Community Engagement Intern (Fall 2024)
Assist with outreach and community engagement efforts
Overview
Assist with outreach and community engagement efforts
You have:
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree or recent graduate.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and reliable.
- Experience with data entry and managing databases.
- Familiarity with basic video editing and graphic design software.
- Comfortable taking leadership role as appropriate.
- Interested in learning about the Richmond community.
- While a personal vehicle is not required, it would be helpful on occasion.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist with outreach to potential program partners and manage outreach efforts through database tracking - Provide support for special events. - Support community outreach by contributing to IRC’s social media accounts, newsletter, community presentation materials, and other communication efforts. - Assist with the in-kind contributions program, including outreach for donation drives, coordinating delivery of goods, counting and inventorying donations, fulfilling donation requests to support clients, and assisting with the maintenance of our inventory database. - Record hours and submit completed timesheet for each month via the IRC’s online Volunteer Dashboard.
Qualifications · Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree or recent graduate.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Detail-oriented, organized, and reliable.
· Experience with data entry and managing databases.
· Familiarity with basic video editing and graphic design software.
· Comfortable taking leadership role as appropriate.
· Interested in learning about the Richmond community.
· While a personal vehicle is not required, it would be helpful on occasion.
This position is unpaid and reports to the Community Engagement Coordinator.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you effectively communicated an idea or project to a group? | This assesses your communication skills and ability to engage an audience. | Focus on clarity and the impact of your message. |
| How do you stay organized when managing multiple tasks or projects? | The interviewer wants to understand your organizational skills and strategies. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a situation where you had to work as part of a team. What was your role? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have with data entry or databases? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Why are you interested in engaging with the Richmond community? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |