Foster America Undergraduate Intern Fall 2019
About Foster America
Foster America is a nonprofit startup that aims to improve the lives of our nation’s most vulnerable children: those in foster care or at risk of abuse or neglect, who are served by the child welfare system. We recruit talented professionals from business, technology, health, and education sectors, and place them in high-impact leadership roles in government and nonprofit child welfare agencies, where they can lead major reform projects. This October, Foster America launches its fourth cohort of fellows nationwide.
Program Overview
Foster America has established internship opportunities that will further students’ learning and contribute to our mission of bringing leadership, innovation, and systemic change to the systems that support vulnerable children. This program provides opportunities for students to gain robust hands on experience with what it takes to build and improve an innovative social enterprise. The position is also an opportunity to develop knowledge of the public sector, nonprofit management, and the US child welfare system.
Student interns may work virtually with regular phone check-ins. The length and content of service may vary based on the needs, skills, and availability of the applicant. Each student learner will work closely with and report to a member of Foster America’s Leadership Team, who will serve as a mentor and resource to the intern. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and an ability to work with diverse stakeholders. We are looking for bright and creative students or recent graduates with a passion for shaking up systems and serving disadvantaged children to join our team.
Duties and Responsibilities
Student learners will substantially aid in building the systems, processes, programs, and materials that will catapult Foster America through our next stage of growth.
In addition to their day-to-day contributions to the team, student learners may focus on a longer project in one of three areas, including Development, Program Support, and Communications. Depending on their skills, experience, and other demands, student learners may blend various components of these projects.
Potential tasks that student learners may work on include, but are not limited to:
- Aid with the screening and tracking of fellowship applicants
- Manage special events, including training opportunities for fellows, fellowship interview days, and fundraising events for donors
- Translate concepts and develop content for print, video, web, social media, and other collateral material
- Create marketing materials for potential fellowship candidates and funders
- Work closely with senior leadership to research, design, implement and manage the systems and software (e.g. Salesforce) necessary to manage a rapidly expanding base of supporters, advocates, contacts, tasks, etc.
- Aid with drafting grant proposals
- Conduct research
- Prepare reports and presentations for internal and external use
- Assist with special projects as needed
- Contribute creative ideas to help shape our program as we expand our size, scope and impact this year
Compensation
There is no compensation for the undergraduate student intern position. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
Interns may work virtually from a location of their choosing or, when possible, in person at Foster America’s working spaces in San Francisco, CA or Boston, MA.
Application
Please fill out the application form and upload a resume and cover letter here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4758565