Retail & Events Intern (The Social Space Pte Ltd)

Organisation Overview: The Social Space is a multi-concept social enterprise featuring a café, fair-trade retail area and nail salon, all promoting sustainability and conscious living. We provide training and dignified employment for differently-abled individuals, aiming to build long-term self-sufficiency. Through mindful products, services and inclusive hiring, we inspire a community that champions positive social and environmental impact. Join us to help create change.

Brief Description: We’re seeking Retail & Events Interns to support daily retail operations, including inventory tracking, e-commerce management and order fulfilment for our partner causes. You’ll also help plan and coordinate sustainability-focused workshops and events. This hands-on role sits at the heart of the social enterprise scene and suits resourceful, independent, creative candidates comfortable with irregular hours.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Retail

• Including tracking inventory and fulfilment of online and corporate orders

• Managing our e-commerce platform, including creating and managing product listings

• Assist with customer enquiries and cashiering duties at the physical outlets

• Set up and maintain visual merchandising displays

• Writing blogposts and newsletters to spread awareness of various causes

2. Events

• Assist in event planning, execution and brainstorming

• Manage RSVP for guest list for events

• On-site set up and coordination with vendors/clients

• Administrative

• Assist in general operational and administrative tasks

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

1. Retail & Merchandising Skills – Develop hands-on experience in inventory tracking, order fulfilment, e-commerce management and creating effective visual merchandising displays

2. Content & Communication – Strengthen writing and communication abilities through customer engagement, blogposts, newsletters and clear partner coordination

3. Event Planning & Execution – Gain practical experience in planning, organising and running sustainability-focused events, including RSVPs, vendor coordination and on-site operations

4. Partner & Stakeholder Management – Learn to support and nurture relationships with partners, vendors and clients while representing social-impact causes

5. Time Management & Problem-Solving – Build the ability to prioritise tasks, work independently, multitask effectively and deliver results in a fast-paced social enterprise environment

Duration of Internship: 6 months

Daily Working Hours: Tue - Sat, 9.00am - 6.00pm

Will this internship require weekend work?: Regular weekend work as part of normal schedule

Requirements (if any):

• Passion for social and environmental causes

• Very pro-active and a multi-tasker

• High attention to detail

• Ability to prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines and drive results

• Team player who is resourceful and great with problem solving

• Able to work with minimal supervision

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

No of Vacancies: 2

Contact Person Name: Farhana Salleh

Contact Person Email: farhana@thesocialspace.co

Please read the following to apply for the internship:

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3.      Copy and paste Retail & Events Intern (The Social Space Pte Ltd) into the "Internship Role" field.

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