COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Established in 1951, Amideast is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to creating hope, opportunity, and mutual understanding among people in the Middle East, North Africa, and United States through life-changing opportunities for education and cultural exchanges. Working with local, regional, and international partners, we provide programs and services that improve educational opportunity and quality, expand access to U.S. study, empower youth and women, strengthen local institutions, and develop language and professional skills for success in the global economy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Amideast operates offices in 11 countries in the MENA region. For more information, visit us at www.amideast.org.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Summer Intern will provide coordination and programmatic support to various organizational functions and projects in the day-to-day activities eg. report writing, handle clients, provide analysis reports, attend events, conduct placement tests, social media based on the assigned function of Marketing/Finance/HR/Scholarships Projects/ Customer Service/Executive Office/English Language/Testing and Business Development departments.
RESPONSBILITIES:
- Draft operational processes and document department structure
- Communicate with other departments concerning their requests
- organization skills, solution oriented and can work independently
- Perform data entry tasks on database
- Assist in general tasks
- Provide up-to-date information to internal & external clients and other departments
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
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- Excellent written and oral English and Arabic communication skills
- Very good computer literacy in MS Office
- Ability to organize and maintain large amount of detailed information
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities
- Ability to work independently and accept responsibility
- Openness to learn
SKILLS:
- Excellent written and oral English and Arabic communication skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Very good user of Microsoft office with special focus on Excel
- Very good communication and presentation skills
The physical demands and work environment that have been described is representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Amideast is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Positions that involve interaction with children will be required to read, acknowledge, and comply with and attend special training in accordance with the Child Protection and Safeguarding policy. All Amideast representatives must comply with the Code of Conduct and all applicable organizational policies which include but are not limited to, Anti-Human Trafficking and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse