Internship: Arizona Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Arizona Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster has recently designed the below internship position. This internship would be hosted at the America Red Cross and the internship would be unpaid. Thanks so much and good progressing your career!!!!

For questions/information: Contact Beth ([email protected]

To apply: send Letter/statement of interest and resume to [email protected]

Training (18 hours 33 minutes)

Complete training to prepare for engaging with social media platforms and community partners, including:

• Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview (1 hour) – American Red Cross
• Mobilize the Community Overview (15 minutes) – American Red Cross
• Partner Engagement Essentials (1 hour) – American Red Cross
• Multi-Agency Resource Center Basics (45 minutes) – American Red Cross
• Recovery Fundamentals (2 hours, 15 minutes) – American Red Cross
• Everyone Ready: Connecting Social Media and Volunteering (1 hour, 8 minutes) – DisasterReady.org
• IS-288.A: The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Emergency Management (10 hours) – FEMA Independent Study
• Long-Term Recovery Guide (Review Document: 2 hours) – National VOAD

Coordination with Voluntary Organizations (90 hours)

• Develop a resource guide comprised of government, non-profit and faith-based organizations with programs to support disaster recovery efforts statewide. This project will require identification of potential organizations and phone interviews with organizations to determine availability of resources and process for accessing assistance.
• A successful project will require coordination with recovery stakeholders representing the American Red Cross and local COADs to ensure the final product is an appropriate resource for the end user.

AZ VOAD Social Media & Marketing (26 hours)

• Research opportunities to volunteer with at least 3 Arizona VOAD member organizations for a 2-4 hours each.
• Create a social media post highlighting the work of each chosen organization.
• Updated membership list with current social media handles (when he reaches out to members for the resource project, he could collect social media information as well).
• Updated current Facebook and Twitter followings for AZVOAD pages to include all current members and “like minded” organizations.
• Survey COAD’s (can be through survey monkey or touchpoints) on what posts/information they would like to see on the AZVOAD social media channels.

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