Campaign Support Intern - Tennessee/Alabama Fall 2022
At The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), we're passionate about our mission: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS volunteers help carry out this mission in so many ways: supporting patients, family members, healthcare professionals, and our community, driving policy advocacy, participating in our campaigns, and helping LLS build much needed capacity.
As part of a mission centric, locally delivered and nationally powered organization, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Internship Program is an opportunity to help prepare college students taking their first steps into the workforce while creating a pipeline of motivated volunteers to support the LLS mission. LLS interns will help raise funds, plan events, serve as advocates for patients, and make a difference in the lives of those touched by blood cancer, and prospect research. Relentlessly pursuing cancer cures.
Though this internship is unpaid, LLS will grant course credit for the time given with the appropriate paperwork.
The Campaign Support Intern helps LLS campaigns build capacity. All projects are completed with support and assistance of the intern’s volunteer manager. The Campaign Support Intern completes a project that helps at least one campaign but does not fit within one of the other internship role descriptions. Examples of projects may include:
- Completing a project related to marketing/communications and event logistics.
- Completing a project related to a new or upcoming field of work.
- The volunteer manager for this position will provide details regarding the specific project this intern will complete.
Desired Skills
Intern candidate should possess the following skills/qualifications:
- Enrolled in an accredited university/college program for which the student is required to complete and internship
- A minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (exceptions will be considered with justification)
- At least 18 years of age
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self Directed
- Willingness and ability to attend events outside standard work hours (9-5 M-F) as appropriate for the project.