AAI Support and Communications Intern (Human-animal bond In Ministry (HIM))

Organisation Overview: 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: The role involves providing administrative support, caring for pets through feeding, cleaning, grooming and walking, and assisting before, during and after animal-assisted activities and sessions. It also includes providing research support and carrying out 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, 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, bird 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 & materials

• On-site set up & facilitation of activities and sessions

• Volunteer management, including briefing & debrief

• Cleaning up and packing after event

4) Research support & report writing, including:

• Collection of data

• Preparation of research findings & report writing

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

4)To learn & conduct pet care to variety type of animals for the animal-assisted intervention works

Duration of Internship: 5 months

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

Will this internship require weekend work?: Flexible - weekend work may be required depending on operational needs

Requirements (if any):

No of Vacancies: 2

Please read the following to apply for the internship:

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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 AAI Support and Communications Intern (Human-animal bond In Ministry (HIM)) into the "Internship Role" field.

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