewart. You stay organized throughout the duration of a project, and are able to juggle multiple projects at a time. You’re a firm believer that every detail matters.

you get things done. You’re a pro at meeting deadlines. If you don’t know, you ask questions and get what you need to get the job done. You communicate early on if there is a problem. You don’t just show up, you perform your best.

knowledgeable and experienced. You have the education and work experience to back up your mad skills as a communicator and data analyst.

commitment:

We’re looking for a Master’s level student (upper level undergraduate students will be considered on a case by case basis) to come to our Austin office 20 hours per week this summer (schedule is flexible). Please only apply if you are located in Austin, Texas.

benefits:

An internship at A Glimmer of Hope is an incredible opportunity for students to gain experience at an international non-profit with a mission to help change the world. This is an unpaid internship but it may count for internship credit at your college or university.

apply:

Please submit a resume to leslie@aglimmerofhope.org with Programs Intern in the subject line.

, Filed Under: Research

National Institutes of Health Research Project with Dr. Crosnoe

Dr. Crosnoe recently received a very large grant from the National Institutes of Health (NH) to conduct a large scale project on the ways in which physical attractiveness stratifies the life chances of young people, primarily by affecting their opportunities to achieve academically and socially.  NIH is interested in this kind of research because it has major health implications – as academic and social achievements are major foundations of lifelong health – and more specifically because we believe that such health issues as obesity, disordered eating, and substance use come into play in explaining how attractiveness affects people’s lives.

NIHaims[1] is a document with the specific aims of the actual grant proposal that NIH funded.  The specific aims are the one-page overview of the whole project that start out any NIH grant proposal.

Many years ago, the federal government funded a large study of the effects of child care on child development called the SECCYD.  It followed about 1300 babies through high school, and one of the data collection pieces involved videoing the children interacting with their parents at every age.  We have possession of those videos, which are highly secure, and aim to extract “short slices” from each one, which is likely a short gif or still shot of the kid at each age.  We will then be working with our IT people to set up a system in which undergraduates will rate these thin slices for physical attractiveness and other criteria.

 We are interested in having 3-4 students do their BDP connecting experiences this coming summer to help with the extraction of the thin slices.  Dr. Crosnoe’s graduate student, Lilla Pivnick, will work with the undergraduate interns.   We would expect them to put in a few hours per week for most of the semester.  They could also get involved with other aspects of the project (e.g., analyzing the rich data set to answer questions about child and adolescent health).  Finally, at the end of the semester, there is a chance that we could take on 1-2 of the interns for a paying research assistant position.

If you are interested, contact Dr. Robert Crosnoe at:

Robert Crosnoe,  C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair #4 & Department Chair
The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Sociology  |  Population Research Center
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/directory/faculty/crosnoer