SEDPI Internship Program for Future Development Leaders

Objective:

• Hone professional skills and strengthen interpersonal relationships of incoming junior and senior students in professional settings as applied in the context of development work
• Contribute to the achievement of social and commercial goals of social enterprises in the Philippines

Internship Design:
• Training on Leadership and Development Management will be provided
• Sessions on proper project management to attain project outputs set for the internship
• Weekly mentoring from the President and CEO
• Monthly team building sessions
• Field exposure to gain thorough understanding of development work
• Incentive scheme for attainment of internship program outputs
• Competitive allowance for the entire duration of the internship

Eligibility:
• Incoming junior or senior college student of any university
• Good academic performance on the area of internship being applied for
• Related experience such as class output or part time work to show competency in the internship program applied for

Internship Duration: May 8 to July 8, 2015

Internship Programs
There would be three teams composed of three to four team members in the internship program. The teams will be assigned specific areas of work that will be supervised throughout the internship program. The interns will participate in the design, planning, implementation and evaluation stages of project management. Relevant exposure trips will be extended to the interns to gain first hand understanding and contextualize their work in the greater scheme of development work. The three teams are the Information System Team, Graphic Design Team and Marketing and Communications Team.

THE TEAMS

Information System Team

The Information System Team will develop programs and applications, design databases, animations and websites that will enable SEDPI to improve efficiency when servicing microfinance institutions, social enterprises and social investors.

Possible Project Areas:
• Development of a website that will serve as information portal for social enterprises in the Philippines
• Development of a database management in monitoring social investments of SEDPI Development Finance
• Create simple phone apps that can be used in financial literacy
• Make SEDPI existing information system web-based
• Animations for SEDPI’s online courses

Graphic Design Design Team

The Graphic Design Team will create paraphernalia that will be used to enhance the visual aid tools of SEDPI. It will involve the design and development of comic book characters; creation of visuals to create more attractive presentations; and crafting infographics based on SEDPI research results. The team will work on the SEDPI’s branding manual to ensure consistency. Thee team will also closely coordinate with the Information System team for the development of animations and with the Marketing and Communications team to provide support in producing marketing paraphernalia.

Possible Project Areas:
• Character development for comic books on financial literacy
• Design and layout of comic books on financial literacy
• Creation of infographics based on SEDPI researches in social entrepreneurship, microfinance and financial education

Marketing and Communications Team

The marketing and communications team will be in charge of developing, planning and initial implementation of a marketing and communications plan for SEDPI.

Project Areas:
• Social media engagement
• Marketing plan for the following SEDPI products: training events; publications and consulting services
• Mount one training event on financial literacy
• Create marketing and communications plan to launch a book on financial literacy

APPLICATION PROCESS

DATE                     DESCRIPTION
April 12, 2015        Deadline for the submission of letter of intent and resume
April 15, 2015        Announcement of short-listed applicants
April 25, 2015        Deadline of submission of pre-internship questionnaire and sample work
April 30, 2015        Announcement of accepted interns
May 8, 2015           Start of Internship Program

Kindly use the file naming convention described below when sending letter of intent and resume. Applicants who don’t follow will not be shortlisted.
• For the Letter of intent: lastname firstname loi team (ex. garcia randolf loi information system OR garcia randlof loi graphic design OR garcia randolf loi marketing)
• For the resume: lastname firstname resume team (ex. garcia randolf resume information system OR garcia randlof resume graphic design OR garcia randolf resume marketing)

Send letter of intent and resume to info@sedpi.com.