Leadership & Social Impact Intern Summer 2025

Organization Description 

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading international non-profit organization. We invest in women leaders who are tackling the world’s greatest challenges – from gender-based violence to the climate crisis, economic inequities, and more. We are “venture catalysts,” identifying leaders with a daring vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. What sets Vital Voices apart is that we make long-term, holistic investments in leaders with bold ideas for change — providing them connections, capacity, a network of their peers, financial support, and visibility for their work. We have provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel Peace Laureates, US Youth Poet Laureates, Prime Ministers, award winning innovators and breakthrough social entrepreneurs. Over the past 24 years, we have directly invested in more than 47,000 change-makers across 188 countries, who in turn have improved the lives of millions of people in their communities and countries. 

Today, Vital Voices has a staff of nearly 100 headquartered in Washington, DC. In the coming years we have a bold vision to dramatically scale our impact. In early 2022, we opened the first ever Global Headquarters for Women’s Leadership, a 30,000+ sq. ft. historic building just blocks from the White House on 16th Street. It is a hub of activity, events, and collaborations — bringing together women leaders and their allies to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. 

Mission

Vital Voices invests in women leaders taking on the world’s greatest challenges and accelerates collective action towards an equitable and sustainable world. 

Organizational Goals 2030

1. Scale our proven investment model from 47,000 to 50,000 women leaders - who together will positively impact the lives of one billion people.
2. Make a measurable impact on 1-2 of the greatest challenges as defined by the Vital Voices Global Network - proving the power of collective action. 
3. Cultivate a critical mass of people around the world who believe that women’s leadership has a positive impact. 

Summary

The Leadership & Social Impact Intern will work directly under the supervision and guidance of the Program Coordinator, LSI. This position will be responsible for supporting the Leadership and Social Impact (LSI) department which manages and develops holistic leadership programs to advance women’s leadership and expand their social impact. The LSI team provides innovative and tailored leadership and other programming to support women and girl’s leadership development using the VV investment model to meet the needs of women leaders at all stages of their leadership journey.

The Leadership and Social Impact department includes the Global Ambassadors Program, Fortune-U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership,  Voices that Inspire, the Vital Voices Leadership Journey Grassroots Voices, Bold Movers, the VV Visionaries in Partnership with the Estée Lauder, Next Movers, Vital Voices Global Fellowship, WomenLeaders India in partnership with Reliance Foundation and Rising Voices High School and University Clubs. The intern will also provide support to ongoing initiatives including training, curriculum development, programmatic support with corporate partners, and in-person programming. The Intern will be assigned a portfolio of projects based on their skills and interests, working alongside and learning from cross-functional teams with leaders and peers with varying backgrounds, education, and experiences.

This role is based in Washington, DC with the requirement of a hybrid work schedule.  

Additional responsibilities include:

 Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Assist with logistics and administration for international and domestic programs    
• Editing and preparing program content and materials   
• Draft articles, newsletters, reports, and blog posts   
• Support program social media strategy and activities    
• Support program recruitment and selection   
• Support ongoing new business development and partnership development priorities    
• Contribute to data entry, database management, and monitoring and evaluation   
• Research funding opportunities and resources for women-owned businesses and organizations  
• Reviewing grant application and reporting materials as necessary  
• Administrative tasks as necessary   
• Other related duties as assigned  

Professional Qualifications:  

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program and majoring in Business Administration, International Studies/Relations/Affairs, Hospitality, or other relevant fields; 
• Strong demonstrated interest in global women’s issues;  
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English; 
• Ability to prioritize tasks, swiftly shift priorities, and work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, sometimes under difficult or challenging circumstances;  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team;  
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and self-awareness;  
• Preferred fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese;
• Strong computer skills including MS Office applications (esp. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), social networking tools, and database software (i.e., Salesforce). Experience with Canva preferred. 

The stipend for this 10-week position is $3,000 based on a 30-40 hour work week and will be paid in 2 increments throughout the program. For part time interns, the stipend is $1,500 and based on a 15-20 hour work week. This role will begin on May 27th and run through August 2nd, 2025.
 
The internship program is a hybrid position and requires at minimum 2 days in our DC office per week (1 day for part-time interns). Remote interns may be considered on a case by case basis.

Vital Voices provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Vital Voices complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  

Vital Voices expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Vital Voices’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.  

Staff may experience secondary trauma due to exposure to descriptive and/or graphic gender-based violence content in their work on the urgent assistance program. Vital Voices does not provide work visa sponsorship or relocation assistance for this position.
 

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. A cover letter for this position is strongly encouraged. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.