PAID Summer Intern (Social Justice WOW)

Please note: The selected candidate will receive a $4,500 stipend funded by the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice WOW. WOW program requirements will apply. For more information on WOW requirements, visit Hiatt's WOW Funding page.

UFE Summer Internship Description 2024

Mission & Programs

United for a Fair Economy is a national nonprofit organization and our mission is: “We challenge the concentration of wealth and power that corrupts democracy, deepens the racial divide, and tears communities apart.”

United for a Fair Economy uses popular economics education, trainings, and creative communications to support social movements working for a resilient, sustainable, and equitable economy.

• UFE’s signature “Economics for Everyone” programs use popular education methodology (which draws on participants’ own experience and knowledge) to educate and move people to action toward a fair economy.
• Our Inclusive Economy Project brings together grassroots groups in strategic states to push for progressive and equitable public policy.
• We use creative communications to challenge popularly-held myths about wealth creation and expose the structures of power and policies that maintain extreme economic inequality.
• Our Responsible Wealth Project organizes wealthy progressives and business owners – those in the top 5% of income and assets in this country – to use their influential voices in the fight for a fair economy. 

For more information, visit our website: www.faireconomy.org

UFE Summer Internship

We are looking for an intern to support our communications and fundraising efforts. This work may include data entry, 

We are looking for a remote or hybrid (i.e., partially in person in our Boston office, partially remote) summer intern for 25 hours per week for 8 weeks to assist the UFE staff with a variety of tasks to meet organizational priorities and support impactful social justice work while also attaining practical knowledge and experience.  Because UFE is a small organization with a solid and growing base of supporters, we offer a unique opportunity for the intern to gain experience and insight into all aspects of our work, including donation processing and donor communications, social media and other electronic communications with UFE’s broader constituencies, and helping to organize program tracking data.

The intern will be able to learn about, experience and contribute to all aspects of our organization because we are a small and collaborative team. A lot of learning happens by participating in all-staff meetings, team meetings, staff team building, and just being in the office amidst various kinds of work and discussions.

The intern will also have the opportunity to work on general UFE efforts as well as on projects that support the Responsible Wealth and Inclusive Economy projects.  This will be done working with our operations, program and resource mobilization team. The Operations work is focused on the internal systems of the organization such as data entry, finances, supporting staff and technology. UFE’s Resource Mobilization work is focused on all aspects of fundraising and donor communications to support the sustainability of the organization.

This intern will be supervised by the Executive Director, with help from other staff. 

General Internship Duties

• Assist with general communications using email, our website, database and various social media platforms. 
• Analyze various analytics from our online platforms to help inform our efforts.
• Support development of content, which will include pitching and publishing a post on UFE’s blog.
• Attend staff meetings, team building and other meetings on zoom; support webinars and other team virtual events.
• Support our program teams (Popular Economics Education, Inclusive Economies and Responsible Wealth teams) when needed with projects. 
• When needed, help with office tasks such as filing, scanning, organizing documents, preparing mailings, and fundraising-related data entry.
• Attend at least one workshop, training, or other event to learn about economic inequality.

Experience/Qualifications

• Desire to learn, support and grow with a justice-focused organization.
• Strong time management skills, self-motivated and open to feedback.
• Interpersonal/communication skills, with ability to interact with a variety of diverse audiences, including staff, board members, volunteers, and key individuals at partner organizations.
• Attention to detail and computer skills including Google Workspace (Sheets, Google Docs, Drive, YouTube) and Spreadsheets such as Excel; experience and interest in social media. Familiarity with Canva, and with working in a database, desirable. 
• Willing to see the big picture while working on the mundane details.
• Desire to work in a goal-oriented, justice-focused team environment with economic, racial, ethnic and gender diversity.
• Commitment to social justice and excitement for UFE’s economic justice work.

A monthly MBTA pass or travel reimbursement will be available.