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Position: Internship
Brainfood seeks three creative, organized, highly motivated candidates to serve as 1. Executive Assistant, 2. Special Events Assistant and, 3. Program Assistant. This is a challenging and rewarding position for the right person, offering substantial opportunities for, professional growth and hands-on experience in Brainfood's growing organization.
Brainfood seeks a creative, organized, highly motivated bachelor's of arts candidate or high school graduate to serve as Executive Assistant to the President. This is a challenging and rewarding position for the right person, offering substantial opportunities for, professional growth and hands-on experience in Brainfood's growing organization.
About our Organization: Brainfood's mission is to use food as a tool to build life skills with youth in a fun and creative setting. Through culinary-related activities, we strive to expand cognitive skills, encourage creativity, foster self-reliance and empower youth as resources in their own community.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Design and manage filing system
- Manage regular correspondence
- Assist in identifying individual and corporate donors for Brainfood's annual operating support campaign.
- Assist Events Committees in planning and conducting fund-rising events.
- Conduct research on local foundations and assist with drafting grant proposals. Some database management
- Other administrative duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Organized and deadline oriented
- Strong computer literacy, Web and e-mail skills: MS Windows, Word, Excel, Front Page, Outlook, Publisher
- Excellent phone and e-mail skills with demonstrated ability to communicate information accurately, clearly, professionally, concisely and promptly
- Strong team member skills with desire to take responsibility for what needs to be done and for getting it done right
- Must have sense of humor and sense of adventure
This is an unpaid internship, however interns have the opportunity to experience first-hand the intricacies of small nonprofit management. This is an incredible learning experience, and we are happy to work with students to arrange academic credit.
Commitment Required hours per week: 15 hours/ week Date Updated December 1, 2000 Please send cover letter and resume to:
Brainfood
2437 15th Street, NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Ph: (202) 667-5515
FAX: 202-667-9202
Brainfood seeks a creative, organized, highly motivated candidate to serve as Special Events Assistant. This is a challenging and rewarding position for the right person, offering substantial opportunities for, professional growth and hands-on experience in Brainfood's growing organization.
About our Organization: Brainfood's mission is to use food as a tool to build life skills with youth in a fun and creative setting. Through culinary-related activities, we strive to expand cognitive skills, encourage creativity, foster self-reliance and empower youth as resources in their own community.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Assist in design, planning, and execution of several special events:
- Four fundraising events annually Graduation
- Holiday Party Parents' Night
- Generate ideas for new events on an ongoing basis
- Assist Events Committees in planning and conducting events
- Relevant administrative duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Organized and deadline oriented
- Creative
- Excellent phone and e-mail skills with demonstrated ability to communicate information accurately, clearly, professionally, concisely and promptly
- Strong team member skills with desire to take responsibility for what needs to be done and for getting it done right
- Must have sense of humor and sense of adventure
Brainfood Attention:
Special Events
2437 15th Street, NW
4th Floor Washington, DC 20009
FAX: 202-667-9202
BRAINFOOD AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM INTERN
JOB DESCRIPTION Brainfood seeks a creative, highly motivated bachelor's of arts candidate or high school graduate to serve as Program Assistant for our after school program. This is a summer internship that can extend to a two afternoon a week classroom/kitchen instructor position during the school year. Interns will receive a modest stipend.
About our Organization: Founded in January 1998, Brainfood is a community-based youth development organization that uses food as a tool to build life skills with youth in a fun and creative setting. Through culinary-related activities, we strive to expand cognitive skills, encourage creativity, foster self-reliance and empower youth as resources in their own community.
Responsibilities and Duties Program Intern will assist Program Director in the following areas:
- Putting together schedule and revising materials for '01-'02 academic year
- Cowmpleting program manual
- Making contacts with restaurants and other community organizations
- Launching an in-kind donation campaign
- Creating a youth program council Student recruitment
- Correspondence and other administrative duties
- Web site updates
Qualifications
- Experience in education
- Experience working on community building, community development, community organizing, and/or community youth development projects
- Must have sense of humor and sense of adventure
- Experience working with high school aged youth
- Strong organizational skills
- Cooking experience, professional or otherwise, preferred
Commitment Required minimum length of service: summer '02, with option of continuing as classroom assistant two afternoons a week during the school year. hours per week: 10-20 hours, preferably 2-3 days a week
For more information contact:
Brainfood
2437 15th Street, NW,
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 667-5515
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or employers listed Last Updated: March 11, 2002