Xicano Development Center Internships Fall 2010
Each of these positions will require 10 to 15 hours a week. They are unpaid positions but most can be used as independent studies and definitely meet the requirement of all known service learning classes at Michigan State University and Lansing Community College.
Volunteers Coordinator – This position will manage all volunteers keeping track of time and skills. The coordinator will place volunteers with the appropriate programs and/or aspects of the XDC. One of the primary functions of this position will be to keep track of the number of total hours each month volunteers spend working at the XDC. This position will we learn:
1. Basic organizational policies and procedures for coordinating volunteers
2. Developing schedules for workers/Staffing
3. Basic bookkeeping (excel spreadsheets)
4. How to work and coordinator multiple programs needs.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
Publication Coordinator – This position will work with the Communication Specialists to manage and coordinate the XDC publications in coordination with the executive director and the publications director. Specifically this position will be responsible for assembling and preparing for publication the XDC annual report. To do this position the intern must be familiar with desktop publishing (i.e. Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator etc.) prior work experience not necessary. This position will learn:
1. How to coordinate with different programs to assemble information in one package
2. How to produce and design an annual report for a non-profit organization.
3. Work with different XDC programs to develop literature for their needs.
4. Develop ideas for an organizational branding look and develop strategies for keeping publications within a certain look.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
Radio Free Aztlan – This position will work with the Communications Specialist and help produce Radio Free Aztlan a weekly podcast by the Xicano Development Center. This position will learn:
1. The basics of sound production and editing.
2. How to set up, coordinate and schedule weekly interviews on a variety of topics
3. Host own bi-weekly podcast.
4. Research topics and choose podcast subjects based on the timeliness, interest and relevancy to the Xicano/Latino Community.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
Finance Assistant – this position works directly with the board treasurer to create and maintain an organizational budget and program budgets. This person will also work directly with the finance committee on the research and production of grants to fund operations and programming. This position will learn:
1. How to research and identify grant opportunities.
2. How to structure and write grant proposals.
3. How to work with and develop and organizational budget.
4. How to operate within financial guidelines for Non Profit Organizations.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
Community Needs Assessment – This position will work directly with the Executive Director. This position will learn the basics of performing a community assessment: creating a community base line form: education, income, political orientation data (Census etc.). This data will be turned into a comprehensive community-organizing plan that will be used to shape policy for Xicano/Latino’s in mid Michigan and the around the state. This position will learn:
1. How to structure a needs assessment survey.
2. How to interpret a needs assessment survey.
3. How to produce a report based on the needs assessment.
4. How policy and advocacy are affected and enacted through needs assessments.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
Xicano/Latino Summit Coordinator – This position will learn the basics of conference organizing. This position will organize a yearly summit to be held in the third weekend of April in Lansing. This summit will invite community leaders to a roundtable discussion of policy and advocacy being done by Xicano/Latino organizations in the Great Lakes Region. The summit will focus on strengthening ties between organizations and the key people around the region. This position will learn:
1. The use and development of database and mailing lists – both online and hard copy.
2. How to work with a diverse group to develop policy and advocacy standards for Xicano/Latino Non Profits and grassroots organizations in the Great Lakes Region.
3. Learn budget development for conferences.
4. Assist and learn conference program development.
5. Basics of the XDC’s community organizing framework.
