Spring 2023 Intern - Business Development (Oklahoma Office)
As an ALSAC intern, you will learn from experts who have helped us become one of America’s top healthcare charities while supporting the life-saving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Our spring program offers a 10 week fully immersed experience. You will be assigned a day to day manager in your industry and our program manager will lead you with networking and professional development events.
- Start Date: January 27, 2023
- End Date: April 7, 2023
- Hours: 20 hours a week (Monday-Friday)
- Pay Rate: All ALSAC interns are paid. Pay rate is based on work location.
- Work Location: Oklahoma Office
Requirements:
- A passion for our mission!
- Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university and in good standing.
- Must be comfortable with Zoom and Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- Ability to work in a team environment but also work strong independently.
- Ability to be organized and detailed to balance several projects simultaneously.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Specific Internship Description and Preferred Skills:
Work with the Oklahoma development team to provide meaningful and positive St. Jude experiences across the state, focusing on donor-centric fundraising events and opportunities.
This internship is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience of ALSAC’s work and of its fundraising streams. It will be of particular interest to someone wanting to gain knowledge of and experience supporting fundraising in all streams.
As an intern, you will provide general support to the team, both in the office and at events, including for private donor and public challenge events. You will work towards setting and achieving fundraising targets with the Advisor – Regional Development.
Project Scope
· St. Jude Walk/Run team retention, new team cultivation, corporate team recruitment and support at/during committee meetings.
· Expanding our social media reach through content creation and management.
· Help with the planning and execution of fundraising events.
· In person event support for the various events in OKC and Tulsa – these could include but are not exclusive (Walk/Run Tulsa and OKC, Dream Home Tulsa and OKC, St. Jude Collegiate Events, DGG)
· Identify prospective individuals, foundation, and corporate donors. Develop strategies to cultivate those relationships.
· Cold calling to secure gifts, raffle prizes and other sponsorship
· Attending and taking minutes at committee meetings
· Attend and contribute to biweekly meetings with the team
Qualifications
· Comfortable in reaching out to organizations and donors, via email, phone, and in-person.
· Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when needed.
Skills preferred
· Fundraising
· Corporate solicitation
· Experience with Social Media Platforms
· Written communication
· Time management
· Project management
· Experience with Canva or Adobe
Majors Preferred: Nonprofit Management, Public Relations, Marketing, Business, Communications, Sales/Advertising