Ashoka Belgium is hiring! We are offering you a unique opportunity to be involved in the social entrepreneurship sector COMMUNICATION & COMMUNITY INTERN Time commitment: 6 months agreement (renewable), full-time Starting date: September 2023 Agreement type: “Convention d’Immersion Professionnelle” or \"Contrat de stage\" Location: Ashoka Belgium’s office - Impact House, 20 Rue Joseph II, 1000 Brussels with possibility of home working Report to: Romain Gustot, Community & Fundraising Manager Online and offline trainings on communication, management, entrepreneurship, system change, new leadership, venture, wellbeing, etc. MAIN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Ashoka is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic intern to join its Belgian office, a person with a proven commitment to social change and a solid understanding of social innovation. The intern will assist the Belgian team with key communications campaigns, helping with marketing materials, social media and newsletter content and co-organising events. The successful candidate will have excellent writing & communication skills in English and French, strong organizational, time management and multitasking skills, and will be social- media savvy, self- motivated as well as a strong team player. This is a great opportunity to experience working in the not-for-profit / social entrepreneurship sector and take on considerable responsibilities.
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION (70%) Oversee the Social Media communication (content, planning, posting) and engagement (messages, comments, interactions): Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin Twitter (Optional: Youtube, TikTok); Develop contents strategy: source, curate and create rich content for Ashoka’s social media channels, e.g. video, image and audio content. Tell our Fellows’ stories & Ashoka’s history; Design and develop marketing materials for all Ashoka’s work, programmes and events; Work on Ashoka Belgium’s website: make recommendations on the next steps, support with content copywriting, storytelling and editing; Launch external communication newsletter; Define a Public Relations Strategy: basic toolkit for the pool of medias we could work with. EVENT AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (20%) Organise events and follow-up; Support the team in strategic guest list management; Lead and coordinate the logistical delivery of events – including online events; General support of the local teams in creating and implementing programmes and projects: content (PowerPoint presentation), logistics, writing. ADMINISTRATIVE (10%) Complete certain administrative tasks relevant to the Programmes (e.g. database management on Salesforce) and necessary for the smooth running of the team; Maintain and build contact database. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL Proficient with Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Proficient with social medias: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter; Familiar with design tools (image and videos): Canva, InDesign, iMovie, or others; Must be creative within her/his scope of work and very resourceful in problem solving; Keen to develop and create communication material for Ashoka BE; Fluent in English; Proficient in French and Dutch. HIGHLY DESIRABLE Demonstrated track record in producing high quality written materials; Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with diverse audiences; Able to work productively, proactively and independently, on own initiative; Highly organized and detail-oriented; Strong team player. NICE-TO-HAVE Relevant professional experience in fundraising or communication.
PERSONAL QUALITIES Ashoka has a rigorous screening process for hiring staff at all career stages. All applicants for all positions must possess the following qualities along with the appropriate degree of experience: Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship: is compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization), demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life. Understanding and Belief in Everyone A Changemaker™: understands and believes the Everyone A Changemaker™ vision at a good level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context Emotional and Social Intelligence: has the ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goals first. Understands how individual, groups, and societies work and engage effectively in savvy, subtle, honest ways. Ethical Fibre: has exceptionally strong ethical behaviour. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy. Self-Definition: believes in own ability to contribute meaningfully to most important issues facing the sector at the global level. HOW TO APPLY: Applications (CV + cover letter) should be sent via Jobvite. The sooner you apply the better. We will review applications on a rolling basis.