Job description
Job Overview
At Community Solutions, we believe that long-term partnerships fuel and support our work with and for our communities. Our goal is to have partners invest over time, and understand they are committed to the end state of making homelessness rare and brief. With this vision in mind, we seek an intern who can work with the team that manages the organizational relationships that support our funding through our innovative systems change work.
The role will report to the Manager of Strategic Partnerships and support institutional and major donor prospect research, individual giving campaigns, and communication activities to strengthen our capacity and advance our mission. This role is ideal for someone looking for project management and basic fundraising experience.
About Community Solutions:
Community Solutions is a non-profit organization that works to achieve a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind. We envision a more equitable future where homelessness is never inevitable or a way of life for anyone. Since 2015, we have led Built for Zero, a movement of more than 80 cities and counties using data to radically change how they work and the impact they can achieve — and proving that it is possible to make homelessness rare and brief. Nearly half of those communities have reduced homelessness in their communities, and 14 of those communities have ended veteran or chronic homelessness. To help communities equitably and sustainably end homelessness, we are also working to identify solutions that can address gaps in housing, disrupt inflow into homelessness, and produce more racially equitable systems.
Community Solutions seeks leaders at every level: extraordinary, mission-oriented people not satisfied with the status quo. We are a team of values-driven innovators motivated by results. We eagerly seek and support diverse applicants.
Internship Overview
The intern will work 32 hours per week for no more than 10 weeks, starting in June 2025 through August 2025. If the intern’s school does not provide a stipend for internships, then CS will compensate at a rate of $20/hour. (SUMMER ONLY) The intern will have access to multiple training and educational opportunities throughout the summer.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a fundraising campaign, including list development, segmentation, content creation, and incentives, to attract and retain individual donors in partnership with the Strategic Partnerships and Communications team
- Conduct prospect research to identify institutional partners whose priorities and interests align with Community Solutions’ mission
- Lead efforts to refresh the Strategic Partnerships’ communications collateral and external content to share with potential funders
- Support donor segmentation stewardship efforts across a national portfolio of funders to target engagement activities
- Other fundraising projects and activities as assigned
Qualifications/Skills Needed
- Excellent judgment and ability to work with partners at all levels
- Demonstrated success in operating in a collaborative environment
- Strong problem-solving and project-management skills
- High level of attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Strong interest in using data for improvement
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Team player
- Comfortable in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
- Demonstrated understanding of structural racism and its impact on communities of color
Training And Educational Opportunities Offered During Internship (SUMMER ONLY)
- Organization-wide orientation for summer interns
- Community Solutions’ Core Competencies Training (Data Analysis, Quality Improvement, Facilitation, and Human-Centered Design)
- “Introduction to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access” Training
- Career Readiness Training and Coaching
- Virtual lunch meetings with CS employees, paid for by Community Solutions, to learn about the employees’ roles within the organization, the projects/programs they oversee, and how their work contributes to CS’ mission
- Participation in team meetings and all-staff meetings
- Regular check-ins with the supervisor for feedback and guidance
Work environment
Remote location, however, the candidate must be available during Central Time/CT working hours. This is a 1099 contracted position, not a W2 employee.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We strive for inclusivity and diversity by attracting extraordinary people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. We seek to employ an all-star team of people who vary by their race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, age, culture, religion, veteran status, physical and mental abilities. We promote equal opportunity in the recruitment, selection, training, compensation, promotion, and benefits of all employees.
