[C14] AAS Support and Communications Intern (Human-animal bond in Ministry)

Organisation Overview: Human-animal bond in Ministry (HIM) is a social enterprise that provides animal-assisted intervention and substance abuse counselling to beneficiaries including inmates, ex-offenders and their families and youth at risk. Our vision is to build a supportive loving community with animals that brings hope and healing to those affected by crime and the marginalised. Our mission is to Rescue and Re-member through Animal-Assisted Intervention and to Regain and Restore dignity through Animal-Related Services and Training.

Brief Description: This position requires interns to provide administration support, pet care, support before, during and after running of animal-assisted activities and sessions. Interns are to also provide research support and any other ad-hoc duties as requested by the Director.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Administrative support, including:

• Communication with volunteers, beneficiaries and stakeholders via corporate email or text message (using corporate Whatsapp account) or social media platforms

• Attendance at meetings with external organisations, preparation of presentation materials or reports, and recording of meeting minutes

• Corporate purchasing of materials necessary for the running of HIM and maintenance of proper receipts for corporate accounts

• Administrative handling of sales and sponsorships (including packing, arrangement for transport, etc)

• Social media content creation, designing, marketing & postings

• Updating or responding of corporate social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Tik Tok, LinkedIn, Carousell etc)

2. Pet care (refer to detailed list), including:

• Daily cleaning of animal enclosures (dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig etc)

• Daily feeding, grooming & care of animals

• Ad-hoc vet visits where required

3. Support before, during and after running of animal-assisted activities and sessions, including:

• Liaising and project discussion with volunteers & stakeholders

• Preparation of necessary logistics

• On-site facilitation of activities and sessions

• Volunteer management, including briefing & de-brief

• Cleaning up and packing after event

4. Research support, including:

• Collection of data

• Preparation of research findings

5. Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by the Director

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

1. To be exposed to those affected by crime (inmates, ex-offenders and their families) and the marginalised

2. To gain knowledge of the challenges faced by the above beneficiary group and learn ways to help them, including through animal-assisted activities

3. To apply skills in social media to corporate marketing and communications to raise awareness and support for our social cause

Duration of Internship: 5 months

Daily Working Hours: Mon-Fri, 7.30am - 4.30pm

Will this internship require weekend work?: Flexible, weekend work may be required depending on operational needs. Off-in-lieu will be given.

Requirements (if any):

No of Vacancies: 2

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 [C14] AAS Support and Communications Intern (Human-animal bond in Ministry) into the "Internship Role" field.

For further enquiries on the internship role, please email youthcorps_communityinternship@nyc.gov.sg.