MTV Staying Alive Foundation (SAF) Intern

MTV Staying Alive Foundation – Intern

Do you have a passion for international development? Would you like to work in a young, creative environment whilst doing something good for the world? And are you good at writing and passionate about issues affecting young people globally? Then this could be the internship for you!

MTV’s International Social Responsibility department is looking for an intern to join the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. The MTV Staying Alive Foundation is an international content-producing and grant-giving organisation dedicated to stopping the spread of HIV among young people. The foundation creates and distributes challenging and entertaining HIV prevention content across MTV channels and with third-party broadcasters, while finding, funding and training young activists who are tackling the HIV epidemic in their own communities. To date, the MTV Staying Alive Foundation has supported 208 youth-led organisations from 70 countries around the world to set up their own local HIV awareness projects, totalling US$ 6 million.

Working closely together with the Foundation’s Deputy Executive Director, the Grants Manager and the Fundraising team, the intern will be responsible for the following tasks:

Key responsibilities

Assist with the management of incoming grant applications and with the selection of new MTV Staying Alive grant recipients;

Manage a number of MTV Staying Alive HIV prevention grants;

Assist with the organisation of capacity building workshops for MTV Staying Alive Grantees, including making travel arrangements;

Assist the Trust and Foundations Manager with writing funding applications;

Assist the Fundraising Team with the organisation of fundraising events;

Write and source editorial content for the MTV Staying Alive website, to promote the impact of the foundation’s work to a wider audience;

Assist with the management of MTV Staying Alive social media channels

Reply to all enquiries made to the Foundation via e-mail;

Provide general and administrative support to the MTV Staying Alive Foundation team.

Requirements

You have a strong interest in international relations and development, particularly in the fight against HIV/AIDS;

You have excellent verbal and written English communication skills;

You are acquainted with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel);

You have an interest in social media

The advert will close on Sunday 11th March at midnight. Please note that we may close adverts early due to high demand. You will find out whether you have been successful by Friday 30th March

At Viacom, we value and celebrate difference. We want to ensure that we fully represent the make-up of UK society in our workforce as well as bringing diverse perspectives to our business. We want to make sure Diversity and Inclusion are not just buzz words; we truly want to foster an authentic inclusive environment, where all employees feel that they can bring their whole selves to work. This is embedded in our recruitment practices to ensure we hire the best talent and enrich our mix. For this reason, we are not filtering candidates via a CV this year, so please do not upload one with your application. Instead, we require you to complete a task relevant to the role so that we can assess your talent, creativity and passion.

More information: https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6684229/mtv-staying-alive-foundation-saf-intern/?TrackID=1227198&BatchID=1265&utm_source=eml&utm_medium=sygntd&utm_campaign=jobalert&utm_content=text_link&CMP_TU=jbsr&CMP_BUNIT=jobs&CMP=ema_jobalert