This Is Us Youth Internship (Sept-Dec)

 Job Description

Summit Prevention Alliance (SPA) is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is to actively support and promote healthy lifestyles and behaviors through education and prevention services in the diverse community of Summit County. SPA currently leads several community-based prevention initiatives and programs focusing on youth development, positive parenting, volunteering, healthy eating and active living, tobacco education and prevention, and youth alcohol and drug use including the Drug Free Community Coalition, This Is Us, Asset Builders of the Summit, The Tobacco Coalition, PANTS, The Food Policy Council, gardening committees and Make A Difference Day. Summit Prevention Alliance partners with a number of community non-profits, schools, businesses and governmental entities to educate the community on key health and safety issues.

The This Is Us Youth Intern will be an energetic and positive youth who can perform a variety of office tasks and is a This Is Us team player and youth leader. The position is between 5-10 hours per week based in SPA’s Frisco office. The This Is Us Youth Intern reports directly to the This Is Us prevention coordinator.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Support of This Is Us student committee, including typing meeting minutes and notes, reserving meeting rooms, responding to email, scheduling meetings;
• Completion of This Is Us student committee administrative tasks and office communications including making phone calls to other committee members, taking notes at This Is Us meetings, delivering and distributing notes,  basic knowledge of office machines including copier, printers and computers;
• Assistance with financial affairs including coordinating student committee budget, receipts of monthly records, filing, timely thank you notes to contributors;
• Support and organize This Is Us’ donation campaigns;
• Assistance with and/or coordination of special Summit Prevention Alliance projects that are youth oriented;
• Attend Drug Free and Tobacco Community Coalitions
• Completion of other duties as assigned.

General requirements include:

• Integrity, initiative, multitasking, and flexibility;
• Organizational skills and attention to details;
• Strong PC computer skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Publisher and Access and the ability to learn program-specific database entry and development;
• Excellent people/customer service and problem-solving skills;
• Interest in health and commitment to This Is Us campaign, mission and values;
• Social Media skills a must
• This Is Us committee member a plus.

Outcome Experience Acquired from this Internship

• Time management
• Responsibility
• Meeting Deadlines
• Professionalism
• Office Etiquette

Please email your resume to Liliana@SummitPreventionAlliance.org