Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)H (no hardship)
Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Family
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeInternship
Target Start Date2025-09-01
Deadline for ApplicationsAugust 22, 2025
Terms of ReferenceApplicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada at the time of application. This includes individuals with one of the following statuses:
• Canadian citizen
• Permanent Resident of Canada (with valid documentation)
• Holder of a valid work permit or other written authorization under the federal Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
An internship with UNHCR Canada means the candidate will engage in the daily activities of our employees and gain real world experience while making a difference in the lives of people worldwide. Working with a seasoned fundraising professional team, they will immediately embrace real, meaningful assignments. The candidate will apply their educational knowledge to real-life situations while being urged to use own creativity in their own work. This intern position will report to and work with the PSP Individual Giving Associate and Individual Giving team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Digital Marketing: Creating and updating donation pages, advocacy pages and other landing pages to improve appearance, conversion rates and tracking.
• Email Fundraising: Assist the digital team in stewarding donors and supporters, including preparing and sending emails.
• Creative Support: Collaborate with team to develop new creative for digital ads, direct mail and television. Help write campaign briefs to share with existing agencies.
• Analytics and Reporting: Assist with researching and analyzing data for all fundraising and marketing efforts. Pull information for a variety of sources in order to report on the effectiveness of our marketing and communication materials.
• Market Research: Research current market trends and scope new vendors for donor acquisition program. Present ongoing learnings and recommendations to team.
• Administration: Helping with general administrative work and other tasks as requested.
• Learning and Development: Participate in training sessions, team meetings, and workshops.
Minimum qualifications required and key competencies:
• University degree or college degree in progress (completed at least 2 years of Study) or
completed within the last 24 months required. A Degree in Communications, Marketing or International Development is an asset.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Good computer skills, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of or experience in database entry/management an asset
• Fluency in written and spoken English. French language skills are a strong asset.
Food and local transportation allowance:
Interns who do not receive financial support from an outside party will receive an allowance to support costs related to food and local transportation.
The maximum allowance for a full-time internship is $ 1,812.58 a month. UNHCR working hours are from 9-5 Monday through Friday.
The duty station for this internship is Toronto.
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EducationBachelor's
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Other informationThis position doesn't require a functional clearance
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