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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY

Service Women’s Actions Network follows an Equal Opportunity Policy and employs personnel without regard to race, ethnic or religious background, descent or nationality, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy), gender identification, different abilities, marital status, age, height, weight, or veteran status.

Internships

Policy Intern

SWAN is seeking a policy intern. The intern will be unpaid, but course credit can be arranged.

The policy intern will work approximately 2-3 days a week with flexible hours.

General qualifications:

• College or graduate student in good standing
• Excellent communication skills, including writing and personal interaction
• Organizational skills
• Flexibility

Preference will be given to candidates with an understanding of women’s and human rights and military issues. Veterans, women, persons of color and LGBTQ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Specific Internship Duties:

The policy intern will report directly to the Senior Research Associate and Policy Director and perform duties and tasks assigned. Duties will include in-depth research and writing on relevant policy issues, coordinating/facilitating meetings, developing presentation materials and some data entry. The Policy Intern is expected to produce high-quality writing.

Applicants will need excellent communication skills, enjoy research, be fluent in MS Office, demonstrate initiative and be able to work well under deadline pressure.

Special Events Intern

SWAN is seeking a dedicated, detail-oriented Special Events Intern to help organize our upcoming Capitol Hill Summit on May 17^th and 18^th, Truth and Justice: The 2012 Summit on Military Sexual Violence. This position requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, diligence, flexibility, creative problem solving, confidence, a good attitude and the ability to work well under pressure with quickly changing priorities and deadlines. Every staff member and intern at SWAN is expected and encouraged to contribute ideas and strategies to the team and continually educate themselves about the issues facing women, sexual assault survivors and members of underrepresented groups in the U.S. Military. The position is unpaid, but course credit can be arranged. In addition, this position is an unparalleled opportunity to assist in the operation of a vibrant, team-oriented, progressive and successful non-profit organization, participate in the planning of a major conference, and learn about legislative processes. The intern will work 15-20 hours per week with a flexible schedule and may be required to attend the summit. The intern is expected to commit to the position until the end of May, and the opportunity may arise to continue with the organization.

Specific Duties:

The Special Events Intern will report directly to the Operations Manager, but will work closely with the Development Director, Policy Director, Communications Director, Legal Director and Helpline Caseworker to coordinate various aspects of the summit. Duties may include but are not limited to managing summit registration, events planning, volunteer coordinating, researching potential sponsors, travel arrangements, social media outreach and blogging and program and materials creation.

General Requirements:

The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree or be a current undergraduate or graduate student in good standing or have comparable experience, have an interest in non-profit administration and be knowledgeable about issues of gender, sexuality and military culture (or be willing to educate her or himself on these issues). Veterans, women, LGBTQ individuals and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please send a cover letter, resume and three references to emily@servicewomen.org with “Special Events Intern” in the subject line of the e-mail.

Blog Contributors

The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) seeks blog contributors for About Face, an online community supporting military women.

Blog contributors should be creative, motivated, experienced or have a demonstrated interested in blog writing and social media development.

Blog contributors will report to the Executive Assistant and be available for phone or face-to-face staff meetings at least every other week.

No compensation is currently available, but successful blog contributors may have the opportunity to become paid employees or interns for SWAN. In addition, blog contributors will have authorship on their blogs and gain valuable research and writing experience.

We ask for a minimum of a 3-month commitment, after which we will be able to give a letter of recommendation.

Please send cover letter, resume and two writing samples to info@servicewomen.orgwith “Blog Contributor” in the subject line of the e-mail.

National Peer Support Helpline Intern

We are looking to hire an intern to assist our National Peer Support Helpline caseworker. Our National Peer Support Helpline responds to calls from anyone needing legal, mental health or social service referrals for military-related incidents and processes. Many of our callers have experienced sexual assault, harassment and discrimination. Our Helpline caseworker connects callers to resources and networks and also creates client information databases, resource databases and conducts outreach to like-minded organizations. This is a part-time, unpaid position and course credit can be arranged.

The intern will work approximately 2-3 days a week with flexible hours.

General qualifications:

• College or graduate student in good standing, preferably in a social services/sciences focused degree program or comparable experience
• Excellent communication skills, including writing and personal interaction
• Excellent research skills
• Flexibility and openness

Specific Internship Duties:

The Helpline intern will report directly to the National Peer Support Helpline caseworker and perform duties and tasks assigned. Tasks will include research, local outreach, database building and maintenance, developing presentation materials and helping manage blog submissions.

Applicants will need excellent writing and communication skills, enjoy research and be fluent in MS Office, particularly excel.

Preference will be given to candidates with an understanding of women’s and human rights and military issues. Veterans, women, persons of color and LGBTQ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please send a resume, cover letter and three references to info@servicewomen.orgith “Helpline Intern” in the subject line of the e-mail.