Community Development & Event Specialist Volunteer/Intern

Company Description

Seattle applicants only.

Jolkona is a nonprofit that brings high potential social entrepreneurs from emerging countries to Seattle for an intensive 3-week mentor-driven accelerator. These entrepreneurs are solving some of the most challenging societal issues in their communities. Our mentors include some of Seattle's best startup talent who prepare these founders to scale and engage with investors at home & abroad.

Seattle is one of the most vibrant and welcoming startup hubs in the U.S. and has a rich history of innovation and invention. Jolkona seeks to position Seattle as a city that fosters the global entrepreneurial spirit. We’re building a network of mentors, business leaders and thought leaders who are creating and energizing communities of change makers around the world!

Job Description

The Community Development and Events Specialist Intern/Volunteer will cultivate partnerships and community relations that will promote growth, awareness, and support of Jolkona's mission to empower a global community of leaders. The person in this role must be able to develop a robust schedule of events (e.g., speaker series, group visits, networking events) both during and after business hours, so that Jolkona can build excitement around the social entrepreneurs we support. In partnership with the Executive Director, Program Manager and Marketing volunteers, this role will help build and sustain a viable community presence and plan events to engage a growing number of people who are passionate about social innovation.

Do you love planning and executing a wide range of events? Are you a master of networking and a creative thinker? We need you to join our Events team at Jolkona! Your unique skills, ideas and abilities will help Jolkona increase our impact while engaging our amazing Seattle community. 

Jolkona is looking for smart, savvy, and passionate individuals who are looking to build experience and get involved in projects involving both members of the Jolkona team as well as other Seattle organizations.

Essential Functions:

• Contribute to the development and execution of a comprehensive communications strategy for Jolkona that will continue build awareness of our mission. 
• Build relationships with local community groups, small businesses or large corporations.
  
• Create excitement for Jolkona's mission through an online presence by spearheading and contributing to social media opportunities across various platforms and social communities. 
• Partner with the Executive Director, Program Manager and Marketing volunteers to develop assets that support local community engagement initiatives. 
• Ability to network and make strong connections in the community. 
• Good judgment and the ability to escalate important questions to Jolkona leadership team
• Organize, prioritize, plan, execute, and fulfill all community engagement events.
• Coordinate public relations and promotion for events, programs and activities.
• Connect activity and event results to key metrics to determine overall effectiveness of community outreach initiatives.
• Engage, educate, excite and empower potential and existing supporters, donors and volunteers alike with the same level of passion and commitment.
• Be the point person for questions regarding Jolkona’s upcoming events and provide good customer service to potential guests.
• Maintain up-to-date event documents including site-schedule forms and action plans.
• Assisting in communications and event management including timelines, calendars, reports.
• Propose new ideas to improve event planning and implementation process.
  
• Assist with logistical details including venue contracts, food and beverages, AV equipment and needs, swag, in-kind donations (if needed), ticketing and other tasks as needed.
• Enjoy working in both the non-profit sector and the corporate sector.
  

Our office space is laid back and fun, though it’s BYOC (bring your own computer).

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to manage and accomplish the event end-to-end
• Stellar organization skills
• Loves sharing ideas with others
• Project management experience a plus, but not necessary
• Excellent multitasking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Motivated self-starter who doesn’t need a lot of constant direction
• Can build great rapport with corporate partners and staff
• Works well under pressure

Additional Information

This is an unpaid volunteer/intern position.

Time Commitment:

3-6 hours a week. Potentially more hours needed as our Catalyst program date grows closer.

Benefits:

• Exposure to the start-up nonprofit world
• Letter of recommendation upon successful completion of tasks
• Referrals on LinkedIn
• Ability to build on your portfolio
• Credit offered at most universities (please ask for specific credit questions)
• Work with a team of passionate young professionals dedicated to changing the world