Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for the Global Advocacy Campaign Internship for the year 2020. The Habitat for Humanity International is an international, non-governmental and non-profitable organization. It has an administrative headquarter in Atlanta and an international headquarter in Americus of the state of Georgia in the United States. The Habitat has been actively involving in serving humanity building “simple, decent, and affordable” housing, a self-described “Christian housing ministry,” and has addressed the issues of poverty housing all over the world.

Position summary 

The intern will support the remaining months of HFHI’s first-ever global advocacy campaign, Solid Ground, to improve access to land for shelter. In addition to that, the intern will work directly with Habitat’s Global Advocacy Campaign Director and other staff in Habitat’s Government Relations and Advocacy Office as well as our Global Advocacy Team. S/he will have an opportunity to learn from participation in a wide array of projects related to Habitat’s international policy work and the global campaign. Furthermore, the position will focus on supporting campaign communications strategy and managing many of its communications channels including the Solid Ground microsite and the campaign blog, newsletters, action alerts, and social media and will also support the development of tools and resources for Habitat’s country offices.

Key responsibilities

The incumbent will do the following tasks in particular

• Support the final year of HFHI’s first-ever global advocacy campaign.
• Manage content development and metrics analysis for campaign social media channels and also support campaign microsite upkeep to increase public support for land access for shelter.
• Produce regular content for the microsite blog and support reaching out to other authors as well as develop tools and resources to support network capacity building.
• Track and monitor global policy and advocacy success.
• Attend external meetings, forums, and events as requested by staff.
• Furthermore, additional responsibilities as needed and desired.

Requirements 

Candidates must have the following qualifications in order to be eligible for Habitat for Humanity Global Advocacy Campaign Internship 2020

• Current undergraduate or graduate student.
• Understanding of international development and related policies.
• Experience managing social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram)
• Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Furthermore, the ability to conduct research

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