If you’re looking for a fun and rewarding internship program, then Grandma’s House of Hope could be the perfect fit for you! Students will not only be able to gain practical, hands-on working experience, but will also see the direct impact of their efforts in people’s lives within the local community.
GHH is currently looking for WINTER/SPRING 2012 interns! To apply, send a resume, cover letter, and a completed intern application (available for download as a Word document or a PDF) to ghhoffice@gmail.com, along with which intern position(s) you are interested in.
BENEFITS OF BEING A GHH INTERN
GHH interns work on projects specifically pertaining to individual interests and/or coursework. Whether you’re an event intern implementing fundraising events, or a web intern improving our website, you will be given work in which you are passionate about. No coffee shop-runners here!
Be a part of a wonderful cause! Serve the local Orange County community!
GHH solely exists to serve Orange County women, children, and elderly in need. Interns will have the opportunity to see the impact that their work has on the lives of each GHH client. GHH partners with several other local non-profit organizations in the community. Aside from learning about the inner-workings of GHH, interns will have the opportunity to learn about the Orange County non-profit industry as a whole.
While GHH asks each of its interns to be committed for at least one school semester/quarter or summer session, we are extremely flexible about when and how you complete your hours each week. We want to work with you to accommodate your scheduling needs.
GHH seeks to build strong relationships with every person involved in the organization. Get to know other GHH staff and interns!
AVALIABLE POSITIONS
Graphic Design: Interns will have the opportunity to edit, update, and design various graphic projects. Duties will include working on our monthly e-newsletter, working on templates for email marketing campaigns, brochure and flyer creation, logo editing, web-related graphic edits, and any other miscellaneous tasks related to graphic design. For this internship, GHH is open to all skill levels.
Fundraising and Donor Relations: Interns will work directly with the donor relations staff in managing our donor relations database. Duties will include helping with monthly donor thank-you letters, adding and updating records in our donor relations database, managing fundraising campaigns, and identifying and contacting potential donors.
Web Development: Interns will work directly with the web development team to help improve and maintain the GHH website, along with identifying ways to raise site traffic. Our website runs on WordPress technology, so we’re particularly interested in interns with a WordPress background. Duties will include making minor website changes, managing various web administrative tools (such as Google Webmaster Tools), and identifying and implementing various search engine optimization (SEO) techniques.
Event Planning: Interns will work directly with the event coordinator to help plan and prepare various events throughout the year, including our annual Festival of Hearts luncheon and Journey Through Hope and Healing luncheon, along with our various Nana’s Kidz outreaches. Duties will include interacting with possible vendors, managing event guest lists, managing and coordinating local business donations, and event marketing.
Volunteer Assistant: Interns will work directly with the volunteer coordinator to help recruit new volunteers and interns, keeping in contact with the current GHH volunteers, and coming up with new ideas on how to reach out to new volunteers. Duties would include posting volunteer requests to various sites, calling volunteer organizations to arrange partnerships, adding and updating records in our volunteer database, attending GHH volunteer events, brainstorming new participation ideas for interested volunteers, and managing volunteer documents and files.
Administrative: Interns will provide administrative and clerical to the GHH staff at the business office. Tasks will include copying papers, running errands, sending emails, answering phone calls, sealing envelopes, editing and creating documents, note-taking, and filing.
Social Media: Interns will work on implementing and managing various social media accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, along with assisting with our monthly Constant Contact newsletter. Duties would include daily or weekely updates to various social media sites, writing blog entries for our GHH blog, and writing articles for our newsletter.
Grant Writing: Interns will work directly with our grant writer in managing current grants and helping with the process of grant applications. Duties would include researching potential grants, assisting with narrative writing and drafting of grant proposals, and gathering compliance documents for current grants.
Community Outreach and Public Relations: Interns will work to develop relations with community groups for volunteer and fund raising purposes. Interns will also help find individual volunteers with skill sets that will help grow the agency. Interns will also act as a presence in the community by creating an outreach volunteer group and going to events with this group to spread awareness of the agency.
Counseling: Interns will work directly with our resident social worker in providing counseling services to the women in our transitional housing program. Duties will include dealing with client intakes, attending individual and group counseling sessions, and meeting with relevant GHH staff to discuss sessions and plans of action.
Technical: Interns will work in conjunction with our new workforce development program, Hope Works. Interns will be assigned to work at one of three computer lab locations. Duties will include assisting GHH clients (ladies in the transitional housing program and parents of children in our Nana’s Kidz program) with computer-related questions, and teaching basic computer skills (web browsing, email, Microsoft Office, resume building, online job search).
Workforce Development: Interns will be working one-on-one or in small groups with women of the transitional living program or adults of “motel families.” Interns will oversee the improving of client’s situation by focusing on life skills, computer skills, job searching skills, writing workshops, educational opportunities and more to prepare them to secure jobs in the workforce.
Human Resources: Interns will work on updating current GHH employee manuals and related paperwork, along with helping to make sure that GHH maintains compliance with federal and state workplace laws. Duties would include verifying signed paperwork for all employees, interns, and volunteers, making changes to the employee and volunteer/intern manual as needed, and researching policies and procedures for various HR or legal practices.
Don’t see a position you’re interested in? Feel free to ask us about it—chances are we offer something very similar!
All positions are non-paid. Interns are asked to commit to a minimum of one semester/quarter (depending on school’s academic calendar). Upon internship completion, students may receive any applicable school credit as well as a letter of recommendation from the organization.
Please send a resume, cover letter, and a completed intern application (available for download as a Word document or a PDF) to ghhoffice@gmail.com, along with which intern position(s) you are interested in.
