Nonprofit Internship

Summary: Kindfulness is a nonprofit organization based in Columbus, Ohio, dedicated to empowering various core populations. The internship involves roles in operations, community outreach, and policy, focusing on grant writing, fundraising, and providing direct services to constituents. Responsibilities: - Grant writing - Fundraising - Direct services to our core communities: the unhoused, trafficked, prisoners, LGBT+, and military veterans - Network and coordinate collaboration with organizations to optimize collective cost-effectiveness - Market research & needs/gap analysis - Take self-directed and creative control over projects, strategic planning, implementation, and evaluation - Business development for the social enterprise aspect of operation, e.g., the Oasis Box, a smart tech-based vending machine network - Administrative management: human resources, finance & accounting - Marketing, branding, strategy - Technological development related to the Oasis Box, Service Navigation, and Digital Vault - Maintain up-to-date legal & ethical compliance in general and specific to constituents - Provide trauma-informed & culturally-sensitive direct services to constituents, e.g., supervised services coordinated & supervision by partner agencies at their sites, Service Navigation, Digital Vault, ID procurement, benefits enrollment, service linkage - Collaborate with partner agencies to collect insight on clients’ strengths, wants, needs, preferences, barriers, & feedback regarding effective navigation, access, utilization of resources & services - Establish, deepen, evaluate partnerships to integrate Kindfulness programs in partners' operations & coordinate collaboration - Provide constituents-driven insight to shape Kindfulness’ development of programs, strategy, and constituent engagement - Implement & adapt Kindfulness programs to constituent needs - Systematically evaluate the effectiveness of Kindfulness programs in achieving client impact and key performance indicators in operation & partnership - Coordinate Kindfulness operation & programs with shifting priorities in public and private policies - Analyze policy & data to coordinate with policymakers and stakeholders - Use research & practical evidence to inform Kindfulness’ strategic & programmatic development of internal operation & external collaboration - The Services-Research-Policy Consortium - Provide resources & services to engage constituents in policy literacy & oversight - Co-develop training of lobbyist & advocates of policies impacting constituents - Conduct content designs for search engine optimization (SEO), answer engine optimization (AEO), generative engine optimization (GEOS) Required Qualifications: - Commitment to at least 13 hours/week until the student-allocated Federal Work Study (FWS) fund is exhausted - Commitment to at least 13 hours/week until the end of position commitment when the position shifts to UNPAID after the student-allocated FWS fund is exhausted - Commitment of at least 6 months - Current enrollment in, or completion of, a post-secondary program, e.g., vocational degrees, associate degrees, or bachelor's degrees - Strong organizational and time management skills to assist in resource coordination and program execution - Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid work environment - Familiarity in, or readiness to learn, integrative social justice concepts & strategies in intra-organizational operations, services, and inter-organizational collaboration - Willingness to complete background check & drug screening; hiring decisions will not be solely based on the results Preferred Qualifications: - This position has a strong preference for Persons with Lived Experience in our 5 constituent communities: the unhoused, human trafficked, prisoners, LGBT+, military veterans - Interest in using technology & mobile outreach to optimize the collaboration of services, research, and policy organizations - Direct service delivery in our constituent communities - Experience in working or volunteering with nonprofit organizations - Knowledge or experience in culturally-sensitive or trauma-informed techniques related to our constituent communities - Basic knowledge of inclusive UX and testing - Knowledge or experience in community outreach & program implementation - Proficiency in, or readiness to learn, management & communication technology in organizational operations and product development, e.g., spreadsheets, tools evaluation, Monday, mobile apps, Google Drive, Slack Required Skills: Grant writing, Fundraising, Business development, Human resources, Finance & accounting, Marketing, Branding, Strategic planning, Technological development, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance, Trauma-informed services, Culturally-sensitive services, Service navigation, Benefits enrollment, Policy analysis, Data analysis, Search engine optimization (SEO), Answer engine optimization (AEO), Generative engine optimization (GEOS), Spreadsheets, Monday.com, Google Drive, Slack Benefits: Intensive professional and educational development, Opportunities to produce deliverables tailored to your career goals, Professional networking on the local, state, and national levels, School credits pending your academic department's approval.