American Cancer Society – West Bridgewater, MA
Full-time, Internship
One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society began the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer. After 100 years of saving lives and creating more birthdays, we’re leading the way in working tirelessly to transform cancer from deadly to treatable and from treatable to preventable. We want to finish the fight against Cancer. In fact, we’ve never been more ready to put the American Cancer Society out of business.
That’s why we’re embarking on our most ambitious undertaking yet. Each year, we help cancer patients everywhere get the help they need when they need it.
As the largest voluntary health organization, the American Cancer Society is passionately committed to saving lives from cancer. We are working to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays – a world where cancer never steals another year from anyone’s life. The ACS combines relentless passion with the wisdom of nearly a century of experience to make this vision a reality, and they get results. The ACS saves lives by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and fighting back. Thanks in part to this work; nearly 12 million cancer survivors and countless others who have avoided the disease will celebrate a birthday this year.
As the official sponsor of birthdays, we know how important each and every birthday is!
This unpaid internship provides a hands-on learning opportunity for students. During this internship there will be numerous opportunities for students to shadow Specialist, Relay For Life staff on various income development projects. This is a Fall semester internship.
– Learn how Relay Specialists review event data from previous years and determine untapped potential for various community and college events
– Observe trends in social media and discuss with Relay Specialists ideas on how to increase fundraising and mission education through social media
– Use Hootsuite, Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets
– Learn ways to retain volunteers through recognition. Students will have an opportunity to generate their own volunteer recognition ideas.
– Shadowing Relay Specialists through the planning of our Fall Relay For Life Conference, which will take place on Saturday, November 9th .
1. Opportunities to shadow Relay Specialists in the planning process
2. Learn what it takes to manage a large conference that involves numerous people from various communities
3. Learn how we manage a large RSVP list and develop create ways to engage participants from the moment they sign up for the conference
4. Learn what goes into the creation of materials for the conference
5. Outreach to team captains to invite them to the conference
6. Attend the conference and assist with the execution
– Opportunities to shadow staff at meetings to learn more about volunteer and event management skills
– Opportunities to observe team meetings throughout the duration of their internship
Position Requirements
Full-time student
Have a minimum of a B average (cumulative 3.0 on 4.0 scale)
Plan to continue their education in the following term/semester
Note: an internship assignment may coincide with the student’s last term/trimester, but student must disengage upon graduation.
Must provide documentation of their participation in a bona-fide college or graduate school intern program under which their ACS internship either qualifies them to receive course credit OR fulfills a graduation/coursework requirement.
Candidates must be at least a college sophomore, preferably with a major in communications/public relations, journalism, event management or a related field and be able to dedicate 15 hours per week for 10-15 weeks to the internship.
Candidates must be able to travel to the local West Bridgewater, MA office
Candidates must also have strong oral, written and computer skills, be a team player, handle multiple projects effectively, and have an interest in event and volunteer management.
Opportunities to shadow Relay Specialists at night meetings and weekend events
Relay For Life experience is preferred
All Interns Must meet the following requirements:
• Full-time student, If you are an undergraduate student you have completed your freshman year of college;
• Have a minimum of a B average (cumulative 3.0 on 4.0 scale);
• Plan to continue their education in the following term/semester
o Note: an internship assignment may coincide with the student’s last term/trimester, but student must disengage upon graduation.
The following information must be submitted upon application:
• Resume
• Two references from academic/professional sources addressing the student’s credentials based on the internship’s skill requirements
• Recent transcript attesting to their GPA and standing as a full-time student
• Unpaid interns must also provide documentation of the participation in a bona-fide college intern program under which their ACS internship either qualifies them to receive course credit OR fulfills a graduation/coursework requirement.
Staff have a unique opportunity to save lives through direct mission impact while fulfilling personal and career objectives. The American Cancer Society values accountability and high performance and rewards those teams and team members who continually improve their capability and contribution. The American Cancer Society is also dedicated to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce to help achieve our mission.
Save Lives. Fulfill Yours.
ACS is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks candidates from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBT community, veterans, and people with disabilities.
American Cancer Society