Intern, Field Advocacy-Louisville, Lexington, & Northern Kentucky
Louisville, KY, United States
Overview
Do you like to live fiercely? Are you a collaborator? How about building a movement? Empowering others to be the voice for the voiceless? If this gets you up in the morning, then consider joining the American Heart Association and be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.
The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Advocacy Intern. For more than 40 years, the American Heart Association has worked to improve public health through policy change around the globe and domestically at all levels of government (federal, state, and local) across all branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial).
The American Heart Association’s Internship Program provides college/university students an opportunity for hands-on experience in various facets for individuals interested in gaining work experience with a non-profit, voluntary health organization.
The Association offers many resources to help maintain work-life harmonization through changing needs and life situations. To help be successful, access to Heart U, the Association’s award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through the National Center.
#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity and inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization & our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and at heart.org.
Internship Overview:
- Time Commitment: 20-25 hours per week
- Internship Duration: 9/9/24 – 12/6/24
- Location: Intern must be located in Louisville, Lexington, or the Northern Kentucky area
- Salary: $23.00 per hour
Internship Outcomes:
- Acquire practical job skills to be successful in a non-profit and advocacy environment.
- Opportunity to explore a career-path with a reputable voluntary health/service organization.
- Understand how to build trusted relationships with lawmakers at the local and state level.
- Supportive professional development through an open-access educational program.
- Complete an internship that enriches the academic and professional path, as well as personal life, by making a difference in the lives of others.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the State GRD of Field Advocacy, for insert, the Intern will support the State Advocacy & Engagement Committees (SAEC), …
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