Impact Programmes Intern (Engineering Good Ltd)

Organisation Overview: Engineering Good Ltd is a Singapore-registered charity that brings together a community of staff and volunteers with diverse skills, including tech, engineering, and more, to serve the needs of disadvantaged communities in Singapore. Our vision is to engineer a better and more inclusive world.

Brief Description: To support Engineering Good’s Impact team to deliver our programmes and services to our end-users. This includes refurbishing laptops, coordinating their distribution, assisting to develop and build Assistive Technology (AT) projects, and supporting and training volunteers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure incoming laptops are sanitised, reformatted, refurbished, upgraded (if necessary) and QC’ed in a timely manner

2. Assist in the management of the laptop provisioning chain, both in-house and outstation

3. Facilitating Community Partners in their request, allocation and collection of devices

4. Assist in managing AT projects, including taking meeting minutes, writing reports and organising meetings

5. Assist in developing, building and repair of AT projects, including maintaining cleanliness and organisation in the makerspace and its inventory.

6. Work with the team to improve processes and procedures

7. Assist in engaging and training stakeholders (i.e. volunteers, corporate/ community partners, etc.) who support the organisation’s work through workshops and projects

8. Other ad-hoc duties.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

1. Develop awareness of community and sustainability issues and cultivate empathy for the lives of the vulnerable (such as Persons with Disabilities and the Marginalised) in our community

2. Increase knowledge of computer hardware and software

3. Hands-on practice at fixing issues, both hardware and software

4. Increase knowledge of Assistive Technology and designing for accessibility

5. Project management skills of technology-based projects

6. Hacking and tinkering skills, connect and learn with our maker community

7. Stakeholder management skills in building partnerships with other organisations and volunteers

Duration of Internship: 6 months

Daily Working Hours: 9.30am - 6.30pm

Work Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Minimum Qualification: No minimum education (i.e. A-level Graduates, Current Polytechnic students are welcome)

Requirements (if any): Initiative, diligence, trustworthiness, willingness to learn, an ability to laugh at oneself, and an open mind. Beyond a keen interest in technology and engineering, computers and coding, you don’t have to be knowledgeable in all the tasks required; training will be provided.

No of Vacancies: 2

Contact Person Name: Lydia Lee

Contact Person Email: lydia@engineeringgood.org

Please read the following to apply for the internship:

1. Click here for the application form.

2. Select the number of internship roles you wish to apply for at "Number of Internship Role(s) to Apply For".

3. Copy and paste  Impact Programmes Intern (Engineering Good Ltd)  into the "Internship Role" field.

For further enquiries on the internship role, you may email the contact person as stated in the description.