Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Internships - Now Hiring!
Rebecca Tumposky
Hello all - Interested in making Oakland safer, healthier and more walkable and bikeable? Walk Oakland Bike Oakland has openings for two interns. Please spread the word far and wide! Please direct all inquiries to in...@wobo.org.
2. Membership and Outreach Intern
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1. Oaklavía Outreach Intern
Part-Time, 4 month position
Living expense stipend of $250/month
Accepting applications until position is filled
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland's signature annual event, Oaklavía (www.oaklavia.org), creates a large, temporary, public space by closing off stretches of city streets to automobile traffic, and opening them to pedestrians, bicyclists, and activities. Over 200 volunteers and 30 community organizations and local businesses supported the 2010 event on June 26, 2010, which included a 2.5 mile closure of Broadway in downtown Oakland.
On Sunday October 2, 2011, WOBO will be joined by Mayor Jean Quan in presenting our 2nd annual Oakland Open Streets Event, Oakalvia, winding through Old Oakland, Downtown, and Uptown. Join our Oaklavía event coordination team and develop critical organizing and planning skills while helping to plan a transformative, community building event in Oakland, CA.
Responsibilities Include:
- Recruit and coordinate activities along the event route from dance and exercise classes, to live music, to bike safety classes
- Coordinate volunteer recruitment and training
- Assist with outreach to local businesses and community groups to encourage them to participate in and promote Oaklavía
- Assist with development of branding and communications work for event
- Assist with media outreach for event
- Assist with management of activities along the route day-of event
Requirements
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Experience and willingness to work on administrative tasks
- Self-motivated individual who takes initiative, manages, and completes multiple projects within deadlines
Desired
- Commitment to building a sustainable and more livable Oakland
- Familiarity with event planning
- Experience with Salesforce database management
- Website content management experience (Wordpress and Drupal platforms)
- Graphic design skills
To Apply
We are currently accepting applications for this position. Please send a letter of interest, references and resume to:
in...@wobo.org
2. Membership and Outreach Intern
Part-Time, Unpaid
WOBO seeks a dynamic and motivated person who will function as our Membership & Volunteer Intern. The Membership & Volunteer Intern will work alongside the Executive Director and Board of Directors to broaden WOBO’s outreach and visibility, and build our grassroots membership base.
This internship is an opportunity to help strengthen an emerging organization and learn fundraising and core organizing skills. The Membership & Volunteer Intern will have important responsibilities from the beginning of his/her internship, and will support the Executive Director on other tasks as needed.
Responsibilities will include:
- Coordinate and fulfill new membership requests and renewals
- Manage the WOBO database (Salesforce)
- Coordinate development and distribution of WOBO materials and collateral
- Maintain the online WOBO event calendar
- Coordinate volunteer trainings
- Assess and coordinate volunteer needs for WOBO, working with WOBO outreach committee and event coordinators
- Develop and coordinate communications calendar for WOBO projects, campaigns and appeals
Essential:
- Interest in Marketing/Membership/Outreach
- Strong track record of coordinating team projects
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Strong multitasking ability
- Cheerful, friendly, outgoing, upbeat outlook
- Solid MS Word and Excel
- Web/html experience
- Graphics savvy (Adobe Creative Suite)
- Advocacy experience
- Familiarity with biking and walking in Oakland
- Familiarity and experience with Oakland’s diverse neighborhoods and communities
- Commitment to building a sustainable and more livable Oakland
- Experience with Salesforce or relational databases a plus
To Apply
We are currently accepting applications for this position. Please send a letter of interest, references and resume to:
in...@wobo.org
This is a part-time, unpaid volunteer internship. The intern would work out of our Oakland office space. We are asking for a 6 month minimum commitment, 10-15 hours a week.
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Kassie Rohrbach
Executive Director - Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
kas...@wobo.org / 415-290-0129 (c)
http://walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/
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