Campaigns Intern

Summary

Join Oxfam America's Campaigns Department as an intern and gain valuable experience in public campaigning, organizing, research, and advocacy. You will support key projects, including activist recruitment and training, campaign stunts, and managing the Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors program. Responsibilities include providing research and administrative support, managing databases, drafting communications, and supporting event management. The ideal candidate possesses strong organizational, writing, and communication skills, along with experience in organizing or advocacy. The internship offers a flexible hybrid work environment and a competitive hourly wage.

Requirements

• The intern should have or be pursuing an undergraduate degree or higher, or have comparable work experience
• Strong organizational, writing and communication skills
• Ability to work well with others
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Interest in furthering knowledge about Oxfam and global social justice issues, and high level of personal energy and commitment
• The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, a quick learner, and a team player with a strong commitment to social justice and alignment with Oxfam’s core values

Responsibilities

• Provide research support and capacity to Campaign Leads and Organizing Advisors on campaign issues and tactics, organizing and events such as musical festivals and other volunteer recruitment, Congressional targets, external landscape and more as needed
• Provide administrative support for campaign meetings as needed by capturing and sharing meeting notes and action items
• Provide technical and logistical support for Campaigns’ webinars, trainings and other in person and virtual events
• Support the management and recruitment efforts of the Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors program by maintaining an online program database, preparing and sending mass emails, supporting event management, tracking social media activity, and researching prospective Sisters for recruitment efforts as needed
• Support the Oxfam Action Network for an Equal Future by monitoring sign-ups, drafting communications, supporting in person and virtual training and recruitment events and other work as needed
• Support the Campaigns Specialist with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) initiatives through activity tracking and data management and producing dashboards summarizing campaigning, organizing and influencing work
• Support knowledge and information sharing and management processes by maintaining Campaigns’ Box folders through uploading and organizing files in the appropriate folders as needed, sharing files and folders with Campaigns and other Oxfam staff as needed/upon request, tracking and disseminating information on campaign activities, and supporting the management of campaign calendars, newsletters and reports
• Provide other administrative and project support to the Campaigns Department staff as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous administrative and research experience
• Familiarity with Outlook, Zoom and Microsoft Office products

Benefits

• Salary - $17.00 an hour
• Position is 35 hours a week with some flexibility
• Oxfam America is a hybrid workplace and this position can be remote or work in-person out of the Boston or DC offices.  Note that campaigns department staff are located across the US and primarily work remotely. There is a preference for DC-based candidates for this role