Intern, Communications & Advocacy (Vaccine Acceptance & Demand)
Reports to: Senior Manager, Stakeholder Partnerships (Vaccine Acceptance & Demand)
Location: Remote Work (only in CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, WA)
Why Sabin:
Our mission is to make vaccines more accessible, enable innovation and expand immunization across the globe. We seek a future free from vaccine-preventable diseases. We are an innovative, collaborative and engaged team that values accountability, teamwork, partnership and driving impact. We are vaccine champions improving lives through immunization. Sabin staff, management and Board of Trustees are committed to developing a diverse, equitable and inclusive team.
Position Snapshot:
The Intern, Communications & Advocacy, supports a variety of the team’s advocacy-related partnerships and activities of the Vaccine Acceptance & Demand team.
Responsibilities:
Program Support
- Represent Sabin at relevant coalitions/meetings/webinars and identify program opportunities.
- Assist with the development and implementation with communications materials, including social media, graphics, and other promotional materials.
- Support content creation.
- Assist with pulling website, social media and other metrics as assigned.
- Conduct media monitoring, including tracking of stories produced by journalists engaged with the program and of advocacy and learning activities of health workers, as well as testimonials of program participants.
- Work with team members to track program outreach.
- Other administrative support as needed.
Requirements:
- Current college student in a related discipline, such as communications, journalism, global/public health, public policy, international relations, or another relevant field.
- Relevant coursework or experience, preferably in global health, public health, social science, journalism/media (reporting and/or engagement), or international relations/development.
- Demonstrated communications, social media, or website assistance experience or coursework.
- Proficiency in core Microsoft 365 applications; experience WordPress with graphic creation platforms such as Canva, Spark or InDesign a plus.
- Demonstrated success drafting, proofreading and editing complex documents.
- Close attention to detail, ability to manage complex tasks; highly organized, flexible and able to prioritize in order to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communications skills (listening, writing, speaking).
- Ability to build collaborative relationships.
- Must be available for 10-25 hours per week during the summer semester (June to August 2023). May starting dated is possible.
Sabin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability or genetic information, sex (including gender identity, pregnancy or sexual orientation), marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.