Fundraising & Events Intern

1. Position Purpose

To support, coordinate, monitor, and maintain duties related to STARS largest fundraising gala. Support the efforts of the development and communications team.

2. Essential Functions - Specific Job Responsibilities

The Fundraising & Events Intern will play a key role in supporting our largest annual fundraising event while also assisting with general development and organizational functions. This internship offers hands-on experience in nonprofit fundraising, event planning, donor engagement, and day-to-day operations-ideal for a student or early professional interested in nonprofit management, communications, or development. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position supports Team Development in the following areas:

• Assist with planning, logistics, and coordination for the organization's largest fundraising event
• Support donor, sponsor, and attendee communications
• Help track auction items and event materials
• Assist with event setup, day-of coordination, and post-event follow-up
• Support data entry and reporting related to event outcomes

• Based on the needs and direction of the Communications Coordinators, create design content and production across all media platforms
• Support the coordination of event marketing for annual fundraiser and smaller events throughout the year
• Support volunteer events during the internship timeframe.

3. Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Ability to prioritize workloads efficiently, multi-task and shift priorities, as needed
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience with graphic design via Canva
• Ability to support social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Linked In
• Reliability and flexibility

4. Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

• Exceptional skills in:

• • Human relations
  • Verbal and written communications
  • Problem solving
  • Organizational management
  • Team building
  • Computer databases (including Bloomerang, MS Outlook and MS Word)
  • Office administration

• Proven ability to:

• • Seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing protocol, practices and policies
  • Plan, organize, develop, implement, interpret and support goals, objectives, policies, procedures, etc.
  • Support organization's goals and values
  • Foster a work environment that shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences
  • Promote a harassment-free environment
  • Build morale and group commitment to goals and support everyone's efforts to succeed
  • Develop conceptual alternatives
  • Deliver customer service with both internal and external partners.
  • Maintain a high level of personal and professional integrity and ethics at all times
  • Ensure confidentiality and security of sensitive data
  • Facilitate and manage cross-department and cross-company collaboration

5. Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an intern encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

6. Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The intern must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this job, the intern is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The intern is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The intern is occasionally required to stand and walk.