Intern

United Way: Summer Intern

United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County unites the community to identify and solve our most critical issues. We are dedicated to improving people's lives and creating community-level change. Our work includes leading cross-sector collaborations, advocating for public policy changes and investing in programs that prevent problems from happening in the first place for those in need. Our strategy for improving quality of life and advancing the greater good involves focusing in four impact areas: Ready Children - preparing children for kindergarten; Successful Students - empowering students to graduate and reach their full potential; Strong Individuals and Families - helping individuals and families become self-sufficient; Safety Net - addressing urgent and essential needs for those in crisis.

United way is looking to source 3 interns to work with our Administration (Accounting), Marketing and Resource Development teams. The Summer Intern will be a vital member of the assigned departments team with high-quality, and engagement expected output to further enhance United Way of San Antonio County's mission, vision and achievement of its strategic and marketing plan objectives.

What Will You Do:

• Build a relationship with cross-departmental leadership to gather information and understand the expected outcomes of the proposed project
• Create and execute a plan of action
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research
• Identify pilot locations and timeline
• Present program details to leadership and volunteer committees, including the board of directors
• Develop program purpose and expectations
• Support the assigned department with the annual workplace marketing campaign
• Other tasks as deemed appropriate by assigned Leadership

What We Are Looking For:

• Fun, outgoing, self-motivated and creative personality
• Professional demeanor, confident and goal-oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team player with innovative ideas
• Ability to manage, prioritize and coordinate a project to completion
• Detail oriented with attention to detail
• Work well independently with an ability to work collaboratively with others
• Proficient with MS Windows; MS Office, including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Appropriately responds to constructive feedback.
• Currently attending a post-secondary program and working on a bachelor's degree.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0

What Is In It For You:

• Experience with one of the city's largest nonprofit organizations
• Fall in love with the impact United Way has on thousands of individuals in our community
• Potential bragging rights of what could become a national program
• A fantastic "LIVE UNITED" t-shirt

United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, UWSA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, or to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.