Worldfund

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Opportunity

Worldfund is a nongovernmental organization whose vision is for every child in Latin America to benefit from exceptional educators who inspire them to learn the skills necessary for dignified work and life. Our mission is to deliver world-class training and ongoing support to teachers and principals from underserved schools in Latin America, fundamentally impacting the system from the bottom up.

In addition to our program STEM Brazil, we currently have two programs operating in Mexico: IAPE (Inter-American Partnership for Education), which trains, empowers, and supports a network of innovative English-language educators in Mexico, and LISTO, which trains and supports public school principals in Mexico currently serving in kindergarten, primary, and secondary schools through a three-year intensive course of study for 50 principals at a time.

Intern Description

We are currently seeking interns to work closely with the development and communications team to conduct education and fundraising research, assist with event planning and execution, assist with the development, implementation and measurement of Worldfund's social media strategy, and other general office duties as needed. The ideal candidate will have superb research and writing skills, experience developing and engaging interactive communities on social media outlets, experience in event planning, interest in the nonprofit sector, and interest and/or experience in education and Latin America. 

Intern Qualifications

  • Passion for Worldfund's mission to improve the quality of education in Latin America 

  • Minimum of intermediate Spanish, and Portuguese a plus

  • Computer skills (Microsoft Office suite, Google for Work, video editing or design platform experience is a plus)

  • Media communications skills - social media

  • Flexibility and versatility to work on fast-growing and continuously evolving projects

  • Attention to detail

  • Strong ability to work in highly unstructured environment; readiness to roll up sleeves

  • Strong relationship-building skills

  • Spanish required

Intern Responsibilities

  • Assist in research for grant proposals and general research related to education to inform our program development and outreach

  • Participate in planning meeting agendas

  • Assist in preparing communication materials

  • Assist in fundraising and grant applications

  • Collect, track, and disseminate program tracking, reporting, and documentation

  • Take and distribute minutes for relevant internal and external meetings

  • Translation of internal and external documents

  • In conjuction with the Worldfund development and communications team, support the Worldfund Mexico communications strategy

  • Provide support as needed 

  • Other duties as assigned by Development and Communications managers

 

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