Global Community Internship Program

Title of Internship: Intern Content Creator, Perkins Global Community
Commitment:  Full-time (35-40 hours per week) or Part-time (15-25 hours per week)
Start/End Dates: Rolling admission
Duration: Internships period can range from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of one year
Location: All internships are carried out online/remotely
Compensation: none

Perkins
Global
Community

Perkins International is the global program of Perkins School for the Blind. Founded in 1829, Perkins is first in the USA and second in the world to educate children who are blind, deafblind and have multiple disabilities- including Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.

Our vision is a world where every child learns and thrives as a valued member of a family, school, and community. Over 100 years, we’ve reached children in 97 countries. The Perkins Global Community is the digital home for this network. Our mission is to deliver data and information to the global educators, professionals, and families to collaborate across borders and advance our mission to educate children and young adults with disabilities

Role Description

The Intern Content Creator for Perkins Global Community will have the opportunity to make a visible contribution to a vibrant organization, as well as to support the 2030 vision of universal quality education for children with multiple disabilities and vision impairment. 

The Intern Content Creator will support the Content Manager of the Perkins Global Community, and will assist in the execution of the Partnerships Team digital strategy and will be involved in different tasks that have the goals of reaching, engaging and connecting with past/current/future colleagues who work with children with vision impairment and multiple disabilities all over the world.

This internship is a program of flexible format. Depending on your university, academic credit can sometimes be arranged for interns, as well as different learning and training opportunities across the organization’s physical and virtual campuses. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Create/write/manage digital content in creative ways 
  • Publish one article daily or five articles per week (as early in the day as possible), five days a week, Monday through Friday
  • Meet the standards in the Style Guide for the Global Community Internship Program.
  • Develop long-term repositories of digital assets
  • Foster community engagement and learning between members of the community
  • Measure digital impact by creating digital activity reports
  • Support the management of social media
Competencies
  • Demonstrate excellent writing skills, and ability to effectively and simply communicate information to diverse audiences with varying levels of language and data literacy. 
  • Possess advanced analytical skills and the ability to synthesize data clearly and concisely.
  • Demonstrate initiative and ability to work independently.
  • Adaptability to different roles and responsibilities and ad hoc work
  • Possess strong interpersonal skills – able to work well in a team environment.
  • Possess a sense of curiosity and creativity. 
  • Strong interpersonal skills to be a member of the team.
  • Possess exceptional organizational skills and project management.
  • Be fluent in English.  Fluency in other languages like Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Hindi are definitely a plus.
Types of Internships Available: 

All internships are focused on content creation in the area of disability and each internship has a specific focus as follows: 

  • Intern, Education Research Assistant  
  • Intern, Education Research Associate
  • Intern, Technology Research Assistant 
  • Intern, Technology Research Associate
  • Intern, Medical Research Assistant 
  • Intern, Medical Research Associate 

Assistant internships are generally oriented to undergraduate students. Associate internships are oriented to graduate students and professionals.

References for work accomplished will be provided.

Interested intern candidates please contact Daniela Gissara – Content Manager of Perkins Global Community, Manager of International Partnerships.

Email address: [email protected]

In your email, please include the four following items: 

  1. The specific internship you are interested in (see options above)
  2. Specific number of hours you are available to work
  3. Dates you propose to begin and end the internship
  4. Resume

All internships require the achievement of demanding daily goals. Due to the large number of applications received, we are not able to respond to all applicants. Please excuse this inconvenience.