ABOUT LEARNING LIFE AND THE INTERNSHIP
Learning Life is a nonprofit education and citizen engagement lab based in Washington, DC devoted to spreading learning in everyday life beyond school walls. Our flagship program, the Family Diplomacy Initiative (FDI), connects families in nations worldwide via the internet to nurture a family form of citizen diplomacy. Our International Mentoring Program helps open the world to children from lower-income families in the USA and abroad. Our Democracy Dinners nurture deeper conversation across specialty silos among democracy sector activists, academics, professionals and elected officials in metro DC.
Learning Life is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with us remotely. Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns support the above-mentioned three programs, assisting with a variety of tasks including research and writing; local to global outreach via social media, email and phone; database/list development; website and poster design; video editing; fundraising, and more.
The internship officially starts Friday, January 21, 2021 (though earlier start is welcome) with a 2-3 hour orientation meeting via Zoom, and ends in early May. During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of at least 8-10 hours/week, including weekly independent work, team meetings, and a one-on-one online with Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier, to go over work completed and assign new tasks. Credit interns who need to complete 15 or more hours are also welcome.
The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience working on innovative international education and citizen diplomacy initiatives, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance.
THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Applicants should be interested in international affairs, diplomacy, communications (video, photo and/or social media, especially Facebook), education, and/or families, and also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual. The ability to read, write and speak French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, or any other major language at an advanced to fluent level is a plus, as are poster-making and/or video-editing skills.
HOW TO APPLY
Email Paul Lachelier at paul
learninglife [dot] info (paul[at]learninglife[dot]info) with your resume. No need for a cover letter. Please indicate in your email whether you speak any major languages other than English and at what level (basic, intermediate, advanced, or fluent). Paul will contact you to schedule a phone interview if your resume matches what we are looking for. Thank you for your interest!