Career Opportunities
Do you love working on behalf of children, fostering their growth and development? Do you want a job that is challenging, gratifying, and allows you the opportunity to impact tens of thousands of youth each year? Focusing on our three Pillars of Student Success: Entrepreneurship, Work Readiness and Financial Literacy, JA staff enjoy a culture of mutual respect and co-worker camaraderie.
Education Intern
Impact
The Education Intern will help increase program awareness and capacity, while supporting JA’s mission, goals, and objectives. The Education Intern performs functions central to JA Big Bend’s success, and requires an organized, enthusiastic, and creative approach to associated responsibilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Expands program reach to elementary, middle, and high schools within Leon and surrounding counties
• Research and learn new ways of implementing JA Programs
• Learns JA databases and assists with inputting program information
• Collects surveys from programs and inputs into JA databases
• Helps recruits and train volunteers before they teach a JA Program
• Assists Program Manager and Volunteers in teaching JA Programs to elementary, middle, and high schools
• Communicates with educators and volunteers, to ensure that all programs are running efficiently
• Other related duties as needed
Qualifications (required)
• College student currently studying education/secondary/elementary, at least one year of experience in professional setting required
• Minimum functional knowledge of Microsoft Office, Constant Contact and Jotform
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including interpersonal communication
• Comfortable teaching elementary, middle, and high school students
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Commitment to delivery of quality work products
Qualifications (desired)
• Team player that is focused on task success and process improvement
• Proficiency in self-directed work and effective teamwork: Works quickly, accurately, and effectively, alone and in collaboration with others
• Willingness to learn and take direction. Confidence to ask pertinent questions and contribute ideas
• Personal interest in support of JA mission
• Cursory knowledge of JA programs and history
Application Process
Communications/Marketing Intern
Impact
The Communications & Marketing Intern will help grow brand recognition and program awareness in support of the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives. The position performs functions central to the organization’s success, and requires an organized, enthusiastic, and creative approach to the associated responsibilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Maintains brand consistency in communications across platforms
• Helps implement communication plan, donor campaigns, and event promotion
• Creates and schedule marketing collateral for programs, events, and campaigns
• Maintains social media content according to plan
• Helps craft and distribute email campaigns and newsletter and maintains contact lists
• Drafts media advisories and press releases
• Reviews communication platforms and makes recommendations to staff regarding efficiency, effectiveness, and opportunities
• Other related duties as needed
Qualifications (required)
• College student currently studying marketing/communications and at least one year of experience in professional setting required.
• Proficiency in visual communications, and familiarity with Adobe, Canva, or similar service
• Minimum functional knowledge of Microsoft Office, Constant Contact, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Hootsuite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including interpersonal communication
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Commitment to delivery of quality work products
Qualifications (desired)
• Proficiency in photography
• Proficiency in self-directed work and effective teamwork: Works quickly, accurately, and effectively, alone and in collaboration with others.
• Willingness to learn and take direction. Confidence to ask pertinent questions and contribute ideas.
• Personal interest in support of JA mission
• Cursory knowledge of JA programs and history
Application Process
elyse@jabigbend.org
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