Intern, Field Advocacy-South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Overview
As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. 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’s Internship Program provides college 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 American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Advocacy Intern in South Dakota or North Dakota. 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 Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center.
#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity and inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization, and 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 (formally Twitter), and at heart.jobs.
Internship Overview:
- Time Commitment: 25 hours per week
- Internship Duration: 9/9/24 – 12/6/24
- Location: Intern must be based in South Dakota
- Salary: $23.00 per hour
Internship Outcomes:
Individuals participating in the internship program are provided with an opportunity to:
- 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 Government Relations Director of Field Advocacy, for SD and ND, the Intern will support the State Advocacy & …
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