GLFx Digital & Community Support Intern

Duties and responsibilities

The primary objective of the GLFx & Community Support intern is to assist the GLFx team in ensuring the GLFx platform is effectively working and serving the community, engaging members within the platform keeping it up to date and interactive, and supporting with communication in the platform both in English and French. Key responsibilities include the following:

• Provide general support to the GLFx team, with a specific focus on the management of the GLFx Platform and engagement of the community (both in platform and not).
• Support in collating technical-related issues of the GLFx Platform and connect with the GLF digital team to follow up.
• Support in developing and sharing community engagement resources to GLFx Platform members and GLFx administrators
• Create content for and manage the GLFx Team Platform profile, sharing community engagement resources, writing posts that foster interactivity, and answer any questions on the platform using this profile
• Assist in developing feedback forms for the GLFx Platform
• Connect with the broader GLF team to ensure the platfrom can be used for engagement before, during and after events
• Engage the community on the platform both in English and/or French, and provide English- French/Spanish and French/Spanish-English translation support as needed.
• Support with communication related task, including social media sharing, GLF lives and articles, ensuring chapter activities in the platform are visible to a broader audience.
• Ensure GLFx relevant webpages and items in the general GLF website, as well us publich GLFx platform pages, are up to date
• Support with any other tasks as they rise.

Education, knowledge and experience

• Currently enrolled or recently graduated in a M.Sc. on Sustainable Development, Communications or similar fields. Alternatively, graduated in a B.Sc. with 1 years’ experience (volunteer or not) in communications, engagement, content creation and digital communications.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Experience with creating original material and content for social media and running social media campaigns is an asset
• Experience with online engagement, capacity development, or event-management is an asset.
• Experience with WordPress, HTML, Javascript, cloud-based online community management platform for incubators, Canva, and Trello-board is an asset.
• Experienced and/or comfortable with remote work
• Fluency in French or Spanish and English is required
• Must be under the age of 35

Personal attributes and competencies

• Creative and passionate about changing the world
• Be self-motivated, resourceful and energetic
• Be pro-active and autonomous
• Be able to find creative solutions
• Value attention to detail
• Be a team player with great interpersonal communications skills
• Have a proven ability to work well under pressure.
• Based in CEST time zone is an asset.

The application deadline is 26 Mar, 2023