Winter/Spring 2013 Development Internship Opportunity
ORAM—Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration is a California-based non-profit international organization with a mission to advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees. ORAM conducts education and advocacy on behalf of these highly vulnerable refugees. It also provides them with legal counseling and representation as they struggle to find security and a safe haven. We work with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and with community-based groups in the US and abroad to achieve our mission. Goals include integration of these refugees' concerns into government and NGO agendas as well as substantive policy change. More information is available at www.oraminternational.org.
ORAM is looking for committed and highly-qualified interns, who will:
- Write, edit and proofread grants, letters of interest, and proposal inputs to external government and private funders.
- Identify new sources of funding and opportunity; monitor and share information from outside sources of news, including political and security information.
- Conduct donor research on prospective individual funders.
- Undertake background research on LGBTI refugee and asylum seeker issues.
- Other related tasks, as needed.
Requirements
Students obtaining or recently completed undergraduate degree social sciences, government, law, or related field are encouraged to apply. This position requires excellent research, writing and spoken communication skills, and outstanding organizational skills. Qualified applicants must have the ability to work independently and they must be passionate about LGBTI and refugee-related issues. Internships are unpaid. Internship is full time at 35 hours per week or part time at 10 hours per week. ORAM will supply supervision, guidance and oversight for this undertaking.
