Job Description

Job Title: Community Outreach Intern

Reports To: Director of Outreach and Partnerships and General Manager

MISSION STATEMENT

OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks to become a national gathering place where American citizens from all walks of life can engage in intelligent, civil, and inclusive conversations about politics and public policy.

Our goal is to get America talking again, with an eye toward making America a better country.

Job Description:

The Community Outreach Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by completing essential tasks in the Media and Outreach segment at ONC. The Community Outreach Intern is responsible for managing our various outreach lists. This intern will research various networking opportunities, partnerships, mentors, and experts. They will also maintain organization of our Google Drive including cataloging all content. This intern will work closely with the Director of Outreach and Partnerships, various team leads, but most work will be completed independently, therefore, time management is an essential skill for this role.

This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. This intern must commit to at least the end of the Fall semester (December 16th, 2023). However, many people choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards.

Benefits : Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.

Compensation: This is not a paid position.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct email outreach with pre-determined ONC email templates.
• Maintain outreach lists with updated contact information.
• Research and add to the outreach lists with potential mentors, experts, partners and networking opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with the Director of Research and Development, Director of Community Events, and General Manager as needed.

Qualifications

Requirements: The Community Outreach Intern should have the following skills, education, and experience:

• Interest in Public Relations or working towards a degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Relations, Marketing, Political Science and/or related fields
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English) are required
• Responsive, consistent, and effective communicator, even during conflict
• Ability to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlines
• Attention to detail is required
• Google Workspace experience preferred
• Ability to attend weekly Organization-wide meetings
• Ability to attend weekly Community Department meetings
• Must be authorized to intern in the U.S.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.