Position Overview

Girl Up is seeking an Undergraduate Intern, Community Engagement to support Girl Up’s Teen Advisory Board, Alumni Network, and online global community. The Undergraduate Intern, Community Engagement, Girl Up will assist in a range of tasks to support execution of the Girl Up Club Program, programming in the online community platform, and overall community engagement programming across the Girl Up Program Team. They are a member of the Girl Up Program team will report to the Manager, Community Engagement, Girl Up.

The core values on which Girl Up exists guide our team and our work. Girl Up is a Youth-Centered leadership development initiative working to achieve gender equity worldwide. We commit to supporting our young leaders in their Passionate Action for social change and seek feedback from our Global Community to ensure Accountability in maintaining our values. Learn more about our work and our values at GirlUp.org.

*Please note this is a paid internship opportunity from May 30, 2023 – September 1, 2023*

Essential Functions

Club Program and Online Community Support

• Collaborate to coordinate content curation for news, features, resources, and other content in the online Community.
• Support the development and design of new or enhanced Club resources.
• Support the maintenance and improvement of current Club and Community resources.
• Support Club onboarding communications, reporting updates, and strategic planning.
• Support identifying and developing Community growth opportunities and platform design,
• Other duties as assigned.

Programmatic Support

• Support girl-led “Unite” Coalition Summits; help to monitor the Girl Up online platform and Clubs email listserv
• Support inputs for the Girl Up Monthly Newsletter; help to review and respond to Coalition Leader Reports;
• Collaborate with program team staff to plan Teen Advisory Program/Alumni virtual and in-person events.
• Support Program team staff with the development and operations of the Teen Advisory Board, Alumni Network, and Coalition Leaders programs.

Administrative Support

• Support the set-up, planning, and execution of registration links, designing promotional graphics, prepping speakers, etc. for Teen Advisory and Coalition programs both virtual and in-person.
• Design and co-create drafts for external youth engagement communications.
• Participate in internal working groups, committees, and meetings taking minutes as needed;

Selection Criteria:

• Candidate must be enrolled in a degree-granting program during the internship or must be a recent graduate (within 8 months of graduation) of a college or university.

• Commitment to Girl Up’s mission and core values; Commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion
• Excellent customer service skills with a passion for member engagement;
• Experience in Excel, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, Canva and Outlook;
• Responsible, flexible, and hard-working;
• An interest in youth leadership, global development and the work of the UN Foundation, gender equality a plus;
• Strong written and verbal communications skills to engage a wide range of individuals including youth participants;
• Strong skills working in teams and across many types of organizational structure – collaborator; problem solver; relationship-builder; and strong inter-personal skills;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite;
• Dependability, openness and flexibility;
• This is a remote position.
• Ability to work 20-29 hours per week.
• Ability to meet regular attendance / tardiness policy.
• Must have a personal laptop computer and access to the Internet.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

The United Nations Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative-action employer. The United Nations Foundation provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The United Nations Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative-action employer. The United Nations Foundation provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.