Development and Communications Internship

About us

Salzburg Global Seminar is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1947 with a mission to challenge current and future leaders to shape a better world.

Together with our world-spanning network of 40,000 Fellows, we have been at the forefront of global movements for change for 75 years, with significant impact on individuals, institutions, and systems.

Whether at our home of Schloss Leopoldskron, online, or in locations around the world, our programs inclusive, interdisciplinary, international and intergenerational, and are designed to provide a global lab for innovation and transformation.

We convene cohorts of passionate changemakers across diverse fields and backgrounds. We develop and curate networks that support collaboration, share innovations with new audiences, and expand our impact by working with partners around the globe.

We are supported by a combination of institutional partnerships, generous individual donations and revenue generated from our social enterprise, Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron.

We seek to be an exemplary international institution in terms of equity and environmental sustainability. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and join us in our work.

 

About the internship

We are looking for a Development & Communications Intern who will contribute to the work of our Washington, DC-based team for Summer 2024. You will be exposed to the entire spectrum of Salzburg Global’s activities in DC while you commit to a maximum of 16 hours per week of internship engagement. With a focus on supporting the office’s development and communications needs, you will report to the Managing Director, US Office.

Responsibilities include 

• Assist with gift receipt and acknowledgements.
• Support special event planning.
• Contribute to creative outreach and stewardship engagement, including content development for donor communications, including:
  • appeals
  • newsletters
  • social media
  • website
  • individual outreach/proposals
  • gift opportunities
• Assist with researching prospective supporters and friends of the organization and preparing relevant briefings.
• Develop knowledge and use of Raiser’s Edge NXT CRM database and email marketing platform.
• Support the development of individual donors.
• Execute special projects in line with abilities, interests, and goals.

Conditions

• USD $1100/month
• 3 to 4-month internship period, maximum 16 hours per week
• Use of a laptop will be provided for the term of the internship

Qualifications

• Academic or professional background in Communications, Marketing, Non-profit management, Development, Business Administration, International Affairs or other related fields an advantage.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Ability to work with people in different time zones, from diverse cultural backgrounds and at all levels of the organization, including senior executives, in a creative, but professional environment.
• Enthusiasm for the global mission, exceptional organizational and communications skills, attention to detail, internet research and Microsoft Office Suite skills are required.
• Willingness and ability to work in-person in our Washington DC office.

Salzburg Global actively encourages applications from communities that have been historically marginalized. We especially welcome applications from people of color, disabled people, those who identify as LGBT*, people from low-income backgrounds, and those from ethnically diverse and/or migrant communities.

LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. We are using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.