Harvard WIT+ seeks an intern who will work directly with the Harvard WIT+ co-chairs to provide a wide range of administrative assistance for our monthly events, website and monthly digest, and our mentoring program. The intern will work both independently and in collaboration with Harvard WIT+ staff volunteers from across the university. Interested candidates should be independently motivated with a demonstrated interest in advancing diversity, equity and belonging who are comfortable with working under minimal supervision.
This paid internship is, working 15 hours a week during business hours (flexible based on the intern’s schedule). This is a temporary position and ideally the intern would be able to commit to a year, summer included.
Typical Core Duties:
- Provide support for the WIT+ Programs (monthly speakers and a 6-month staff-led mentoring program)
- Attend weekly program planning meetings
- Coordinate events
- Maintain the WIT+ webpage in OpenScholar (training provided)
- Create content for social media channels
- Research and analyze workforce/demographic data for presentations to team and Harvard IT leadership
- Participate in meetings with department leaders
- Keep abreast of gender and technology events at Harvard and elsewhere
- Support diversity & inclusion communications and initiatives
- Other projects as assigned
Requirements
Basic Requirements:
- Familiarity with MS Office Suite tools (including Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, etc.), Zoom web conferencing, Mailchimp, OpenScholar, or other collaborative online tools
- Administrative and project management experience, previous work experience in an office or department is highly desired
- Exceptional written and verbal communications
- Attention to detail
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated interest and enthusiasm in issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Experience with managing and hosting virtual events – including scheduling and running meetings
- Attention to detail and willingness to learn new concepts and tools
- Ability to collaborate and work individually under minimal supervision
- Demonstrates initiative
- Interest in data visualization and analysis
- Skilled in social media (specifically, twitter)
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