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, Filed Under: Internship

Summer Internship available at Water to Thrive

Duration of Internship: Now-August 2015 (Dates flexible)

Location: Austin, Texas

Areas of Focus: Marketing and Outreach

Hours Per Week: 15-40 hrs per week (part and full-time positions available)

POSITION OVERVIEW

About Water to Thrive: Water to Thrive is a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to the mission of bringing safe, clean water to communities in rural Africa. In the past 6 years, over 500 wells have been built, providing the gift of clean water to more than 250,000 people in East Africa.

Water To Thrive (W2T) is looking for an energetic, highly motivated Marketing and Outreach intern to work in our in Austin, Texas office.

This position requires researching and developing strategies for supporters, organizations, and media (local and national) to promote Water To Thrive and build sustainable engagement across the country.

Candidates should have strong written communication skills as well as in-depth knowledge of social media channels including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Vimeo. Public relations experience is preferred.

The Marketing and Outreach Intern will gain valuable experience working with various people in both the non-profit and private sector all while learning about the internal operations of growing, passionate non-profit organization.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

  • Updating social media channels
  • Assist with compiling outreach contact lists and send press releases
  • Help organize donor information and profiles
  • Research creative and innovative ideas to promote W2T and our initiatives
  • Reflect W2T’S voice and tone in all communications (possibly presentations in community and through webinars)
  • Work across departments to assist, as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will:

  • Hold minimum sophomore-level college/university standing with experience in Sociology, Psychology, Communications, Marketing, PR, or Journalism
  • Be a self-starter who is able to take responsibility for projects and work independently
  • Have excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Be detail-oriented, a problem solver, an efficient multi-tasker and extremely organized
  • Be devoted to and believe in the vision and mission of W2T
  • Have a strong knowledge of computer and word processing applications
  • Have a working knowledge of using social media tools for business
  • Have a working knowledge of emerging technology platforms
  • Have an assertive, can do attitude and be able to work independently as well as be a team player
  • Flexibility in schedule
  • Previous marketing experience and background a plus
  • Access to a laptop computer and a smartphone device
  • Must have reliable transportation

There may be occasional opportunities for work-related travel for presentations or events.

To apply, please send your resume and Spring/Summer schedule to Lizzie Kovach, Marketing and Outreach Manager: lizzie@watertothrive.org

 

, Filed Under: Internship

Texas Public Policy Foundation Internship Program

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is seeking intern candidates who are motivated to help the Foundation apply our guiding principles of liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise to reshape public policy in Texas. The most successful applicants are open-minded, entrepreneurial and hardworking, with good research, writing, and interpersonal skills.

An internship at the Foundation is not just another job, not just a résumé bullet. Our Foundation provides students and recent graduates the opportunity to work with some of the best free market thinkers in the country who are researching a wide range of different policy areas, and all the places those topics intersect, that impact not just Texas but the entire country.

Our interns become part of the Foundation family as the staff members share their time, knowledge, and experience with each intern class through a series of discussions that illustrate the range of places where policy decisions have a chance to change the world. All of our interns leave our Foundation with a solid understanding of all the work we do: educational outreach, policy positions, and our work to change Texas for the better.

An intern at TPPF will spend time outside the Foundation as well. As we wrap up the Texas legislative session, our interns will be a vital part of our efforts by researching policy topics according to the needs of the staff. You’ll meet staff from the offices of advocacy groups, media outlets, legislators, state agencies, and the judiciary. We also invite a handful of these folks to our offices each semester to talk to our interns about their experience and background, and the public policy process from a different perspective.

Policy Intern – 

Policy interns will be assigned to one of the Foundation’s policy Centers and work directly with a Center director or policy analyst.  They will attend staff meetings, meet policymakers and engage in regular policy discussions. Our interns may also have the opportunity to publish individually or in collaboration with our team, based on their individual writing talents and the needs of the Foundation. As part of your research, you’ll work closely with your center or department, polishing professional skills. Well written policy pieces may be selected to appear as a blog post, op-ed, or policy brief.

Development Intern – 

In addition to our regular intern programming, Development interns will work with the Foundation’s Vice President of Development and our development team to learn the techniques of fundraising in the competitive non-profit world. As a valued member of our team, the Dev intern will:

  • Help plan and participate in development events and solicitations;
  • Write development materials;
  • Talk with donors;
  • Attend staff meetings;
  • Draft donor communications;
  • Process daily contributions
  • Conduct donor research

Communications Intern – 

Communications interns will work with the Foundation’s director of communications in writing and editing press releases, commentaries, and other media products. They’ll work with our publications team to edit and release our publications, and with our digital campaigns and analytics manager to update the website, social media, and track the success of our efforts. They will also work with media professionals, attend staff meetings, and meet policymakers.

Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to free-market principles, strong writing and communications skills, and a general understanding of government and the political process. As well, prospective interns should be entrepreneurially-minded and possess the ability to undertake research, writing, and administrative projects. Full-time and part-time policy, media, and development internships are available with a stipend of up to $500 for part-time (fall/spring only) and $1,000 for full-time (any semester). In your cover letter/email, please let us know your preference for semester.

Application Dates:

Summer 2015 – March 1st – April 30th, 2015

Fall 2015 –  July 1st – August 31st, 2015

Applications for our program should include a cover letter, résumé, and short writing sample. You may also be asked to complete a short writing assignment in a narrow timeframe to be used as a baseline for your writing abilities.   Be sure to specify in your cover letter what semester you are interested in joining us, and submit your application to:

Jaimie Ailshire, Office Manager

internships@texaspolicy.com

, Filed Under: Research

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Summer Program

Do you like to think outside of the box?

We want to get you interested in innovative cancer prevention research as a career.

Who should apply?

Undergraduate students from colleges and universities in Texas and across the US are welcome.. You don’t have to be majoring in one of the biological sciences. Participants from previous years have majored in everything from neuroscience to physics, sociology to kinesiology, not to mention economics and math.

What’s innovative about the program?

The Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Program lets selected undergraduates experience doing innovative cancer prevention research, working with faculty and postdocs in a number of fields.

(And you get paid—this is not an internship).

Stipend

You will receive $5,000 for 10 weeks or $4,000 for eight weeks (40 hours per week, no benefits) at 100 percent time.

About CPRIT

The program is generously funded by a training grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a program created in 2007 as part of a voter-approved constitutional amendment authorizing the state to issue $3 billion in bonds to fund groundbreaking cancer research and prevention programs and services in Texas.

You can find out more about CPRIT at their website:

http://www.cprit.state.tx.us/

What will you be doing?

Training and practical experience in methods of cancer prevention and control research through work with established investigators and research staff from the UTHealth School of Public Health and the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics. You’ll spend 40 hours a week working with some of the best minds at UTHealth.

You have the opportunity to choose your preference from one of the following training sites:

In addition to the exciting research you will get to be a part of, participants attend seminars and are guided through innovation exercises.

Students in previous years have not only gotten to do hands-on research, but also co-authored papers about the results.

How to Apply

Click here for the application.

Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2015 (noon, CST)

Semi-final applicants will be notified on March, 20, 2015

Trainee start date and sign-up (on-site): June 1, 2015

Questions?

If you have additional questions or would like more information about CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Research, please contact:

Patricia Dolan Mullen, Dr.P.H.
Division of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
7000 Fannin Street
Suite 2522
Houston, TX 77030
Phone 713-500-9617
Email: CPRITsummer@uth.tmc.edu