Early Childhood Development Documentation & Communications Intern

Location: US - DC - Home Office

Division: International Programs

Save the Children seeks an early childhood/communication intern to assist the Early Childhood Care and Development – ECCD teams to help document its programs, successes and lessons learned.

Responsibilities

Provide the ECCD team to develop communication and professional development plan

• Create an ECCD communication and capacity building plan.  Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Contribute to developing the communication plan for diverse audiences, including Country Office Staff,
  • Synthesizing highly technical reports related to 0-8 year old into concise, readable documents.
  • Assisting with formatting presentations, documents and editing as needed.
  • Support the preparation of professional development strategies, such as webinars, presentations, newsletters, and brown bags
  • Coordinate webinar agendas with ECD team members and presenters
  • Work with speakers and ECD team members to develop power point slides and other presentation materials as necessary
  • Invite webinar participants
  • Coordinate documentation tasks with Information and Documentation Specialist.

Requirements

• A masters or doctoral candidate in a related academic field (such as child development, international education, or communications).
• Strong English speaking and writing skills
• Analytical and highly organized
• Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision
• Familiarity with Microsoft Publisher and SharePoint preferred Master Illuminate—the webinar software and providing limited technical support to Country Offices
• Technical knowledge in early childhood development a plus
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
• Must be enrolled in a relevant graduate or post-graduate academic program
• Must be able to receive credit from their college or institution. (A minimum requirement is a letter from a professor supporting the candidate. This is only needed when an internship is offered.)
• Please attach resume and cover letter to your application
• To receive full consideration, applications must be received by March 31, 2013.

Classification

        Unpaid                   Part-time:  12-25 hours/week             Dates:  June 3  2013 to August 9, 2013      

        Save the Children does NOT provide housing or transportation

Save the Children Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters.

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