How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At LLS, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our chapters, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our mission a reality: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."
Position Title: Donor Development Intern
Description: The donor development intern will report to the director of development and/or development manager. She/he will be responsible for supporting activities which fall under the purview of donor development and special projects.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Prospect research, including individuals, corporations and foundations.
- Event support, non-campaign events only.
- Organization of current donor development files.
- Creation of a grant calendar for FY13.
- Creation of spreadsheet showing donors based on necessary disease updates.
- Data entry.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be enrolled in a two- or four-year institution and demonstrate excellent academic progress.
- Basic familiarity with fundraising and grant writing strongly preferred.
- 15 hours of weekly availability.
- Strong written and excellent verbal communication skills.
- Strong organization skills and the ability to adapt to new assignments and deadlines.
- Ability to work in a team environment while also possesses the ability to work independently
