Global Practice for Women & Youth Internship

TechnoServe•Arlington, VA

2d•Remote

About The Position

TechnoServe believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better life. For over 50 years, we have given smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs the skills, connections, and confidence to lift themselves out of poverty. We leverage the power of markets and the private sector to create sustainable economic growth to benefit people and the planet. Our unique mix of business solutions, deep knowledge of local contexts, and data-driven insights is helping to fight poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. TechnoServe staff are local–95% are from the countries in which they work. We put a high premium on collaboration and entrepreneurship. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards of integrity and transparency. And we focus on delivering lasting impact for our mission. The Global Practice for Women & Youth leads TechnoServe’s efforts to achieve parity in the share of women and men who financially benefit from our programs and enable them to translate their economic participation into positive outcomes for them, their families, and communities. We contribute to the design and implementation of programs that enable women and men of all ages to build regenerative farms and businesses, delivering technical assistance in the form of research, tools, advice, and training to support the objectives of TechnoServe’s Economic Opportunity for All Policy. The Global Practice for Women and Youth is seeking a part-time (up 32 hours week) intern to support a refresh of how-to guides and training resources, creation of 1-2 learning products, and consolidation of our youth economic empowerment resources. The intern will also contribute to the preparation and delivery of internal learning webinars.

Requirements

Current Undergraduate or Graduate student
Proven team player with strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
Excellent writing, editing, and communications skills
Polished skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Knowledge of Google Workspace tools
Enthusiastic self-starter; proven ability to work independently
Strong organizational and time management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce documents that are clear and concise
Interest in international development, gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and youth economic empowerment
Passionately interested in addressing the root causes of poverty
Candidates must have U.S. work authorization for the duration of the internship; TechnoServe is unable to provide sponsorship.
Candidates based in the United States who reside in one of the following states/districts: CT, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, MI, NC, NY, PA, VA, DC.

Nice To Haves

French, Spanish, or Portuguese are a plus

Responsibilities

Review, update, and translate assigned materials on the Practice intranet page, including how-to guides to support client recruitment and retention
Organize and code WYEE training materials in our "Equality is our Business Toolbox" to ensure resources are up-to-date and accessible.
Contribute to the development of and/or finalization of learning products on women’s and youth economic empowerment
Contribute to the development of internal webinars on women’s and youth economic empowerment
Review existing youth development materials
Consolidate learning on YEE implementation of approaches
Support with adapting existing YEE tools to improve quality and adapt across regions