Company/Organization: Disability Allies

Description:

Position Summary:
The Disability Allies (DA) is dedicated to providing social opportunities to connect young adults and children with and without disabilities. The Event Planning Internship is a part time unpaid internship position. You can receive college credits for interning with us. It is our goal to hire our interns after volunteering with us. The Event Planning Intern reports to the Event Manager and is responsible for planning our events.

Responsibilities:
The Event Planner’s primary responsibilities are to manage our event registration, reach out to our members about our events and oversee the planning and organization of our events
1. Organize and coordinate our monthly events
2. Address any concerns or questions members have pertaining to our events
3. Ensure that individuals register online and check-in at our monthly events
4. Maintain records of individuals attending our monthly events
5. Update our database with emails and phone numbers of individuals that attend our events

Essential functions/working conditions:
• Must be able to meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
• Ability to connect with others and develop relationships
• Committed to the mission of serving young adults with disabilities
• Ability to perform several tasks concurrently
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ability to maintain detailed records and confidential information

About the Disability Allies:
The purpose of the Disability Allies is to plan team building activities that connect young adults and children with and without disabilities. At our events we pair each individual up with a mentor. The job of the mentor is to help the participants with their social skills and insure that everyone interacts with each other. Our events are open to any young adult that has a disability, knows someone with a disability or is supportive of people with disabilities. Please visit www.disabilityallies.com to learn more.

Disability Allies Anti-Discrimination statement:
Disability Allies shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, gender identification or expression, or military status in any of its activities of operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers, and selection of vendors and provision of services.

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