Development Intern

Collective Power for Reprodcutive Justice (CPRJ)(clpp.hampshire.edu) is a national reproductive rights and justice organization dedicated to educating, mentoring, and inspiring new generations of advocates, leaders, and supporters. Combining activism, organizing, leadership training, and reproductive rights movement building, CPRJ promotes an inclusive agenda that advances reproductive rights and health, and social and economic justice. CPRJ is a fiscally sponsored project of TSNE (tsne.org).

The Development Intern will support Collective Power’s administrative and development work. The Development Intern provides support that is critical to the success of Collective Power development initiatives by researching potential funders, recording key activities with current funders, and developing statistics and stories that communicate the impact of our work. We are looking for a candidate who is excited to learn about development work in a non-profit organization. 

• Assist with donations processing including generating donor receipts and cover letters for donations and writing handwritten thank you notes.
• Assist with the general maintenance of the online database.
• Organize past and current financial records and file paperwork.
• Assist with tracking mailing returns and other activities in CiviCRM.
• Assist with Collective Power events including virtual events and fundraisers.
• Provide logistical support for publications such as the annual appeal, monthly donors newsletter, and electronic newsletters.
• Assemble mailings – this would be in-person work in the Fall.

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below.

• Interest in the development side of nonprofits.
• Excellent communication skills, comfort asking for more instruction and/or support from supervisor, other student workers, and other staff.
• Interest in reproductive justice and other social justice issues.
• Detail oriented.
• Comfort working remotely.
• Reliable, consistent with follow up.
• Comfort with Excel and Google Sheets.
• Some familiarity with WordPress is helpful, but not required.
• Familiarity with Collective Power programs.

Qualified applicants must be a current undergraduate student at one of the 5 College Consortium schools and will be returning to school in Western MA for the Fall 2023 Semester.

Applicants must include a cover letter explaining why you want to work at Collective Power and why development work interests you. 

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those for this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Work is performed in an office environment and in close proximity to other workers.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:

• Handle, or feel objects, tools or controls;
• Reach; traverse; sit (usually for longer periods of time); occasionally ascend/descend; and position self (to) move;
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds;
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate;
• Job is not subject to significant occupational or environmental hazards;
• Likelihood of personal injury would be relatively slight;
• Environmental and work hazards are not present to a measurable degree.

Location: Work will be primarily performed remote. 

Compensation: The starting salary for this position is $15.00/hour.

Benefits: This position is not eligible for benefits.

TSNE/CPRJ strives to achieve excellence through a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment that embraces all of our individual and collective differences. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Middle Eastern and North African, Bilingual and/or Bicultural candidates, and LGBTQ2SIA+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We value and honor the unique talents, learning styles, and lived experiences of each individual that enrich and strengthen our workplace culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

All employment conditions are based on an individual’s performance and job qualifications. TSNE/CPRJ prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, creed, color, religion, native language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, race-based hairstyles, or any other protected characteristic stated by federal and state law. Regardless of any class’ protection under the law or lack thereof, TSNE/CPRJ celebrates diversity and values the strengths that come with having a diverse team of employees. It is represented in our workplace culture, and it is who we are.

TSNE/CPRJ's EEO statement extends to volunteers, interns, contractors, vendors, and clients.