Averill Post-Graduate Internship- Summer 2014

Averill is seeking energetic, career-oriented recent college graduates to participate in a 10-week internship program in summer 2014.

Averill Fundraising Solutions is a different kind of philanthropic management firm: a firm with creative and tailored service models, flexible pricing, and unmatched experience and commitment. Through our unique, hands-on approach, we ensure that our clients’ fundraising efforts, from annual appeals to strategic planning to capital campaigns, consistently exceed expectations. We provide our clients with a fundraising strategy that meets their unique circumstances; a strategy which will enable them to fund their mission, build capacity and sustain growth.

Our team has combined 75 years of experience serving secondary and higher education, hospitals and medical centers, academic medicine, faith-based organizations, global health organizations, human service organizations, professional and membership societies, arts and cultural organizations, and civic and social groups.

We are seeking energetic, career-oriented recent graduates to support our efforts in leading and directing sophisticated fundraising campaigns, feasibility studies and development audits for our high-level clients.  For a period of 10 weeks commencing in mid- to late-June 2014, our interns will be placed onsite with a leading non-profit community partner in the greater Philadelphia area.  The program will include mentoring and training in the non-profit industry, and our interns’ responsibilities will be to support fundraising initiatives for Averill and the organization to which they are assigned.

Our goal for the Averill intern program is to introduce participants to the non-profit sector, and to equip our interns with the skills for a career in fundraising for non-profit organizations.  As a participant in Averill’s intern program, you will work with knowledgeable colleagues and accomplished and talented non-profit executives, and be provided with progressively challenging assignments to ensure your professional growth in the field.  A stipend will be provided for the 10-week program.

Successful candidates will have:

–              Proven leadership and teamwork capabilities in school, work and/or volunteer endeavors

–              Interest in careers related to fundraising and development consulting for the non-profit sector

–              Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

–              Attention to detail and high degree of initiative

–              Excellent written communication, research, and organizational skills

–              Ability to travel to a project site in the greater Philadelphia area

–              A bachelor’s degree

Please send your resume with a cover letter to careers@averillsolutions.com with “Averill Post-Graduate Internship” in the subject line.  The cover letter should be one page and include an explanation of why you are pursuing Averill’s Post-Graduate Internship, and how your skills and accomplishments prepare you to be a productive program participant.  Averill Fundraising Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.