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As Share Our Strength continues to succeed and expand, so do the exciting employment opportunities.
Open Positions
Updated May 15, 2009Internships
Intern, Online Communications & Marketing
Posted May 15, 2009
Position Summary
The Online Communications & Marketing intern will be active in many of the Communications team's daily activities. This is an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience with Web sites, emails and online outreach campaigns in a fast-paced and innovative non-profit environment. The successful intern will help configure emails, post content to our Web sites, and light writing/editing, among other activities.
Responsibilities
- Assist in maintaining and cultivating Share Our Strength's online communities, including approving friends and monitoring comments on social networking sites (e.g., twitter, Facebook, etc); researching sites, writing and posting action items and blog entries, etc.
- Post content to our Web sites.
- Participate in team brainstorming and other team activities.
- Assist with copywriting and editing for campaigns and Web sites.
- Maintaining data around outreach campaigns to allow us to track our efforts.
- Editing photos and incorporating these photos into content on social media sites and organization site.
- Provide other general and administrative support to the Online Communications department when needed.
Qualifications
- Experience with HTML and familiarity with a variety of social media.
- Knowledge of Dreamweaver (or other Web editing software), HTML, and Photoshop; Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Technical savvy, including experience with one or more Content Management Systems desired
- Experience with one or more eCRM systems desired
- Flexible work style and sense of humor
- Excellent organization skills with strong attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Strong copy editing and research skills
To Apply
No phone calls please. E-mail resume and cover letter to La Verne Dickerson-Coleman. Please reference OCM Intern in the subject of the e-mail. Please highlight any web sites you've worked on and experience you feel best highlights your skills.
Intern, Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale
Updated February 3, 2009
Position Summary
Share Our Strength's Creative Enterprises and Marketing Department is seeking two interns (20-30 hours/week) for the Spring/Summer of 2009. Work dates and hours are partially flexible within regular business hours. While at Share Our Strength, the intern(s) will work on Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale campaign and will learn about the multiple facets of non-profit marketing and fundraising. College credit and a small stipend may be available.
Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will support Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale marketing, fundraising and event efforts and be part of the Volunteer Participant Support Center team. Duties will be primarily administrative, and may include:
- Respond to volunteer fundraisers inquiries (phone calls, e-mails and letters)
- Collect and share participant stories with appropriate audiences
- Input and report accurate campaign donor and gift reporting information into Raiser's Edge database
- Generate and mail campaign fulfillment items and gift acknowledgement letters
- Provide additional support for marketing and fundraising programs and event planning
- Administrative tasks and other day-to-day duties of this important grassroots campaign
Qualifications
- College Junior or Senior
- Organized, self-motivated and flexible
- Attention to detail
- Interest in non-profits, fundraising, hunger, nutrition and/or children
To Apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to Stacy Roth. No phone calls please.
Intern, Creative Enterprises
Updated February 3, 2009
Position Summary
Share Our Strength's Creative Enterprises & Development Department is seeking an intern to assist the account management team with the day-to-day management of corporate partners and sponsors. Share Our Strength is well known as a social entrepreneur innovator, and this internship offers a great opportunity for students interested in business, marketing or fundraising to gain valuable experience in a professional and creative work environment.
Responsibilities
Duties will be primarily administrative and research-oriented, with the opportunity to sit in on partner planning meetings, and internal strategic thinking/brainstorming sessions.
- Benchmark research and analysis on cause-marketing and non-profit sponsorship programs relative to Share Our Strength
- Help track Taste of the Nation sponsor activity
- Work with account managers to execute cause-marketing promotions
- Research current and past corporate partner programs to build internal knowledge base of partner possibilities
- Filing and other day-to-day tasks associated with managing partners
- Other projects as they arise
Qualifications
- Organized, self-motivated, flexible.
- Excellent writing and research skills.
- Attention to detail extremely important.
- College junior or senior
- Available to work 10-15 hours/week.
Compensation
Internship is unpaid, but we can work with candidates to receive college credit.
To Apply
Please send a cover letter, resume, and short writing sample to Emily Lauer-Bader, and reference CED Fall Intern in the subject line. No phone calls please.
Intern, Communications
Updated February 3, 2009
Position Summary
Share Our Strength, the nation's leading organization working to end childhood hunger in America, is seeking interns in the communications department whose primary responsibility is to support the department's media relations and communications functions.
Responsibilities
- Conduct media outreach to local and national outlets in support of special events and fundraising efforts
- Assisting in writing and editing projects as needed, including writing talking points, articles for publications, press releases, fact sheets, etc.
- Create and/or update national and local media lists as needed for outreach efforts
- Maintain department press kits, general information kits and originals
- Track and maintain press clips
- Assist with logistics for Share Our Strength's national conference
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- College sophomore, junior, senior or graduate
- Excellent organizational skills
- Good writing, editing, research and oral communication skills
- Interest and background in communications, media relations, writing a plus.
To Apply
No phone calls please. E-mail resume and cover letter to La Verne Dickerson-Coleman. Please reference Share Our Strength's Communications Internship in the subject of the e-mail.
Operation Frontline AmeriCorps*National Direct Member
Updated March 20, 2009
Position Summary
AmeriCorps*National Direct members work with local Operation Frontline staff to enhance and expand programs across the country. Members recruit and train volunteers, identify new class sites, establish and maintain partnerships, coordinate cooking-based nutrition classes, and develop sustainable financial support for the program. Members are visible in the communities where they work and work closely with program volunteers, a network of nonprofit agencies, class participants and graduates. Both full and part-time volunteer positions are available, and require a 9-12 month commitment. Operation Frontline's nutrition education program is operated in Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Washington and the District of Columbia.
Current Openings at local Operation Frontline Programs:
- Houston, TX
Houston Food Bank
Contact: Kristen House - Los Angeles, CA
Center for Community and Family Services
Contact: Catherine Luu - Manchester, NH
New Hampshire Food Bank
Contact: Becca Story - New York, NY
City Harvest
Contact: Aliyah Rowe - Denver, CO
Operation Frontline Colorado
Contact: Andrea Rouge
Qualifications
To participate you must:
- Be 17 years or older
- Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident alien
- Be a high school graduate or GED recipient
- Agree to a criminal history background check
Additional qualifications vary by host site. Contact each host site for more information.
Benefits
Moderate bi-weekly living stipend; educational award upon completion of one year of service; health benefits for full-time members; student loan forbearance or deferment; and childcare benefits (based on eligibility). In addition to the above benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to develop new skills and gain valuable leadership experience while building upon your existing network
To Apply
Contact the specific program site for a detailed job description. To apply, send resume and cover letter to the contact listed for specific program site.
You may also search AmeriCorps.gov to find Operation Frontline positions that may be available across the country.
For questions about Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline and the AmeriCorps*National Direct program nationally, contact:
Hayley Beers
Program Coordinator
Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline
1730 M Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 478-6534
Applications are accepted until the position is filled.
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