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 be report to and work with the Assistant PPH Officer and other PPH team members. In a larger context, this intern will be part of the Private Partnerships and Philanthropy team and have the opportunity to learn about how mid-level and major donors are cultivated and stewarded in person, at events, via email and via direct mail. This intern will learn about donor communication, relationship building, database management, administrative tasks, events, prospect research and more.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Communications: Project manage the development of donor communication materials including proposals, cover letters, and TY letters. Provide proof-reading and fact-checking support.
• Prospect Research: Use prospect research tools to create prospect briefings on a handful of mid-level donors. Support with due diligence screening reports.
• Database Management: Work in the donor databases to manage donor records and ensuring that gifts are reflected properly in the database and tracker.
• Stewardship: Help to organize donor stewardship events for donors. Assist with PPH donor events, and support with event logistics and program.
• Analytics and Reporting: Assist with researching and analyzing data for all fundraising and marketing efforts. Pull information for a variety of sources to report on the effectiveness of our marketing and communication materials.
• Administration: Helping with general administrative work and other tasks as requested.
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.
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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Other informationThis position doesn't require a functional clearance
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