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SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL IMPACT
MED 18 | DEVELOPMENT FINANCE & SOCIAL IMPACT | UNPAID INTERNSHIP | MEDELLIN

 

Company Profile: Award-winning Non-profit company | Pursues the vision of a world where social money delivers meaningful impact | The company achieves this vision through a combination of innovation, financial structures, cutting-edge technical expertise, passion, & professionalism | Clients include: governments, public & private institutions, development agencies, and research centers

 

Internship description:

  • To play a significant role in spurring the results-based financing movment

  • The company offers a rare entrepreneurial experience with exposure to leadership in the private, public & social sectors

  • To provide support in organizational strategy, Human Resources, marketing, fund-raising & operational tasks

  • Outstanding performance may result in an offer to join the compnay on a permenant basis

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Internship requirements: 

  • English level: Advanced

  • Spanish level: Intermediate

  • Excellent academic credentials with a degree focused on public policy/administration, economics, finance, anthropology or a relevent area of study

  • Developed qualitative and quantitave research skills

  • Demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurial abilities

  • Quick learner, creative thinker & self-starter

MED 26 | ORGANIC FOOD CONSULTANT | UNPAID INTERNSHIP | MEDELLIN

 

Company Profile: Startup | Founded: 2012 | Awarded in 2013 "The Most Innovative Startup" prize in Medellín and the "Winner Startup for the Ventures Contest" 

 

Internship description:

  • To contribute with the management and implementation of post harvest handling activities of organic products

  • To research and propose new picking and packing activities

  • To design packaging to keep products cold

  • To improve products protection using different materials

 

Internship requirements: 

  • English level: Advanced

  • Spanish level: Intermediate

  • The company will provide help for transportation

MED 50 | VEGETARIAN PRODUCT MANAGER | UNPAID INTERNSHIP | MEDELLIN

 

Company Profile: Innovative family business specialized in sales of healthy vegetarian products | Less than 10 employees 

 

Internship description:

  • To inform clients about the characteristics of the products: nutritional benefits, advantages, etc.

  • To manage web-site and social networks

  • To answer client queries and improve web-site / social networks

  • To bring new ideas/knowledge for the development of new products

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Internship requirements: 

  • English level: Advanced

  • Spanish level: Advanced

  • Knowledge of nutrition

  • Good communication skills (oral and written)

  • Creative

MED 34 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | UNPAID INTERNSHIP | MEDELLIN

 

Company Profile: Environmental services company | Founded: 2005 | The company provides sustainability consulting services and develops projects for clients | It has created and monitored more than 120 projects 

 

Internship description:

  • To organize the coordination and execution of projects, optimizing timing and costs

  • To conduct market studies and evaluate feasibility of the projects

  • To participate in budget-planning

  • To assess the risks of projects

  • To monitor sub-contractors & ensure guidlines are maintained

  • To suggest ideas and actions to improve the clients' satisfaction

 

Internship requirements: 

  • English level: Basic

  • Spanish level: Advanced

  • Good organization & communication skills (oral and written)

MED 99 | PROJECT MANAGER | UNPAID INTERNSHIP | MEDELLIN

 

Company profile: NGO involved in forest and biodiversity protection, leading projects in France, Colombia, Peru and Nicaragua. | Founded: 2011

 

Internship description:

  • Support the team in the organization of a biodiversity festival

  • Identify, contact, meet and realize agreements with sponsors

  • Develop the festival’s program

  • Support the development of educational material on biodiversity

  • Monitor the public relations with allies and sponsors

  • Update the website

  • Organize with the team the recruitment of volunteers and coordinate their activities before, during, and after the event

  • Develop communication strategies for the event and put them in practice

  • Organize the logistics of the event.

 

Internship requirements:

  • Spanish: high level of writing

  • Experience in communication, events or public relations

  • Strong interest in biodiversity

  • Public relation skills

  • Proactive, autonomous, organized and accomplished person

  • Willingness to work in team and skills in events' logistics.

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