Pay Range
Industry
Non-profit
Partnerships
Social Impact
Description
Internship Program
Since its founding, volunteerism has been an integral part of Kiva's foundation and success. As a Kiva Intern, you will contribute your passion, drive, ideas and expertise to expanding our reach and impact while taking on immediate and significant responsibilities within your team. In addition to learning on the job, you'll partake in a variety of educational, social, and professional development workshops and events that will accelerate your professional growth while learning about Kiva and the non-profit, technology, and microfinance sectors.
Through this volunteer internship, we’re hoping to provide a high caliber learning experience. With the completion of our internship program, you will take away many in-demand job skills. Additionally, all Kiva interns will gain exposure to foundational microfinance concepts and ongoing professional development tailored to your career goals. This position will also put you in contact with a wide array of employees around the world, giving you a jump start on networking opportunities.
Kiva is currently recruiting for our July 2024 through December 2024 internship class.
This Kiva Internship is a 6-month, part-time (24-32 hours per week), United States-based, remote volunteer position. Please make sure you have the availability to commit for the entire internship period before submitting an application.
Placement Process:
Kiva places interns within most departments of the organization. During recruitment, we evaluate your application and interests to match you to a specific team that will leverage your talents while providing you with an opportunity to develop and grow.
Although Kiva Interns range in age and experience, a common theme among our participants is a "can do" attitude as well as a desire and willingness to dive in and get their hands dirty.
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Our team:
The Strategic Partnerships team is responsible for meeting targets for loan volume and donations. The team works with individuals, foundations, family foundations, small businesses, and corporations that want to partner with Kiva. A key function of this team is the Managed Lending program that provides a structure for corporates to engage their employees and customers through lending on Kiva.org.
Your role:
As the Strategic Partnerships Intern, you will play a critical role in supporting and scaling Kiva’s new and improved social impact product and partnership experience. This role will support launching a new product to Kiva’s partners, including creating documentation, generating reports, setting up new accounts, and ongoing operational support for account management. You will have the opportunity to test product improvements, provide feedback, and help coordinate partner insights to continue refining the experience. In this role, you will also be collaborating cross-functionally to update product demos and campaign planning assets. As a Strategic Partnerships Intern, you’ll see the inner workings of account management and corporate social responsibility and make significant contributions to the growth of Kiva’s strategic partnerships program.This is an ideal position for someone with operations or partnerships experience looking to further their program management skills and learn from Kiva’s leading non-profit social enterprise business model. This role requires a resourceful team player with the ability to learn quickly, communicate effectively, and adapt in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Preparing partner dashboards and accounts for new product onboarding
Ensuring data integrity in Salesforce, updating records, and helping create efficiencies in reporting
Collaborating with Kiva Product and Creative teams to update demos, documentation, and partner assets
Coordinating special case fund transfers with Kiva Finance team
Providing account management support to ongoing employee and/or customer engagement campaigns for partners
Testing and providing feedback on product improvements
Providing ongoing operational support for the Strategic Partnerships Team
Qualifications:
At least 21 years of age or older by July 9, 2024
Able to commit to the full 6-month term
Strong critical thinking, with an eye for detail and ownership of your work
Enjoys problem-solving and relationship-building
Strong written and verbal communication
Highly proactive and able to work independently
Highly organized individual with an aptitude for working in a start-up environment
Intermediate skills in Google Docs, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Comfort and familiarity working with a technical product
Perks:
Professional development and skills workshops
Access to Kiva’s network of Kiva Fellowship and Internship Alumni
Free snacks, drinks, and occasional baked goods
Optional participation in Kiva social activities, including:
Employee Resource Groups
Wellness intiatives
References gladly given for successful participants
