Youth Exchange Team Intern

4 weeks ago

Washington, United States World Learning Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Reports to: Program Coordinator

Hourly Rate: $17.00 per hour

Anticipated Start Date: September 9th, 2024

Apply by: August 20th 2024

Term of Employment: Temporary

Base of Designation: Washington, DC Remote Eligible: Hybrid

Conditional on Funding: N/A


World Learning seeks a Youth Programs Intern to assist the Youth Exchange team in carrying out current and future youth exchange programs. The Youth Programs Intern will help streamline curriculum materials, recruit and engage with participants on a variety of social media platforms, and analyze participant feedback all in the name of building bridges across cultures and preparing the next generation of global leaders to tackle the world's challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Support the creation, implementation, and analysis of programmatic surveys;
  • Manage program inboxes;
  • Social media monitoring and posting;
  • Content creation for social media;
  • Streamlining current organizational systems;
  • Managing and maintaining alumni databases;
  • Assist with applications and review process;
  • Streamline virtual program components/curriculum;
  • Conduct research to identify site visits/workshops to support program goals and objectives; and
  • Other responsibilities as needed by the admissions and programming

REQUIREMENTS

Required Experience/Education:


  • An undergraduate degree in a related field or substantial work toward a degree;
  • Equivalent education/experience can substitute for all required qualifications except where there are specific constraints noted, such as a license/certification/registration or eligibility requirements stipulated by a U.S. Government contract; and
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the location where this position is

Required Skills:

  • Proven written and oral English communication skills, including public speaking experience and strong writing skills;
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office/Teams/SharePoint/Outlook or similar communication platforms; and
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, coordinate activities in multiple locations, and prioritizing competing tasks.

Required Behaviors/Competencies:

  • Excellent attention to detail;
  • Superior interpersonal and cross-cultural communication;
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to adapt under pressure;
  • Ability to take initiative, work independently under minimal supervision, as well as with a team;
  • Comfortable with engaging participants on various social media platforms (Twitter, YouTube, blogs, Hootsuite, );
  • Has a DEI Mindset: Fosters diverse, equitable, and inclusive practices and challenges practices that may be exclusionary;
  • Energetic and strong team player; and
  • An undergraduate degree or substantial work toward a

Preferred skills:

  • Previous work and/or interest in the youth sector;
  • International travel/work experience; and
  • Foreign language skills (Spanish, French, Arabic, other).


Benefits

World Learning provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, FSA/HRA, Life/AD&D, Short Term/Long Term Disability, EAP, Parking and Transit, 403 (b) retirement plan for full-time and eligibile part-time employees.


The World Learning Inc. Family

For more than 90 years, World Learning Inc. is a thriving global organization made up of The Experiment in International Living, the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students; School for International Training, offering accredited undergraduate study abroad programs through SIT Study Abroad and internationally focused master's degrees through SIT Graduate Institute; and World Learning, a global development and exchange nonprofit organization.


World Learning | worldlearning.org

World Learning has worked to create a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. World Learning's education, development, and exchange programs help people find their voices, connect with their communities, strengthen the institutions that form the backbone of a democratic society, and build relationships across cultures. With World Learning's support, these emerging leaders tackle critical global issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality.


The Experiment in International Living | experiment.org

The Experiment in International Living is the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students. For more than 90 years, The Experiment has empowered young people to step off the beaten path, experience the world as a classroom, immerse themselves fully in another culture, and build the knowledge and skills needed to confront critical global issues.


SIT | sit.edu

School for International Training (SIT) was founded in the early 1960s as a training center for the first Peace Corps volunteers. For nearly 60 years, SIT has prepared students to be effective changemakers and global citizens through experiential education focused on the world's most critical global issues. SIT Study Abroad offers accredited summer and semester undergraduate programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as comparative programs on multiple continents. SIT Graduate Institute offers global and hybrid certificates, master's, and doctoral degrees.


An organizational commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

We are a globally diverse community of staff, faculty, board members, alumni, students, and participants who believe that inclusive and equitable practices are at the heart of a peaceful and just world. Each of us strives to honor diverse voices and lived experiences, examine our own biases and privileges, actively work to address inequities in our structures, and foster a community of open dialogue. We are committed to acting with accountability, transparency, reciprocity, authenticity, and empathy.


World Learning is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/ADA employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.



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