Best Shot Foundation Internship
Reports to: Special Coordinator
Description of the Position
Best Shot Foundation is offering qualified students and recent graduates in the DC area an exciting internship opportunity to help us organize our national dodgeball tournament and build a grassroots movement to fight childhood pneumonia. Successful applicants will get a chance to work with the founder and former executive director of the Save Darfur Coalition, get experience planning and implementing a national charity event, and will receive a $100 stipend weekly (for full time work, prorated for part time work).
The Best Shot Foundation is a newly established nonprofit that provides a substantive learning and professional experience for interns.
If you fill the following criteria, we encourage you to apply today!
- A commitment to humanitarian causes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- A strong track record of being responsive and reliable
- Strong internet research skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
Interns will play an integral role in building the national grassroots movement to fight pneumonia – the number one killer of children in the world. They will gain experience in building a new non-profit and be involved in the different aspects of running a national dodgeball tournament.
Key Responsibilities
- support planning for the Pnock Out Pneumonia Tournament, a national dodgeball tournament
- help manage tournaments in cities across the United States by being in contact with tournament coordinators
- monitor campus enrollment and team recruitment
- create and edit internal and external communications
- conduct market and demographic research
- perform administrative activities for the organization
Description of the Organization:
The Best Shot Foundation started in April of 2009 under the direction of David Rubenstein, the founder and former Executive Director of the Save Darfur Campaign. After seeing the success Save Darfur had on campuses across the nation, David saw an opportunity to mobilize students around another pressing international crisis, childhood pneumonia.
Pneumonia kills more children worldwide than malaria, the measles, and HIV/AIDS combined. The young lives that are lost to this disease fall disproportionately on the underprivileged children of the world’s developing nations. More tragic still is how little attention is given to this deadly disease. Most Americans are simply unaware that pneumonia kills more than four million people each year.
At the Best Shot Foundation, we believe America’s university students can be the driving force behind a movement that will save millions.
Terms of Employment
- Schedule can be full time (40 hours a week) or part time (15 hours a week) for 8+ weeks. The Best Shot Foundation is flexible around school and holiday schedules.
- May include travel to college campuses.
- Stipend of $100/week for full time interns; prorated for part time interns.
Visit www.best-shot.org or www.pnock.org for more information
Application instructions:
Please send the following to Lia Katz at jobs@best-shot.org.
- cover letter including examples of your three to five key accomplishments
- résumé
- 2-page (or so) writing sample
- available start date
