About the Organization:
Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS) is a global anti-poverty campaign. It helps to bring together microfinance practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, NGOs, and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field, to stimulate the interchanging of knowledge, and to work towards reaching their goals. MCS seeks to reach and empower 175 million of the world’s poorest families with microloans by 2015.
About the Job:
MCS is looking for a Program Intern. S/he will support the Campaign's communications and social media strategy with a view to strengthening member engagement and mobilizing the grassroots, as well as to assist with administrative tasks and basic research. This is an unpaid internship
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Support transition and launch of new Campaign website;
- Draft major communication pieces including press releases and email blasts sent to a 12,000 member database in English, French, and Spanish;
- Support dissemination strategy for materials from the 2011 Global Microcredit Summit, the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2013, and other Campaign projects;
- Support outreach and promotional strategies on social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and the Campaign blog) as well as with major print and non-print media outlets in the US and internationally;
- Support promotional outreach efforts to member networks and conducting follow-up as needed for those efforts;
- Provide content updates to the Campaign website;
- Communicating with member institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to encourage action plan submission, answer questions, and clarify data;
- Other support and special projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should be able to commit a minimum of 24 hours per through Friday, December 21, 2012. Preference will be given to those who can commit to 40 hours per week and who can continue through the spring academic semester;
- Proficient spoken and written English and Spanish and/or French required. Arabic and Portuguese are also useful;
- Candidates should be highly motivated self-starters with a passion for international development, and particularly for reaching and empowering the very poor;
- Candidates do not have to currently be enrolled in an academic program.
Closing Date: 15 Nov 2012
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to info@microcreditsummit.org
Contact:
MCS
info@microcreditsummit.org
1730 Rhode Island Ave NW
Suite 400
Washington
DC
20036
United States
