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This week is National Volunteers Week and we are so thankful for the incredible support we receive from our team of volunteers and interns here at Opportunity. In honour of them, today we held a high tea in our Sydney office to say ‘thank you’!

Inspired by Opportunity International Australia’s work? Now’s your chance to get involved and make a difference in the lives of people living in poverty throughout the world.

For more information about our volunteer and intern program, please visit http://opportunity.org.au/getinvolved/volunteer.aspx or contact intern@opportunity.org.au 
 
See below for a list of available volunteer and intern positions:

Database-CRM (Raiser’s Edge) Intern

The Database – CRM (Raiser’s Edge) Intern will assist the Donor Services team to provide back-office support for Opportunity International Australia’s fundraising activities. Some of their responsibilities will include: 
 
- Ensure database (Raiser’s Edge) is updated to reflect all current donor information
- Run fortnightly data integrity validation tests to maintain clean database
- Assist in compiling Raiser’s Edge user guide
- Provide overflow administration support for events
- Assist with ad hoc projects as required
 
The successful candidate will be committed to work voluntarily, three to four days a week over a period of at least four and a half months.

For more information and to apply for this role, visit http://www.opportunity.org.au/Get-Involved/Internships/Database---CRM--Raiser-s-Edge-Internship.aspx

Donor Services Research Intern

The Donor Services Research Intern will undertake a broad range of research tasks to support Opportunity International Australia’s engagement with the philanthropic sector, specifically corporate philanthropy and foundations and trusts. Some of their responsibilities will include:
 
- Desktop research on Australian corporates and philanthropists
- Collection and analysis of data using the donor database, Raiser’s Edge Sourcing information from external organisations based in Australia and overseas
- Sourcing and monitoring relevant academic and published literature
- Liaison with staff and external contacts
- Responding to research requests from staff
- Contributing to donor profiles, internal briefings, reports and presentations

The successful candidate will be committed to work voluntarily, three to four days a week over a period of at least four and a half months.

For more information and to apply for this role, visit http://www.opportunity.org.au/Get-Involved/Internships/Donor-Services-Research-Internship.aspx

Volunteer IT Coordinator 

The IT Coordinator will assist with managing the relationship with our external IT help desk support provider and ensure issues are adequately resolved in a timely manner.  We are looking for a pro-active, hardworking person with several years of experience in IT management. Some of their responsibilities will include:
- Internal coordination for monthly and quarterly network maintenance or outages
- Oversee security of the network – user accounts, security groups, distribution lists, physical access to servers, office and building
- Oversee hardware support of phone network and video conferencing system
- Support the delivery of cost-effective communication solutions for travelling staff
- Assist with a review of our IT operations
 
The successful candidate will be committed to work voluntarily, two or three days a week for approximately six months.

For more information and to apply for this role, visit http://www.opportunity.org.au/getinvolved/volunteer.aspx

Volunteer Programs and Investment Analyst 

Working with the Investment Services Director, the main responsibilities for the Volunteer Programs and Investment Analyst will include supporting portfolio analysis and field partner reporting. They will also:
- Review trends and identify issues; assist Donor Services in reporting to donors
- Project manage the completion of our online partner database
- Work on capturing and presenting social performance information on field partners
- Assist in maintaining investment partnership records, including board minutes and new partnership, debt and equity agreements
- Offer research support into industry issues as required
- Assist with oversight of stability, access, data quality and information flow of knowledge management systems

The successful candidate will be committed to work voluntarily, two or three days a week for approximately five months.

For more information and to apply for this role, visit http://www.opportunity.org.au/getinvolved/volunteer.aspx

Ever wanted to be apart of an organisation committed to making a tangible, generational difference in people’s lives? Don’t miss this opportunity to apply for the next round of internships at Opportunity International Australia.

Commencing 9 January 2012, the selected interns will be available to work voluntarily for a period of four and half months, based in Opportunity’s Sydney office.

Opportunity’s experienced team is committed to providing the best on-the-job training to our interns, whom we ask to uphold and support the organisation's core values of commitment to the poor, humility, respect, integrity and stewardship. Interns should also be:

• Keen on tackling challenges head-on
• Keen on working hard and learning a lot
• Genuine team players
• Independent and self-motivated
• Passionate achievers

As a non-profit organisation that uses a business approach to solve the problem of poverty, Opportunity performs effectively and efficiently in a professional environment to combat poverty. Like staff members; interns are included in staff meetings and discussions, providing equal exposure to see how Opportunity functions as an organisation and how different departments interact with each other.

There are six available internships:

• Communications
• Donor Services
• Donor Services Research
• Events
• Finance and Corporate Services
• Research and Strategy

Applications close 13 December 2011. For more information and how to apply, please click here.