Below are some fall 2020 (and beyond) internship opportunites that should interest INTS students. Please register with and search the Handshake system to learn more.
International Relations/Marketing (remote)
World Endeavors- London
Application due: Rolling
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3844827
Join a consulting firm that provides strategic marketing services, including strategy development, branding and positioning, content marketing, search and insights, and market planning. This placement allows interns to work with UK businesses and international NGOs, and to gain visibility with high-profile organizations. Intern responsibilities include:
- Conducting research which could include international/global projects working with UN ambassadors and players
- Using WordPress and Joomla to update the website and blogs
- Creating content and design work for social media channels
- Executing email marketing campaigns and monthly email newsletters
- Generating promotional videos
Academic Program International (remote)
Application due August 31st
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/388716
API’s virtual internship programming will support your internship success as you engage in activities designed to refine specific skills, orient you to the international workplace culture, guide you through virtual cultural webinars and local visits, and display your learning in a digital badge that you can add to your LinkedIn profile, e-portfolio, personal websites, digital resumes and more.
Fundraising & Development Internship
ONEtrack International (remote)
Application due: September 2nd
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3799784
ONETrack International is a Boston-based 501c3 charity organization that takes orphaned children from the Republic of Cameroon out of their orphanages and places them in the households of surviving family members in West Africa.
Responsibilities
• Create and administer your own fundraising campaign to sponsor students in our system.
• Operate with a self-sufficient and independent approach.
• Research new foundations to apply for funding
• Help in writing minor proposals and reports
• Research and develop events in new fundraising markets
• Help in researching potential donors
• Help in conducting in depth researching into new fundraising markets
Nonviolence Internship
Nonviolence International, Washington (remote)
Application due: August 16th
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3858228
Role Description
At Nonviolence International, we take pride in our role as a leading nonprofit organization within the worldwide movement for nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution. We advocate for active nonviolence and support creative constructive nonviolent campaigns globally.
Each intern will split their time between research, programmatic support, organizational outreach, and administrative tasks, but will be able to invest significant time and work within their preferred projects of choice.
IRC JB Adult Education Intern
International Rescue Committee, New Jersey (remote)
Application due: September 1st
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3823752
Citizen & Immigration Intern
International Rescue Committee, New Jersey (remote)
Application due: September 1st
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3823916
Several more internship offered by this organization: https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/employers/28713
The Adult Education Intern assists newly arrived refugee clients in a multi-level and culturally diverse English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL) classroom to gain English literacy and comprehension skills. This intern will also assist in supporting logistics for cultural orientation classes, where newly arrived refugee clients gain an understanding of community resources and expectations for the resettlement period.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESL
• Assist with record-keeping, data entry, and file maintenance to support ESOL program administration, among other tasks.
• Arrange for interpretation as needed to answer student inquiries.
• Assist in preparing educational materials as requested by instructor.
• Assist instructor in daily classroom activities including one on one tutoring and leading small groups, and serving as substitute instructor as needed.
• Assist in administering end-of-term student language assessments and surveys.
Cultural Orientation
• Provide monthly logistical assistance for CO classes, including setting up the physical classroom space, preparing materials, ordering lunch, and helping with documentation, among other tasks.
• Contact clients to provide reminders prior to each CO class.
• For each training complete assessment forms with each client to assess their understanding of cultural orientation content.
• Facilitate CO classes in one-on-one and group settings as needed in English or other languages with interpreters.
Content Creator Internship
International Medical Relief, Denver (remote)
Application due: August 28th
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3826859
International Medical Relief (www.internationalmedicalrelief.org) provides acute medical and dental care and health education in an urgent care setting where patients have limited or no access to health care
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Help establish brand and mission on new website development through careful selection of photographs
- Create regular content for social media posts
- Conduct research to identify market trends and target customers’ preferences
- Create marketing plans to increase brand awareness
- Help establish our brand in a way that customers easily identify and select our company’s products
- Ensure a strong brand presence in online and offline channels
- Assist in developing effective media campaigns and choosing appropriate distribution channels
- Design templates for social media and online campaigns
- Report to the Creative Director
Public Relations Intern
Alien Attorney, Atlanta (remote)
Application deadline: July 29th
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3259282
We are an educational startup determined to provide immigrants with the information and tools they need to become to navigate the complexity of the current legal landscape. It is our mission to make a difference in the lives of millions of immigrants by providing an affordable and accessible path to citizenship.
As a Public Relations Intern You Will:
- Have your work published and expand your portfolio
- Receive a letter of recommendation upon completion of the program
- Develop graphics, social and digital media content, and press releases
- Learn how to develop content that reaches large audiences and encourages engagement
- Learn how to reach out to journalists, bloggers and news outlets
Policy and Advocacy Intern
Win Without War, Washington D.C. (remote)
Application due: July 31st
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3862797
Who We Are
Win Without War is a diverse network of activists and organizations working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy.
Duties
- Updating Congressional and legislative trackers on a daily basis
- Assisting with research and drafting policy memos and Congressional education resources such as fact sheets, backgrounders, messaging guidance, and hearing questions
- Learning about public policy and the legislative process by assisting staff and attending and reporting on legislative hearings, briefings, rallies, and related events
- Monitoring legislative and news developments on Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, arms sales, the defense budget, nuclear weapons policy, climate security, international development, peacebuilding, civilian protection, global public health, refugee and asylum policies, border militarization, and related issues
- Supporting content drafting, editing, and QC (Congressional advocacy emails, op-eds, press releases, messaging guides, and newsletters)
- Supporting staff with organizational data and software management
- Supporting staff with other programmatic work when necessary
Communications, Social Media & PR Internship
World Service Authority, Washington D.C. (remote)
Application due: September 4th
https://ucdenver.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3864918
Undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in using their social media and communications skills to promote human rights and world citizenship are encouraged to apply for this 3 to 4 month, 12-20 (or more) hours per week internship (hours are flexible).
Interns will:
- Use social media to advance the goals of the organization;
- Create written content for social media platforms;
- Create and produce images, video, photos, art and graphic designs for social media posts and platforms;
- Use Internet and desktop publishing tools to provide information, improve documentation, create brochures, publications and flyers, and promote the organization;
- Update website content and develop new websites;
- Initiate new outreach and networking projects;
- Contact individuals and organizations to seek funding for and partnerships with the organization;