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Catalyst 2030 Internship: Catalyst 2030 Community Building and Engagement Intern

9 June 2023 | Careers

Would you like to be part of a global movement of changemakers?

Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of more than 2000 social entrepreneurs and social impact leaders from Ashoka, Echoing Green, the Schwab Foundation, the Skoll Foundation and other global networks of social innovators. The movement was founded in 2020 in response to research carried out by the Social Progress Imperative which showed at the current pace of progress, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) would only be achieved in 2074. Catalyst 2030 members believe that with collaboration this pace can be accelerated. By joining forces, greater impact can be accelerated.

The network operates locally, nationally, regionally and globally. It aims to strengthen collaboration across and between civil society, multilateral organisations, social enterprises, impact investors, business and governments. Our goal is to scale up existing, proven, successful solutions for systemic change and thereby accelerate the impact that will help to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

Build and Maintain the Movement of Social Innovators

The Catalyst 2030 Membership Team is responsible for guiding and supporting the movement, identifying potential members for Catalyst 2030 and facilitating their active engagement. We are focused on streamlining the membership application process and onboarding new members and on shifting consciousness to embody Catalyst 2030’s values in the community.

About the role

This internship position is crucial to our goal of supporting our fast growing movement of social entrepreneurs. We are looking for an outstanding candidate who has great attention to details, excellent communication skills and who can seamlessly run and optimise projects. You are a team player, ready to work across our secretariat departments and engage with our membership to support the growth of our network. You are finalising or have completed your academic studies. You will report to the Community Building and Engagement Coordinator and to the Membership Facilitator.

Responsibilities

Building the movement

  • Support the planning and implementation of engagement initiatives, at times in collaborations with regional and country chapter coordinators
  • Support the design and implementation of new and replicable engagement offerings
  • Coordinate and support internal and external workshops, events and meetings, communications via email, whatsapp or telephone
  • Support communication with members and connect them with engagement offerings
  • Create member engagement promotion materials and resources (in different languages)
  • Translate documents into different languages and assist the movement’s multilingual initiatives
  • Assist in managing the Salesforce* database
  • Manage members’ information and interests in Salesforce to enhance engagement
  • Familiarise with Salesforce* and our processes to improve and automate member engagement tracking
  • Help to coordinate the needs of membership engagement working groups including organisation of meetings, drafting, editing, and preparing minutes, developing presentations and supporting the groups
  • Update and prepare overviews, membership mapping and data analysis, reports to the network using digital tools such as Salesforce, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Collaborate with teams across the Catalyst 2030 Secretariat to ensure quality facilitation of members’ engagements
  • Support and report to the Community Building and Engagement Coordinator and the Membership Facilitator

*Salesforce is a customer relationship management app

Requirements and Skills

  • An ardent interest in global issues and challenges, their complexity and nuances
  • Preference for students who have finalised or are completing academic studies
  • Ability to work in a multicultural, global digital environment and demonstrate cultural sensitivity
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, passionate about communicating with people and building trustful relationships
  • Good organisational skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment across time zones
  • Ability to manage time effectively and adapt to changing environments
  • Attention to detail and willingness to learn from experience
  • Flexibility to work in an organisation which is developing rapidly where tasks and responsibilities might change
  • An open mind and the ability to easily adapt to new tasks and assignments
  • Fluency in English and another language/s (Spanish, Chinese, French, Portuguese or Arabic), while other languages such as Russian and Sign Language – ASL would be an asset

Our Offer

  • The opportunity to work with a young and dynamic team in a fast-paced global environment, on-the-job training opportunities and experience within an international NGO
  • The ability to organise and coordinate personal projects to improve the work of the organisation
  • Good working atmosphere as part of a small, dedicated team
  • An opportunity to work with the world’s most prestigious social entrepreneurs and innovators
  • 6 month internship contract
  • Vacation days plus national holidays
  • One Family Foundation can offer a stipend of maximum 300 Euros a month to interns who do not have access to grants, a scholarship or other means of financial support. This offer is limited by budget and is designed to offer a learning experience to a number of graduate students or recent graduates who would not otherwise be able to apply for this internship.

How to apply 

To apply, email your CV and letter of motivation in English to Meri at meri@catalyst2030.net.

Include the following in the motivation letter:

  • Describe your background or experience (if applicable) and how that might be connected to fostering the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Detail your past or current work experience (internships/ traineeships/ projects) where you took the lead on a project, if you have.

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