Summer 2025 Development & Communications Intern

About Salzburg Global 

Salzburg Global is where open-minded leaders from around the world gather for breakthrough conversations on pressing global issues.

Since 1947, our programs have worked to overcome barriers and open up a world of better possibilities – creating spaces where divergent voices can address the big challenges of our time.

We have gathered over 40,000 Fellows from 173 countries for more than 1,100 sessions that change the conversation on the pressing issues of our time.

That very first session brought together over 100 young Europeans and Americans – including veterans of the French resistance, survivors of Nazi concentration camps, prisoners of war, and former enemies.

They met at Schloss Leopoldskron, an Austrian palace that had been occupied by the Nazis in a country that was still under Allied military occupation. They wrestled with how diverse and fractured groups of people could come together and start creating the conditions for peace in the aftermath of World War II.

More than seventy-five years later, the challenges may be different, but our mission still carries that same founding spirit: to overcome barriers and open up a world of better possibilities.

Our Impact  

Salzburg Global has been at the forefront of major global movements for change since 1947.

Sometimes called a “Marshall Plan for the Mind” in its early years, Salzburg Global began as a world-renowned center for post-war reconciliation through intellectual and cultural exchange.

In the 1950s, Salzburg Global internationalized the emerging interdisciplinary field of American Studies and promoted educational and scientific exchange across the Iron Curtain.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Salzburg Global helped to catalyze and professionalize the civil society sector in Eastern Europe, develop and internationalize the emerging field of sustainable urban design and was among the first organizations to support the concept of “climate migration”.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Salzburg Global convened one of the first global collaborations on HIV/AIDS research, laid the groundwork for the Good Friday Agreement that ended hostilities in Northern Ireland, supported the redesign of higher education systems in post-Apartheid South Africa, and partnered with reform-minded universities in Eastern European and the former Soviet Union to transform post-communist higher education institutions.

In the 2000s, Salzburg Global launched the first global movements for patient-centered healthcare and patient safety, inspired the creation of the “One Health” movement on human and animal health, and engaged educators in more than 50 countries in the first globally diverse Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention program.

More recently, Salzburg Global has helped to catalyze the development of global pandemic response metrics, supported the launch of Karanga: The Global Alliance for Social and Emotional Learning, the National Parks Cities movement, and Sciana: The Health Leaders Network. 

We are supported by a combination of institutional partnerships, generous individual donations and revenue generated from our social enterprise, Schloss Leopoldskron. 

We seek to be an exemplary international institution in terms of equity and environmental sustainability. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our work. 

Position Overview 

We are looking for a Summer 2025 Development & Communications Intern who will contribute to the work of our Washington, DC-based team.

You will be exposed to the entire spectrum of Salzburg Global’s activities in DC while you commit to a maximum of 16 hours per week of internship engagement, ideally from July through September 2025.

Reporting to the Development Manager, you will focus on supporting the office’s development and communications needs.  

Responsibilities include: 

• Assist with gift receipts and acknowledgements 

• Contribute to creative outreach and stewardship engagement, including content development for donor communications, such as: appeals, e-newsletters, social media and graphics, reports, website, individual outreach/proposals, gift opportunities

• Assist with researching prospective supporters and friends of the organization and preparing relevant briefings 

• Develop knowledge and use of Raiser’s Edge CRM database and MailChimp email marketing platform 

• Support the development of individual donors 

• Support special event planning 

• Execute special projects in line with abilities, interests, and goals. 

Helpful academic or professional backgrounds: 

Communications, Marketing, Non-profit Management, Development, Business Administration, International Affairs, or other related fields. 

Other requirements: 

The candidate must be able to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly shifting priorities.

Candidates must also be comfortable working with people in different time zones, from diverse cultural backgrounds and at all levels of the organization, including senior executives, in a creative but professional environment. 

Enthusiasm for the global mission, exceptional organizational and communications skills, attention to detail, internet research and Microsoft Office Suite skills are required.   

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early applications are encouraged. The position will remain open until filled.

Conditions 

• USD $1120/month 

• three to four-month internship period, maximum 16 hours per week 

• Use of a laptop will be provided for the term of the internship 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants or employees. Sustainable business practices are our highest priority in all areas.  

We encourage creative, equitable, and sustainable change and develop environmentally conscious and socially responsible practices at all levels. We believe that every team member plays a critical role in our journey toward sustainability.