Job Type: Internship
Job Location: World Food Program USA – Washington, DC
Position Type: Part Time, 20 hrs/week
Compensation: $20/hr
Position OverviewWFP USA's Institutional Partnerships Team focuses on Foundations and other grantmaking institutions. These grantmaking partners have high-quality designated staff and strategic program priorities with strict guidelines and restrictions on proposal development and grant execution. Identifying alignment and prioritization to guide our engagement with these current and potential partners is a core part of the fundraising and stewardship cycle.
As an Institutional Partnerships intern, you will work with the New Business team, whose goal is to prospect potential partners and raise funds and awareness for the UN World Food Programme. Selected interns will come away with marketable skills such as how to work as part of a team, develop strong donor cultivation plans, communicate to stakeholders, and learn a variety of online platforms used for donor information.
About World Food Program USAWorld Food Program USA's values provide the framework for how we behave and work together to reach our goals to feed and save the lives of the most vulnerable people around the world. Those values are:
Collaborative: We are all one team
Accountable: We own our work
Respectful: We are kind to each other
Inclusive: We champion diversity
Optimistic: We have a make it happen attitude
We are looking for applicants who embody these values and are invested in forwarding our mission.
Why Join Us?We are a dynamic, forward-leaning, financially stable organization.You will be joining an effective, committed, high-performing group of colleagues who are well-regarded in the community.This position will play a crucial role in aiding the organization in their mission of ending global hunger.Responsibilities:Supporting the Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships and Senior Manager of Institutional Partnerships in a role which will include exposure to and increase understanding of: prospect research, stewardship and cultivation cycle, CRM systems, and other projects which help hone the implementation of donor engagement strategies and strengthen the pipeline of the Institutional Partnerships team.
Qualifications:Familiarity with the practices and techniques of fundraising, preferredExceptional written and verbal communication skillsStrong research and editorial skills with an astute eye for detailDemonstrated ability to manage workflow processes & schedules.Experience in coordinating input from multiple stakeholders.
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