Intern

Position Description:

Are you interested in an opportunity to learn more about health improvement and philanthropy? This internship offers the opportunity to have a behind the scenes look at a variety of support tasks in several functional areas of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment. Interns will help support AHW’s work in the grant management, communications, and compliance units, along with general office administrative support. Under general supervision, and in collaboration with AHW staff and leadership, projects will be assigned as identified focusing on the following: general administration, finance, scheduling, report creation, data entry, event planning, background research, presentation creation, grant management activities and compliance activities. Under general supervision, assist various functional areas of AHW Endowment on a rotating basis.

About AHW Endowment – The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment was established by the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2004 to receive a portion of the charitable funds from the conversion of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin from a nonprofit organization to a for-profit corporation. The proceeds of the sale were generously gifted to Wisconsin’s two medical schools – MCW and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health – on behalf of the people of Wisconsin. AHW proudly calls the MCW School of Medicine home. It is this strategic placement in the third largest private medical school in the nation – within Wisconsin’s largest private research institution – that enables us to steward this gift, combining the power of philanthropy with that of academic medicine to serve as a catalyst for positive change statewide. Learn more at www.ahwendowment.org and learn how you can be a part of the AHW team!

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate a variety of administrative activities related to non-profit philanthropy
• Assist in planning programming activities, schedule meetings, assist with event planning
• Conduct background research and summarize themes
• Create tracking spreadsheets and compile reports; analyze data on key areas of AHW work to develop reports and dashboards
• Participate in weekly collaborative meetings with AHW team
• Utilize AHW’s engagement in Catchafire platform to research viable projects and vet pro-bono experts
• Query topics and create presentations via Microsoft Office suite
• Assist with data entry into AHW’s grants management platform Salesforce; review existing databases and explore new, alternative ways to display information.
• Draft content for AHW funded project database
• Manage historical record inventory and streamline storage systems
• Create mail merges and RSVP lists for meetings and events
• Collaborate across AHW functional units and the organization to uphold stewardship objectives and principles
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities

Knowledge of computers, clerical procedures, customer service standards, collaboration, and information management.

Maintain professionalism in all written and verbal communication.

Possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Exhibit courtesy and cooperation with leaders and co-workers.

Strong writing, organizational, time management, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Exercise confidentiality and a high degree of discretion.

Speech clarity, speech recognition, finger dexterity, and wrist-finger speed while operating computers abilities required.

Preferred Schedule:
Flexible based on availability and business needs

Position Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum education: Must be a student in good academic standing, currently enrolled at an accredited academic institution. Student must have completed at least the sophomore year.

Minimum experience: No experience necessary.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Education: College coursework in general business, administration, communications, information technology, or related field

Preferred Experience: Experience working with project management tools or databases

MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.

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