Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness (ICDP) Internship Opportunity

Description:

This unpaid internship provides a learning opportunity for a student to work with a leading disaster preparedness and healthcare organization. The ICDP Intern supports the Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness team in their efforts to improve and enhance the Center’s mission to be a Center of Excellence for integrated community-based disaster readiness and resilience through collaborative education, training, research

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▪This is an unpaid internship opportunity. Students must be in a program that will allow them to obtain university/college credit for an internship class.

▪The selected intern would begin summer semester (June through approximately August or Sept). This internship is part-time with hours that fall within the standard work day (8 am to 5 pm). Hours can be flexible within that time frame throughout the week.

▪The internship experience will be based at the Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness located in LDS Hospital.

Experiences available

The intern will:

1.       be assigned one or more specific projects during the internship. Will work independently or as a member of a team to accomplish the tasks necessary to successfully complete the project.

2.      produce an outcome that meets school requirements and demonstrates operational abilities

3.      participate and be involved in a variety of learning projects: work with the members of the team to identify solutions and perform tasks that accomplish individual and team goals.

4.      attend department meetings and actively participate in knowledge sharing as it relates to duties

5.      gain knowledge of the Center’s functions: May job shadow various roles within the Center in order to understand their role in the organization. By the end of the internship experience, the student will obtain knowledge in the functions of a disaster preparedness center.

Qualifications:

1.       Students in business and/or administrative fields (business/hospital administration, public relations, communications, or marketing etc.), who are in an undergrad or Master’s program at an accredited institution.

2.      Students in emergency response or emergency management fields, who are in an undergrad or Master’s program at an accredited institution.

3.      Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

4.      Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

5.      Strong analytical and quantitative skills

6.      Strong project management and multi-tasking abilities

Apply:

Submit resume and cover letter to barb.clark@imail.org.

Dead-line to apply is Friday, May 1, 2015