Internship Opportunities
Interview location is at the Perry Community Services Center:
128 M St NW # 100
Washington, DC 20001
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Little Friends For Peace offers fall, spring and summer internships in a variety of roles that provide hands-on experience in a nonprofit dedicated to growing peace in our communities. LFFP seeks motivated self-starters who will work part-time to assist LFFP in a variety of fields. Interns should be effective communicators with time management skills. For summer 2017, applications will remain open until the positions are filled by late April. Please contact volunteer@lffp.org with any questions. Spring 2014 Interns
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Spring 2015 Interns
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Fall 2016 Interns
Below are our Spring 2017 Internship Opportunities:
Winter Communications and Media Internship, January 2017-May 2017:
Supervised by: Program Coordinator & Director
Job Summary: The Communications and Media Intern will work on projects such as the newsletter and email blasts, as well as basic marketing and advertising of the organization. They will work directly with the Database and Development Intern to ensure that email blasts and other materials are sent to the proper individuals. This position includes direct service in the afterschool program if the individual chooses to participate.
Duties:
Supervised by: Development Coordinator
Job Summary: The Database and Development Intern will work on projects such as organizing the donor database and assisting the Development Coordinator with researching potential donors. They will work directly with the Communications and Media Intern to ensure that email blasts and other material is sent to the proper individuals. This position includes direct service in the afterschool program if the individual chooses to participate.
Duties:
Supervised by: Program Coordinator & Director
Job Summary: The Communications and Media Intern will work on projects such as the newsletter and email blasts, as well as basic marketing and advertising of the organization. They will work directly with the Database and Development Intern to ensure that email blasts and other materials are sent to the proper individuals. This position includes direct service in the afterschool program if the individual chooses to participate.
Duties:
- Create marketing materials such as brochures and flyers when necessary
- Social media outreach where needed
- Produce the Newsletter and the Email Blasts
- Must be comfortable using Publisher for Newsletters and Vertical Response for Email Blasts
- Assist with re-design of Live Peace, Teach Peace—LFFP’s core curriculum
- Come up with ways to implement productive and effective communication schedule: when to send out certain email blasts or when to post on social media
- Keep track of testimonials and other material to post on the blog
- Photograph and record events when necessary
- Film experience a plus
- Assist with afterschool program.
- As an intern, it is preferred that this individual fully understands LFFP’s mission by engaging in direct service.
Supervised by: Development Coordinator
Job Summary: The Database and Development Intern will work on projects such as organizing the donor database and assisting the Development Coordinator with researching potential donors. They will work directly with the Communications and Media Intern to ensure that email blasts and other material is sent to the proper individuals. This position includes direct service in the afterschool program if the individual chooses to participate.
Duties:
- Assist with database entry and organization. Must be comfortable using Microsoft Excel and Vertical Response.
- This includes keeping track of when people donate. For example, if someone donated 2 years ago but not last year, you want to categorize them so they receive personalized emails and information that attracts them back to the organization.
- They should also be categorized based on how much they give and how frequently. Top donors should receive perks such as a free calendar or special guest invitations to the Spring event.
- Once donors are categorized, they should be entered this way into Vertical Response so that they receive the appropriate emails.
- Assist the Development Coordinator with researching potential donors.
- LFFP runs entirely on donations and support from people who believe in its mission. It is important that the Database and Development Intern works with the Development Coordinator on finding outside support to continue LFFP’s legacy.
- Assist with afterschool program.
- As an intern, it is preferred that this individual fully understands LFFP’s mission by engaging in direct service.
Below are our Summer 2017 Internship opportunities:
Summer Communications Internship - Rolling Application
The Summer Communications Intern will work with our communications associates to document LFFP's summer camps via photography and video, update LFFP social media sites, and help create flyers and other promotional material. This is a perfect internship for someone tech-savvy who loves being behind the camera. The Summer Communications Intern will attend a day or two of camp each week and spend other time working from home or our LFFP office. This is an unpaid position running 8-10 hours a week from late May to early August. To apply, please fill out the application available here.
Administrative Management Internship - Rolling Application
The Administrative Summer Intern will work as an assistant to LFFP's director, MJ Park, and will help with a variety of office work and other organizational needs. Our Administrative Summer Intern will split time between helping with administrative needs at our summer camps and working on our year-round programing. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, helping manage schedules, checking and returning e-mails, assisting with prepping program materials, helping manage list-serves, reviewing program requests and applications, and helping with database and document creation. This internship is a great opportunity to learn how a nonprofit operates. This is an unpaid position running 10-15 hours a week from late May to early August. To apply, please fill out the application available here.
Summer Camp Internship - Now Closed (Opens again in 2017)
The Summer Camp Internship is a unique opportunity to be part of the LFFP family in an in-depth way. The first three to four weeks from mid-May to mid-June will be doing prep work for the LFFP Summer Camps. Responsibilities in this time include creating and organizing program material, reviewing lesson plans, helping with pre-camp paperwork (e.g. schedules, camper lists, staff lists), and helping with staff training, site set-ups, and direct service at our Perry Community Center after-school program. The second part of the internship is direct service as a counselor at our camps. The hours will increase for this part as the camps are generally 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Interns will also be encouraged to help with an additional three to five hours of camp planning and follow-up each week as they take on more leadership roles. This is a stipend position running mid-May to early August with a couple weeks off in the middle of the summer.
The Summer Communications Intern will work with our communications associates to document LFFP's summer camps via photography and video, update LFFP social media sites, and help create flyers and other promotional material. This is a perfect internship for someone tech-savvy who loves being behind the camera. The Summer Communications Intern will attend a day or two of camp each week and spend other time working from home or our LFFP office. This is an unpaid position running 8-10 hours a week from late May to early August. To apply, please fill out the application available here.
Administrative Management Internship - Rolling Application
The Administrative Summer Intern will work as an assistant to LFFP's director, MJ Park, and will help with a variety of office work and other organizational needs. Our Administrative Summer Intern will split time between helping with administrative needs at our summer camps and working on our year-round programing. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, helping manage schedules, checking and returning e-mails, assisting with prepping program materials, helping manage list-serves, reviewing program requests and applications, and helping with database and document creation. This internship is a great opportunity to learn how a nonprofit operates. This is an unpaid position running 10-15 hours a week from late May to early August. To apply, please fill out the application available here.
Summer Camp Internship - Now Closed (Opens again in 2017)
The Summer Camp Internship is a unique opportunity to be part of the LFFP family in an in-depth way. The first three to four weeks from mid-May to mid-June will be doing prep work for the LFFP Summer Camps. Responsibilities in this time include creating and organizing program material, reviewing lesson plans, helping with pre-camp paperwork (e.g. schedules, camper lists, staff lists), and helping with staff training, site set-ups, and direct service at our Perry Community Center after-school program. The second part of the internship is direct service as a counselor at our camps. The hours will increase for this part as the camps are generally 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Interns will also be encouraged to help with an additional three to five hours of camp planning and follow-up each week as they take on more leadership roles. This is a stipend position running mid-May to early August with a couple weeks off in the middle of the summer.
