Position Announcement
Senior Fellows Intern

The Senior Fellows Program is a three-year learning and service fellowship that brings together highly experienced foundation leaders and other civil society activists from around the world to take on a vanguard role in collaborative efforts to address the underlying causes of poverty and to promote social change. The Senior Fellows Program is part of the Strengthening Bridging Organizations (SBO) department, which provides technical expertise to grant-making organizations in Latin America, southern Africa, Asia, and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Job Description and Responsibilities

The Senior Fellows Program seeks interns to provide research and administrative support in the following projects:

Senior Fellows Communications and Knowledge Management
An intern will provide support in developing and maintaining the new Fellows orientation handbook, the Senior Fellows website, and the contacts database. These duties will involve content research, some website management, and possible verbal and electronic interaction with the Senior Fellows.

Senior Fellows Event Planning
An intern will assist the Senior Fellows Program Officer with coordinating the logistical and substantial components of the annual conference to be held in New York this fall, and the new Fellows orientation to be held in New York in February 2008. This will involve some content research, document preparation, travel coordination, and other event planning tasks.

Foundation-Building Library
An intern will assume total responsibility over the reorganization and cataloguing (in the Access database) of Synergos' foundation-building library.

Qualifications

  • Keen interest in and commitment to international affairs, poverty alleviation, and social justice
  • A general interest in and basic understanding of nonprofit management and philanthropy
  • Commitment to Synergos' mission and values
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs or the ability to learn quickly
  • Internet and other researching skills
  • Excellent organization skills and meticulous attention to details
  • Professional and mature written and spoken communication skills
  • Fluency in Spanish a plus but not required

Length of Internship

A time commitment of 8 to 20 hours per week is preferred for at least one full semester.

Please note that this internship is unpaid, but reimbursement for public transportation costs will be provided.

To Apply

Please send a cover letter and resume to:
 
Azeen Salimi
Senior Fellows Program Officer
The Synergos Institute
51 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10010 USA
Fax: +1 212-447-8119
Email: asalimi@synergos.org

Updated August 2007