Advocacy Intern (SCAN)

Summary

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. In 2014 Save the Children created an advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN). SCAN works to build bipartisan support to make sure every child has a strong start in life. We’re doing this by advocating for high-quality early learning and ending child hunger in the U.S., the safety of children arriving at the southern U.S. border and educating and protecting kids around the world.

What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties)

• Participate in weekly staff meetings and assisting with resulting projects
• Support resource creation for legislative campaigns
• Support election Get Out the Vote activities
• Support logistics and materials for events as needed
• Support the Student Engagement Team’s work with STC & SCAN clubs in high schools and colleges across the country
• Update state fact sheets
• Supporting state grassroots activities, which could include working with volunteers, community engagement and/or event turnout
• Research into local events and potential partners
• Data entry
• Other projects as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of program start date
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Professional proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals and teams
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging

What’s In It for You

• Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
• Highly collaborative and innovative teams
• Flexible schedule
• Remote opportunity
• The knowledge that your internship is changing the lives of children all around the world

Classification:  Paid Intern

Part-time:   Up to 24 hours per week

Dates: Sept 23 - Dec 6, 2024

Pay:  $17/hour

About Save the Children

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond.  As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.