Nonprofit Partnerships Associate - Intern

At PIR the Strategic Partnerships team’s mandate is to identify and champion new business partners and partnership channels to build new revenue streams.  Our objective is to build relationships with partners that can help us develop new ways for impact-driven organizations to get a domain name, build a brand online, and grow their presence and community meaningfully.   

To do this successfully PIR needs to develop deep expertise into two areas:

•    Understand the needs, challenges, and opportunities for a nonprofit mission driven organization.

•    Explore different types of partners and their respective product and service offerings that can help nonprofits remove friction and drive more impact.

At the intersection between the needs of the nonprofit, and the offerings of a partner, PIR has an opportunity to serve. We are looking for an intern what has an interest in learning about the nonprofit space and product offerings that are targeted towards nonprofits.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Non-Profit Community Engagement

Assist with cultivating relationships with targeted nonprofit organizations to increase PIR’s presence within the community.

•    Assist with cultivating relationships with targeted nonprofit state level member organizations to increase PIR’s network within the space.

•    Help develop partnership collateral (decks, presentations) to help explain the benefits of partnering with PIR.

Research Project: The Customer Journey of a Non-Profit

•    The key to building a successful product or sales offering is rooted in being able to understand your customers and their needs, wants, and challenges.

•    All nonprofit organizations have natural lifecycles, from a grassroots idea to peak vitality to a turnaround (or termination) – and along this trajectory there are different things that organizations need.

•    By charting the lifecycle of the organization, leaders gain a frame of reference that helps them make informed decisions.

•    This research could take multiple forms and could look at the whole lifecycle with a focus on a few needs or look at things end to end. 

Additional Responsibilities

●    Conduct web-based and telephone research of existing events across the nonprofit and mission-driven communities, i.e., conferences, workshops, webinars, and podcasts, that can lead to partnerships opportunities and inform direction.

●    As appropriate, assist with outreach to target organizations in support of envisioned collaboration opportunities.

●    Attend various nonprofit events to learn more about the space.

●    Review and evaluate various types of tech products for the nonprofit space (donor engagement platforms, CRM systems, social media tools).

Learning Objectives 

Through this program, the intern will gain experience with:

•    User engagement

•    Community Building

•    Understanding the product (domain names, nonprofit tech products)/market (nonprofit, mission drive organization) fit

•    Business Development activities

Supervision Received and Exercised

Position works under direct supervision of the Director, Strategic Partnerships.

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Other Requirements

●    Ability to work 40 hours per week throughout the term of the internship on a hybrid location basis with two days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) in our Reston, VA office and the remaining hours per week remotely.

●    Enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate degree from an accredited college/university majoring in business or related field. 

●    Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

●    Outgoing and strong interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills.

●    Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship or CPT Authorization.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

●    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

●    Ability to access information using a computer for up to 4 hours at a time.

●    Requires sitting or standing at a desk for extended periods of time.

●    Requires mobility within the office.

Work Environment. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

Reasonable Accommodation. PIR will provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified individual with a disability, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the operation of the business.

Equal Employment Opportunity, OSHA, and Harassment

Public Interest Registry (PIR) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identification or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, PIR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall and transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

PIR expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of PIR’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.