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Grants & Fundraising Intern

The OWASP Foundation is currently seeking an Intern to help with the Fundraising and Grant Writing activities planned for the remainder of 2013. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual seeking to gain more experience in grant research, writing, and planning activities for a global non-profit organisation. Applicants from around the globe are encouraged to apply as this role will be managed as a telecommute position

The responsibilities and tasks of the Fundraising & Grant Writing intern include but are not limited to:

• Managing communications from the OWASP Community including assisting with campaigns, donor/member solicitation/acknowledgements and tracking contact information and conversations.

• Participate in grant writing initiatives, and facilitate OWASP Community contributions to our Grants Program.

• Familiarity with Salesforce.com for Nonprofits is highly desirable.

• Managing the Grants mailing list.

• Ongoing maintenance and development of social networking presence in relation to grants, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

• Participation in staff meetings on planning, processes, and coordination.

• Administrative support as needed to the OWASP Projects Manager.

Qualifications: the successful candidate will:

• Be an undergraduate or graduate student studying public or non-profit management, and have a demonstrated interest in strategic organizational issues as well as information and web application security.

• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy working in a highly autonomous environment.

• Be skilled at Internet research and able to digest large amounts of information into clear points.

• Be a good communicator and team player.

• Be able to multi-task, be extremely organized and have a meticulous attention to detail.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Balance a desire to learn, take initiative and suggest better practices with a willingness to take constructive feedback and guidance.

• Demonstrate personal computer skills, including basic troubleshooting.

• Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and the willingness to learn other software tools.

• Demonstrated use and comfort navigating Web 2.0 sites and tools, including blogs, social networks, video and photo sharing, etc.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software. Our mission is to make software security visible,so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. Everyone is free to participate in OWASP and all of our materials are available under a free and open software license.

For more information on this role, please contact the OWASP Projects Manager: [email protected].