POSITION SUMMARY:

The Campus Chapter Intern is a public-facing member of NMDP on college campuses. This position engages student peers in alignment with the pillars of the NMDP Chapters program to educate, recruit, and fundraise in support of the NMDP mission. The primary focus of the Campus Chapter Intern is to fulfill a leadership role within the NMDP Chapter on their campus, which includes growing and engaging the chapter membership, ensuring the chapter is officially recognized and has good standing with the university, and ensure the chapter fulfills all expectations of the NMDP Chapters program. Registry recruitment is an important part of this role and will be done with the support and guidance of a regional Member Recruitment staff team. The Campus Chapter Intern is a public-facing member of NMDP on college campuses. This position engages students to spread awareness, educate, and inspire committed individuals to join the NMDP Registry through captive-audience presentations, tabling events, digital marketing, and registry recruitment activities. Specifically, charged with establishing (if not present), cultivating, and growing NDMP Chapter at intern’s college/university as measured by registered student organization status on campus, number of chapter members and new NMDP registry members added by the NMDP Chapter.

Primary responsibilities include building and sustaining campus relationships and inspiring committed student peers to join the NMDP registry. Key target audiences for Campus Chapter Interns are:

• Students, faculty, administrators, and staff

• Student organizations

• Athletic teams

• Marching bands

• Campus public relations / marketing team

With the specific focus to increase the NMDP Registry through peer-to-peer engagement & education of genetically varied students and student organizations.

This position also delivers genetically varied public health information through the planning and coordination of registry awareness, education, and recruitment activities to align with the vision of campus partners and meet organizational goals and targets. Collaboration with internal NMDP partners, such as Member Recruitment, as well as external partners, such as the intern’s campus community network, is essential for maximizing NMDP’s lifesaving impact. All duties are performed in compliance with NMDP policies and procedures.

This role will work collaboratively with a regional Member Recruitment team to accomplish weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual registry recruitment goals.

Other Accountabilities:

• Charged with building NMDP volunteerism on college/university campus including episodic volunteers and NMDP Ambassadors as measured by number of volunteers and hours of volunteers

Ability to:

• Learn, retain, and communicate lifesaving information about NMDP to spread awareness, educate, and grow the NMDP Registry within the campus community

• Leverage strong interpersonal skills to develop relationships with other students and campus organizations

• Build enthusiasm and inspire the campus community about NMDP’s lifesaving community through engaging conversations and public speaking

• Be highly organized and effectively manage your time, balancing the responsibilities of the internship with academic and other responsibilities

• Adapt and problem-solve when things don’t initially go as planned

• Lead weekly on-campus activations including, captive audience presentations, tabling, collaboration with other campus stakeholders, or NMDP recruitment event. These events may require the physical set up and break down of booth/tables/chairs/etc. and securing and managing volunteers to help achieve the weekly recruitment goal

• Work in a remote environment under minimum in-person supervision and demonstrate consistent dependability

• Learn and become proficient in NMDP’s member registration process

• Use social media platforms to effectively promote NMDP’s lifesaving mission

• Create, develop and/or maintain a registered student organization on campus including hosting executive board and general body meetings, recruiting new members, staying in good standing with the college/university

• Comply with NMDP’s confidentiality policy

• Utilize computer systems, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet search applications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and/or Experience:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program at a targeted college or university

• Preference given to students who are currently NMDP Chapter members, NMDP Ambassadors and/or NMDP volunteers

• Completed at least 30-hours of coursework

• Minimum GPA 2.8

Time Commitment:

• School Year: 10 hours/week

• Will include some weekend and evening hours.

Pay rate:

• $18.50/hour

NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits. Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information