Website: www.Redcross.org/gnyinternships
Full Job Description
The Disaster Cycle Services Workforce Engagement team ensures that the disaster workforce is trained, supported and well-prepared to carry out our mission. Projects will be assigned according to the activities you are interested in: Onboarding and Training, Recognition and Appreciation, Deployment, and Leadership Development. Projects may include:
- Organizing and deploying departmental orientations to new disaster volunteers.
- Scheduling interviews and/or training sessions.
- Completing career development conversations with disaster volunteers and maintaining their volunteer profiles.
Unpaid Internships
The content of this listing is in accordance with all applicable employment laws. While this is an unpaid internship, we offer College or University credit. Preference is given to those with an academic requirement for an internship.
Please read the entire contents of this posting before apply.
- Eligibility: You must be enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program at the time of the internship.
- Preferred Majors: Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Public Policy and Administration, Nonprofit Management, Business Administration, Psychology, Sociology
- Preferred Grade Levels: Undergraduate Junior, Undergraduate Senior, and Graduate level.
- Mission Concept: Strengthen Our Red Cross Workforce
- Note: We are unable to support Practicums or Public Health requirements
This internship is for students who are resourceful, interested in team building and want to help create the strategic direction for developing, engaging and retaining a highly effective and satisfied workforce through the utilization of volunteers, interns and employees.
Overview:
The Disaster Cycle Services Workforce Engagement team ensures that the disaster workforce is trained, supported and well-prepared to carry out our mission. Projects will be assigned according to the activities you are interested in: Onboarding and Training, Recognition and Appreciation, Deployment, and Leadership Development. Projects may include:
- Organizing and deploying departmental orientations to new disaster volunteers.
- Scheduling interviews and/or training sessions.
- Completing career development conversations with disaster volunteers and maintaining their volunteer profiles.
Requirements
- Applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree program at the time of the internship
- Passion for engagement projects that focus on the development of volunteers
Skills
- Excellence in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively
- Strong degree of emotional intelligence and/or empathy with ability to work effectively in stressful situations
- Very detail-oriented with strong ability to multi-task
- Willing to perform back-office processes and learn new computer systems/applications
- Maintains confidentiality; works with integrity and ethically
What You’ll Learn
In our region, you will enjoy a collaborative work culture committed to the diversity of our people, programs, and services. You’re learning and development will include:
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Relationship Building
- Organizational Management
- Training and mentoring from subject matter experts
- Volunteer Engagement, Management & Administration
- A deeper awareness of the Humanitarian Mission of the American Red Cross
- Cultivation of Cultural Competence and Inclusion
Benefits
Being involved in projects critical to the day-to-day work of our non-profit organization, gaining an insider’s perspective on the Red Cross humanitarian mission as well as service delivery at the local and national levels.
- Access to Microsoft Teams as a way to work collaboratively while working remotely
- Access to subject matter experts in the fields of Nonprofit Management, Nonprofit Fundraising, Emergency Management, Communications, Social Media, Disaster Relief, and much more.
- Access to our exclusive online database of professional development courses.
- Additional service projects with direct impact in communities within our Greater New York Region.
Check with your school’s Internship Coordinator BEFORE accepting the hiring offer to determine if this position satisfies the criteria for receiving academic credit.