The Michelle Sous Foundation is offering a paid internship for an undergraduate or graduate student during the Spring of 2020 Semester.

The mission of the Foundation is to build the legacy of Michelle Sous, who showed us how one young person can make a difference in the lives of others through her relationship with God and her example of godly living. To do so, the Foundation focuses on supporting youth education and on encouraging and enabling youth to engage with and build their communities. Our programs focus on youth literacy, youth education, marketable skills for employment, and youth innovation and creativity.

As part of its mission to build marketable skills for employment with youth,

the Michelle Sous Foundation has created an internship program for the Spring of 2020 for a local undergraduate or graduate student in the Northern NJ region. The intern will be paid a modest stipend of $1000 paid over the course of the internship ($100 on 28 Feb, $300 on 31 March, $300 on 30 April, and $300 on 31 May or upon completion of internship tasks). The internship may count towards college credit in coordination with your university.

The internship will require approximately 15-20 hours per week of work. Internship begins on February 15, 2020 and end May 31, 2020. Interns must be local to Northern NJ,

will work remotely with once a month meetings with the Michelle Sous Foundation board in North Haledon, NJ, have weekly phone calls with the supervising board member, a few additional face to face meetings, and participate in an event on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Meetings may occur on weekends, so intern should have flexibility for this. Intern must have access to a computer, internet connection, and telephone number to be able to accomplish the tasks of this internship.

The Social Media & Web Marketing intern will work with the Foundation to:

·       write content for the website and post graphically appealing content on website

·       draft email and snail mail newsletters

·       develop a content marketing calendar with the Board

·       build an audience for the Michelle Sous Foundation social media channels

·       create flyers and other marketing materials for May 17 picnic

·       draft content for grant applications

·       other duties as assigned

Intern should have excellent writing and communication skills, some graphic design skills, experience working with the SquareSpace web platform, and experience using social media for marketing purposes.

To apply, please send the following to info@michellesousfoundation.org in one Word document:

1-      A cover letter explaining your interest in working for the Michelle Sous Foundation, and what coursework and background experience you bring to the internship.

2-      A complete resume that includes your complete contact information (mobile phone, email, address)

3-      The names, phone numbers, and emails of two references.

4-      A recent writing sample of 1-2 pages long

Applications must be received by Wednesday, January 29th, 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by Skype during that week and will be informed of their status in early February. Internship begins 15 February 2020 and ends 31 May 2020. Stipend will be dispensed monthly at the end of each month beginning March 2020, and the final stipend will be paid only upon the satisfactory completion of assigned internship tasks.