Summer term: (June 2010 – September 2010)

Internship Summary:

TechSoup Global is seeking a college or graduate school intern who is interested in helping TechSoup’s Program Managers with the impact assessment of the product donation programs we run and reporting back to our donation partners, typically major technology companies.

Ideal majors include Marketing, International Business, Politics, Economics/Statistics, or Communications. Applicants should have an enthusiasm for the social benefit sector, technology, and diverse communities.  Interns must have an ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both staff and donor partners, and a desire to assist the department in accomplishing its projects, as listed below. This unpaid internship reports to the Program Managers on a project-by-project basis.

Major Internship Duties:

• Conducting surveys of product donation recipients, analyzing the results of the surveys and compiling reports back to the donation partners.  This is an absolutely key part of managing the donation programs for our partners and will involve survey development, data analysis, investigation of issues that come to light through the surveys, and preparation of PowerPoint-based reports to be presented to our donor partners. 
• Analysis of annual donation data and creation of the end-of-year reports for TechSoup’s largest donors.  

Internship Qualifications:

Education and Experience

Any combination of education and experience providing the skill and knowledge for successful participation and learning in the internship would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• Must be able to write in a professional and grammatically correct manner.
• Must be actively and presently enrolled an accredited college or university.
• Most relevant areas of study include Marketing, International Business, Politics, Economics, Statistics and/or Communications.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

• Microsoft Office – specifically Excel and PowerPoint

• Diplomacy and teamwork. 
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Interact in a professional manner with a wide variety of people.
• Highly desirable would be knowledge of survey methodologies and data reduction

Other Requirements:

Physical Demands & Internship Environment: The physical demands and environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this internship.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified interns with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the internship.

Physical Demands: (Be sure to delete bullet points that do not apply)

• Prolonged keyboard duties
• Access, input & retrieve information from a computer to produce typed copy, free of errors, without the assistance of another person
• Willingness and capacity to work in a cubicle environment at a workstation, and to come and go repeatedly throughout the day as is necessary, to perform various responsibilities
• Capacity to communicate and enunciate adequately, in person or via telephone, in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the employee is speaking
• Capability of dialing or otherwise using a telephone to place calls
• Capacity to reach forward to a high of 48 inches, to a low of 15 inches, to the side 54 inches and to the low side 9 inches above the floor

Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the intern may be exposed to various components of an office environment such as florescent lighting, pollen, dust, recycled air, cooling fans, VDTs, semi-enclosed areas, central heating, seasonal warmer temperatures and office noise

Application Procedure:
Email required cover letter and resume to ProgIntern@techsoupglobal.org with “Program Management Internship” in the subject heading.

Visit our website at: http://www.techsoupglobal.org/ to review internship eligibility, to view other available internships, and to learn more about TechSoup Global , as well as our staff!
No phone calls, please.

Internship Program Description

TechSoup Global’s Internship program offers a great opportunity for interested students to obtain valuable on-the-job exposure to areas of our business that support our mission, goals and objectives in social networking.

The purpose of the program is to provide qualifying students with opportunities to learn and experience elements of the non-profit and social networking communities. Individuals who participate in our program will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions to our organization.
The Internship program runs year round with new sessions beginning every four months.

All TechSoup Global Internships are unpaid.

Internship Program Dates (Individual start and end dates may vary)

• Fall Term: September 15 - January 15
• Spring Term: January 15 - May 30
• Summer Term: June 1 - September 15

Hours

• 15 to 25 hours per week are recommended.
• Most schedules are flexible.
• TechSoup Global tries to parallel both quarter and semester systems.
• Please apply 1-2 months before the term begins.

Internship Eligibility
All interns must be enrolled in a college class or program as a Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Graduate student; should have an overall grade point average of 2.5 (C+ or better); and must receive academic credit for the internship. We will only select students who can earn course credit at the college level (no exceptions).  All TechSoup Global Internships are unpaid.

Once a college student has been accepted for the internship, the individual must provide "Proof of Credit" or a signed verification form from a counselor, major department head, or professor before beginning the TechSoup Global Internship program.  An internship form may be requested from TechSoup Global if the college does not provide a “Proof of Cred” or a signed verification form and returned to the HR department at TechSoup Global to be kept on file.

TechSoup Global is located at 435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, 94107 - by the Giants Ball Park - and at 525 Brannan Street. 

About TechSoup Global:
Founded in 1987 as The CompuMentor Project, TechSoup Global is one of the most comprehensive nonprofit technology assistance providers in the world, employing a staff of 170 and deploying a budget of US$22 million. It conducts a range of major programs on the international, national, and the local level, including the operation of its nonprofit technology Web site TechSoup and its distribution service for technology product donations, TechSoup Stock. TechSoup’s newest programs are the NetSquared initiative to help nonprofits worldwide use new Internet-based tools such as blogging and podcasting to extend their reach and impact and the TechSoup Global Network, its program aimed at building NGO capacity worldwide.

TechSoup Global is dedicated to creating and supporting an environment of openness, trust, and fun where people's differences are valued and respected, and where people of diverse backgrounds participate fully in our organization. We believe that the diverse cultures and perspectives of our staff will help us better serve our clients. TechSoup Global is an equal opportunity agency and will not allow discrimination based upon race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, domestic partner status, ancestry, national origin, weight, height, physical or mental handicap, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, veteran status, AIDS/HIV status, or age, or socioeconomic background.