The School Fund (TSF) is an online crowdfunding platform that provides scholarships to high achieving students in the developing world.
We are seeking three motivated Fellows who will be mission-critical members of a small but enthusiastic team working to ensure that all students are able to attend secondary school.
Learn more about us at www.theschoolfund.org!
Media and Marketing Fellow
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a wealth of experience in communications and public relations within an education-focused nonprofit. The Media and Marketing Fellow will support our communications efforts through social media management, supporting ongoing communications campaigns, and developing a new collection of external print communications.
This position is ideal for a student interested in Communication, Public Relations, Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Arts Administration and would be a terrific opportunity to build portfolio of real life work examples in support of a global nonprofit organization.
Principle responsibilities:
Curate TSF’s campaign calendar and spearhead communications to support these campaigns
Create a new line of external print communications ranging from thank you cards to postcards
Manage TSF’s online presence through: Facebook posts, an Instagram campaign
Develop a new YouTube strategy
Conduct outreach to attract new contributors to our blog
Conduct outreach with our partners to gather communications materials
Contribute to our blog
Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director
Development Fellow
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a wealth of experience in multiple aspects of fundraising within an education-focused nonprofit. The Development Fellow will learn about all aspects of fundraising for nonprofits, and will have the opportunity to spearhead planning for a small fundraising campaign with an international field partner.
This person will strike the important balance between being adept at meticulous research and writing, while also possessing the people skills to serve as an ambassador for TSF within the funding community and among the general public.
Principle responsibilities:
Assist with Annual Gala planning and execution
Conducting donor research and writing donor profiles
Preparing PowerPoint presentations and materials
Research and write grant proposals
Support the annual appeal through various projects
Craft and mail donor recognition letters
Create donor tracking spreadsheets
Continually update and correct database records
Some data entry
Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director
International Education Policy Research and Operations Fellow
This position will offer an opportunity to conduct desk research on education systems where TSF works, analyze TSF’s historical grantmaking data, examine and improve our website’s “back end,” assist with data migration to Customer Relationship Management software, and contribute to white papers and short education policy articles on our blog.
This person must be able to synthesize data in a way that is engaging and meaningful to informed audiences as well as the general public.
Principle responsibilities:
Research and write white papers, blog posts and fact sheets about secondary education and scholarship administration in the developing world.
Curate the sources for global secondary education data.
Identify potential field partners
Input student information into CRM software
Analyze TSF’s historical grantmaking data
Other duties as assigned by the Director of Programs
Successful candidates will have an interest in human rights, education, excellent research and writing skills, will be detail-oriented and organized, creative, and be able to work independently.
Proficiency in Word, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google Docs a must. Experience with Salesforce a plus.
How to apply
Please email The School Fund’s Executive Director at elizabeth@theschoolfund.org (Subject line “Media/Development/Policy Fellow Inquiry”) with your resume and a short statement of interest. Thank you!