U.S. Advancement Internship (Remote & Hybrid)

Now accepting applications for hybrid and remote Interns and Fellows :

Program Dates : September 9 - December 13, 2024

Application Deadline : May 1

These internships can be done hybrid at our office in Arlington, Virginia, or remotely (preference may be shown to in-person applicants) .

Some positions may require being in different cities (see below).

If you are interested in multiple internships (even if it's on a separate job posting), please indicate which positions are of interest in your cover letter.

You do not need to submit more than one application.

Applications for this position will be processed on a rolling basis, so interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Incomplete Applications (No Cover Letter & Statement of Faith) will not be considered. Please do not apply with just a resume.

Applicants under 20 hours / week will not be considered.

Program Information

The DC internship program is designed to give undergraduate students, graduate students, and young professionals the opportunity to serve our IJM Global Center.

Interns participate in the ongoing work of protecting the rights of those subject to violent forms of oppression and human rights abuses.

IJM internships offer a unique opportunity for professional development and spiritual growth. The program benefits those who plan to pursue various career paths, including public relations, law, Christian ministry, law enforcement, public policy, business, social work or general non-profit or international work.

The program offers interns an opportunity to investigate their individual gifts and develop new skills while working at IJM's Global Center.

For many interns, the DC internship is a strategic step prior to attending graduate school or beginning a career. The positions are open to college and graduate students, recent college graduates, and young professionals in career transition.

IJM North America is one of IJM’s five global regions. Our North America teams are responsible for all IJM operations in the United States and Canada, which includes strategies designed to activate and mobilize people of influence throughout the region to catalyze change and bring in revenue.

North America regional interns support most important programs that advance IJM’s regional work to help bring rescue to millions.

Positions Available :

Advocacy Communications Intern : The Advocacy Communications Intern will provide support on various advocacy campaigns executed by the U.

S. Corporate and Government partnerships team. Campaign support will include drafting web copy, emails, and social media posts.

The intern will additionally help develop marketing materials, monitor press and media, and other projects as needed.

U.S. Policy and Advocacy Intern : The US Corporate & Government Research Intern will support the Team's efforts to identify funding opportunities, doing a deep dive analysis of each new and existing target corporation, mega-foundation, and US Government agencies.

Project activities include desk review and research on open-source information, mapping or landscaping institutional donors, and other activities as needed.

This intern will also support the team's initiative to do a win / loss analysis to surface key learnings and best practices.

• Mobilization NYC Intern (Ideally located in NYC) : This internship will involve helping to coordinate events and campaigns in NYC, including assisting with IJM's involvement with the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon.
• Mobilization Chicago Intern : Our Chicago intern will help support the following : 1.) event preparation and execution, 2.

communications drafting, 3.) preparing presentations, 4.) prospect research, 5.) administrative support such as organizing documents in online folders and updating salesforce.

• Donor Services Intern (On Site Required) : This intern will collaborate with a number of different audience and donor-serving teams to ensure excellent customer service and donor engagement tactics are executed that serve IJM's faithful supporters well.
• Operations Intern : Rotational responsibilities to include internal communications, retreat planning, and project management coordination.
• Events & Marketing Partnerships Intern : Work with the North America Partnerships team on events and partnerships that are essential to fueling IJM's growth.

You'll be an essential member of the team by supporting with event logistics, marketing projects, data and communications needs, and operations.

Strategic Partnerships Intern : Join the Strategic Partnerships team to support our team that connects with major donors to share about the exciting things happening in our programs and how they might engage deeper.

The SP intern would support on projects such as sending donor mailings, managing mass donor communications, coordinating donor materials, managing data integrity, coordinating event logistics, checking mail / mailing materials from headquarters.

The SP intern would work alongside our Senior Associates or Sr Leads on different projects that provide varied exposure to the development world.

Marketing and Communications Intern - Ops & Project Management : The Marcom intern will serve various content delivery operations projects for our creative and digital marketing functions.

Their focus will be on coordinating various details surrounding projects that increase our content output, centralize our regional marketing functions, and help develop key positioning documentation for the team.

They will also have the opportunity to research and present on marketing topics of interest, SEO content development, and gain direct project management experience.

They will have the opportunity to learn about non-profit marketing and the importance of brand, and learn from specific content specializations like web development, email marketing, copywriting, graphic design, and video editing and production.

Marketing and Communications Intern - Marketing : This role would provide support in Product resource gathering, proofreading, admin, Prayer partner emails, Light copywriting for digital projects (enews, web, social), provide Social & blog content (Canada).

IJM's Internship opportunities vary every session and look different in every office. Interns generally will assist a specific person or team.

The positions involve the described tasks and responsibilities as well as other relevant duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.

General Qualifications and Required Skills

Bachelor's degree must be completed or in progress for this internship, and applicants need to have completed at leasttwoyears of undergraduate study.

Critical Qualities

• Eager commitment to IJM's Core Values : Christian, Professional and Bridge-Building;
• Humble and resilient;
• Pursues excellence;
• Culturally aware and appreciative of difference;
• Strong service ethic;
• Innovative problem solver;
• Ability to build trust and strong partnerships with others;
• Courageous in pursuing opportunities and challenges;
• Tenacious in achievinggoals; and
• Professional.

To apply, please upload the following items compiled into one pdf : ((Firstname.Lastname.Application.pdf)( Please note, applications missing one or more of these items will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.)

• Cover Letter describing your interest in an IJM Internship or Fellowship
• Resume
• Statement of Faith (if not addressed in cover letter. Please share about what your faith means to you and how it has inspired you to take part in the work of IJM).

When you apply, you will be asked to provide the names and contact information for two references; one Work or Academic Reference and one Spiritual Reference.

Please note that if we move forward with your application, we may be contacting them for further information about your candidacy.

All IJM internships and fellowships are unpaid positions. Interns and fellows are expected to financially support themselves throughout the duration of their time of service.