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Internship Description

We offer a unique and interesting opportunity to gain insight and experience into youth climate leadership training, sustainable travel, and ecotourism in the Dominican Republic. We seek a candidate that can assist with researching the legal process and requirements for nonprofit formation and board formation and management, conducting interviews and focus groups with private school educators and students, researching corporations that fund youth travel, nature immersion, climate action, women-owned businesses, and assisting with administrative tasks. We are looking for an intern to support us with the following:

Duties and Responsibilities

· Support with community outreach activities such as attending and speaking at meetings, tabling, and fliering, among others 

· Support with administrative tasks related to creating social media posts, fliers, PowerPoint presentations, researching and contacting corporations, and writing corporate sponsorship letters

· Create a database of contacts for relevant youth led initiatives, community-based organizations, private high schools, educators, community boards, elected officials, libraries, universities, and industry events 

· Create a database of contacts of corporations that support women owned businesses, youth travel, and climate action 

· Research best practices for non-profit formation and board member recruitment and management and create a memo with a synthesis of the process, recommendations, and stakeholders.

· Create a database of contacts for private high schools in New York City and the tri-state area that offer travel programs for high school youth. 

· Create a roster of youth and educator empathy interviews to gather information to inform future marketing, program development, student engagement, curriculum design, and the internal processes and timelines of each school for taking youth abroad. 

· Conduct stakeholder engagement via email, phone, videoconferencing programs to design nature tours, NYC based youth climate programming that support the environment, culture, and local economies, and other sustainability education services for our clients. 

· Compile a synthesis of results from interviews, focus groups, and surveys to provide recommendations on best practices and processes when engaging private high schools for youth travel programs, corporations, youth activists, and sustainability stakeholders

Skills

• Community outreach, phone banking, and public speaking skills.
• Coordinating and communicating with a wide range of stakeholders such as elected officials, schools, youth, educators, corporations 
• Preparing interviews, surveys, databases, PowerPoint presentations, and corporate letters 
• Product and service research, consumer research, market research, and empathy interviews 
• Stakeholder research via focus groups, one on one interviews, synthesizing data, creating recommendations for new business strategies, new products and services 
• Creating knowledge products such as reports, PowerPoint presentations, communication materials, brochures, catalogues 
• An entrepreneurial spirit with a can-do attitude who is proactive and takes initiative and feels comfortable working in a start-up environment. 
• The candidate should have an interest in fields such as sustainable development, climate action, Latin American studies, international relations/affairs, environmental      science/studies, urban planning, tourism and hospitality, political      science or other areas related to Globetrotting Dominicana’s work. 
• Comfort with social media communications, Airtable, Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), Graphic Design (e.g. Canva, Photoshop,     Illustrator, etc.), Video Editing and Production, Report Writing and Editing, Photography and Editing, WordPress Website Management, and Capcut
• Passion for the issues that Globetrotting Dominicana supports.

To Apply

• To apply, please send your CV / resume to milka@globetrottindominicana.net
• Interns should be able to commit to 10-15 hours per week. Work will be remote. 
• You are welcome to apply at any time. We will review submissions and contact      applicants soon for the respective term regarding our application review, interview, and selection process.  
• We welcome interns who are university students, youth activists, climate and nature enthusiasts, travel lovers, and others. There are no limitations around age, background, etc.

Internship Terms

• 6-month commitment
• Compensation: This position is volunteer. If you are applying via the Colin Powell      Career Fellows Paid Internships Program, you may be eligible for a stipend      provided by the Colin Powell School. The rate provided is $18/hr for up to 300 internship hours.

Volunteer

Whether you would like to work on a specific project and have a particular skill set to offer, or would just like to get involved, please let us know! If you decided to volunteer there is no financial compensation but your time may be applied toward a discount for future Youth Climate Leadership Trainings.