Social Innovation Intern - #1401660

About The Milken Institute

The Milken Institute is a globally minded, publicly supported, non-partisan, and nonprofit think tank headquartered in Santa Monica, with offices in Washington, DC, New York, London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. For the past three decades, the Milken Institute has served as a catalyst for practical, scalable solutions to global challenges by connecting human, financial, and educational resources to those who need them. Guided by a conviction that the best ideas, under-resourced, cannot succeed, we conduct research and analysis and convene top experts, innovators, and influencers from different backgrounds and competing viewpoints. We leverage this expertise and insight to construct programs and policy initiatives. These activities are designed to help people build meaningful lives, in which they can experience health and well-being, pursue effective education and gainful employment, and access the resources required to create ever-expanding opportunities for themselves and their broader communities.

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About Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy

One of four pillars at the Milken Institute, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy advises individuals, corporations, and foundations on the most strategic ways to ensure their philanthropic investments make an equitable, transformative impact, and offers tools and recommendations for making philanthropy more effective. Since its launch in 2015, the pillar has influenced more than $3.1 billion of philanthropic capital. In addition to in-depth research, reports, and guides, we design and build programs including funding initiatives, research collaboratives, large-scale innovation programs, and high-level events. Finally, we foster peer learning communities to accelerate knowledge-sharing and promote partnership. Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy’s three portfolio of programmatic work include SPARC (Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration), Environmental & Social Innovation (ESI), and Philanthropy Leadership Collective (PLC).

About The Position

The Environmental & Social Innovation (ESI) portfolio’s Social Innovation team focuses on identifying and supporting new cross-sector solutions for pressing social and environmental needs, leading to improved systems, capabilities, and outcomes for the benefit of society.

Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy team is searching for a Social Innovation intern to support the implementation of strategic priorities connected to the Thriving Communities Gun Violence Prevention initiative. The primary project includes planning a hackathon style prize event.

Responsibilities

• Plan event: develop event concept and strategy to launch event, identify target audience, identify needed vendors, prepare event launch plan
• Track, organize, and update key program and event documents and collaterals and support the team to stay on track with program planning and development
• Identify stakeholders from varying industries and sectors, prepare outreach materials that support productive engagement and relationship building
• Develop marketing plan to boost event interest and visibility
• Assist in the development of key briefs, documentation and project reports
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Requirements

• Experience leading projects and planning events
• Detailed-oriented, have strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Understanding of project management and event planning principles
• Highly organized with an exceptional eye for accuracy
• Exhibits strong research and analytical skills
• Additional consideration for candidates with experience with a hackathon or other prize competitions as a participant or planning the event
• Bachelor’s or master’s candidates majoring in public relations, political science, public policy, public administration, computer science, software engineering and other related STEM majors. will be considered
  
  

Internship Duration

This is a ten-week internship starting end of May – mid August. The intern role will work 25-35 hours a week.

Note

We are interested in qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. Please note, we are not sponsoring visas at this time, being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.

This position will work a hybrid schedule consisting of three (3) days per week reporting in-person to the Washington, DC office location (Tuesday – Thursday), with the remaining two (2) days working remotely. Please understand, this schedule is subject to change in the Institute’s sole discretion.

The statements herein are intended to describe the overall nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

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