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We need your help! Here’s how to get involved.
Current Opportunities
Summer 2012 Internships
Board of Directors Membership: Apply by first Tuesday of each month.
Virtual Volunteering
Summer Internships
Are you looking for an internship that will not just be boring office work, but a mentorship opportunity, professional training, and a way to make a difference for women and girls around how they look at media messages? About-Face is looking for a smart, passionate, enthusiastic, and organized Intern. Internships are unpaid.
Timeline and time commitment: This internship will ideally take place May through August 2012. The time commitment will be 8-20 hours per week, depending on your school’s internship requirements. Most work hours will be in our downtown San Francisco office, which is accessible via major public transportation.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties and responsibilities may include, but may not be limited to:
– Finding media for us to use in workshops and on our web site, and organizing our extensive media catalog
– Entering and coding evaluation surveys
– General office tasks like data entry, filing, organizing, and shipping
REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS
– Interest in how media affects women and girls
– Responsibility — showing up on time and being reliable, keeping your commitment
– Fantastic communication skills over phone, e-mail, and paper correspondence (show us when you apply)
– Willingness to learn new technology and confidence with technology
– Familiarity with/fluency in Mac OS X operating system
– Initiative-taking, critical-thinking skills, and generation of your own ideas
TO APPLY
Apply between Thursday, April 26 and Friday, June 1. Internships may begin as early as Monday, May 14. To apply, e-mail the following to Jennifer Berger, Executive Director, at jberger@about-face.org.
– IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL: A brief e-mail cover letter (no more than 1 printed page) that tells us 1) what would make you a good fit for this role; 2) name of your current high school, college, or university; and 3) Number of total hours or weekly hours you are interested in working with us.
– ATTACHED: A resume or another description of your previous work and volunteer experience. (Preference given to properly formatted resumes over other descriptions.)
You’ll hear back from us by 7 business days after you apply, when we may ask you to interview in person at our San Francisco office, or via phone or Skype. At that time, you may also be asked to provide contact information for three references.
About-Face Board of Directors
About-Face, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, has two vacancies on its board of directors. If you are passionate about helping young women understand the media’s effects on their self-esteem and body image, and preventing the many problems (including eating disorders) that can result from our truly crazed media environment, read on.
Our mission: About-Face equips women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect their self-esteem and body image. To do this, we lead media-literacy workshops in schools and groups, teach girls and women to take action, and maintain a resource-filled web site.
Who we serve: About-Face serves young women (ages 13-25) from diverse backgrounds, with 50 to 70 percent of those young women being low-income.
Are you committed to working with a group of dedicated, passionate women to support an organization that makes significant changes in the way girls and women see themselves through the lens of the media? Join the About-Face Board of Directors and make your impact!
Who are you?
You are fierce. You are empowered. You make change happen. You are seeking an opportunity to take your volunteerism to the next level in the ways you donate both your time and money. And you have personal and professional skill sets that you are committed to sharing with a group of like-minded women and men.
In this round of recruitment, we are specifically looking for professionally minded individuals who have one or more of the following skills:
– Marketing: creative strategy to help us widely spread awareness of the organization
– Health care: physicians, nurses, or other health practitioners who work with teenage girls
– Fundraising: experience and skills in raising funds
– Organizational development: experience with team-building and change management
– Legal: experience with nonprofit law or other areas of the law
Applicants with other relevant skills will also be considered.
What is the recruitment process?
The About-Face board recruitment process begins with a few short-answer questions about your interests and background that is filled out and e-mailed to our office along with your resume. Following your submittal, your application will be reviewed by About-Face’s board and you will be contacted. If it is determined that there is a mutual interest, you will be invited to an interview. Selected board members will be invited to begin their board service at the following month’s board meeting.
Who is the About-Face board?
We are a focused and fun group of women and men who are committed to empowering girls and women with the necessary tools to combat negative media messages. You can see our bios here.
What will be expected of me as an About-Face board member?
– Share your expertise, perspective, and viewpoint.
– Attend monthly 2-hour board meetings in person in San Francisco (currently second Tuesday of each month).
– Contribute in a productive way to discussions about the organization; have a willingness to hear all members of the group.
– Contribute to the organization by giving or fundraising $500 per year (due on June 30).
– Fundraise for About-Face in your network of professional contacts, family, acquaintances, and friends, according to our yearly fundraising plan.
– Build awareness for About-Face among your networks.
– Spend an average of 3-4 hours per week on other projects as needed (chairing a committee or project may require an additional time commitment).
– Make a six-month trial commitment to the About-Face board of directors. (A full board term is 2 years.)
If you believe girls and women need help to navigate our media environment and want to explore being part of an effective, professionally run board, please send the following information to Jennifer Berger, About-Face’s executive director, at jberger@about-face.org by the first Tuesday of the month.
* Your resume, in PDF or Word format, attached to the e-mail.
* A brief e-mail (no longer than 1 printed page) answering the following questions:
1) Why do you want to be an About-Face board member? What excites you about About-Face?
2) Why do you support the About-Face mission?
3) Will you be able to fulfill the expectations of board members?
4) What do you think of as your strengths? What unique qualifications would you bring to About-Face’s board of directors?
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Not near us? Volunteer virtually!
If you’re not in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’d still like to find a way for you to volunteer. We regularly need help with web site updates, creating new sections, etc., so e-mail us about any skills you’d like to contribute, and please tell us your age and where you live.