Special Projects Intern 3
The Special Events and Conferences Intern will be a hybrid position with half the work remotely and half the work in the offices of the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington DC. This individual will work to further the goals of the Coalition as well as the comprehensive campaign to end homelessness called Bring America Home Now. They will work to get the Faces of Homelessness speakers involved in special events, and preparing for the November Hunger and Homelessness week. The intern will assist with a maintaining contact with those agencies seeking representation from the National Coalition for the Homeless on various panels and policy discussion groups. The intern will assist hosting events around the Bring America Home campaign in order to push policy changes to benefit those without housing. The Special Events intern will assist with all fund raising events and will interact with the communications staff to promote those activities. The Special Events intern will help to coordinate all staff involvement in awareness events over the summer and other public education opportunities over the semester. They will assist in working to find additional avenues for promoting the work of the Coalition. Finally, the intern will work with the coordinator to document the success of the engagements with follow up tools and resources.
Specific Position Activities:
· Attend weekly meetings with staff to keep updated on the work of the agency
· Make contact with venues and partners and coordinate with NCH staff.
· Contribute social media posts, images or videos to promote the special events.
· Regularly update the staff about upcoming events and solicit their input.
· Follow instructions of staff on conference requests as well as fulfilling media requests to talk to staff.
· Maintain detailed log of the planning for local events and assistance with the logistics.
· Oversee event logistics on the day of these events.
· Assist with the evaluation, clean up and thanking all the participants.