The Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program (MLP) cultivates a new generation of connected and empowered global leaders to tackle unprecedented global challenges. Our team develops and implements leadership programs with unique international convenings spanning from Guatemala to Taiwan and beyond. We work with global rising stars from private, public, and government sectors through our three programmatic pillars: leadership, community, and impact.

Currently, the MLP runs the Millennium Fellowship Program, launching the new Executive Leadership Intensive, co-leads Young Global Professional Program in partnership with the HR team, and is looking to launch several short-term leadership programs in 2024/25.

As our team’s full-time intern, you will provide important logistical, writing, and operational support to the Program. Our team is versatile, flexible, and small, but has a significant global impact. Our work is all-hands-on-deck, and we encourage interns to actively engage with all elements of our work. This is a great “generalist” position for someone with extraordinary orientation to details, ability to handle ambiguity in an ultra-fast-paced environment, and a passion for writing anything from a social media post to a speech and a proposal. This work will expose the candidate to the logistical elements of virtual event-planning and planning complex large-scale in-person convenings, think tank operations, proposal writing, managing communications and social media plan, and monitoring and evaluation work. You will also experience a great deal of learning through our leadership trainings with multiple executive-level trainers alongside our Fellows. And you are also encouraged to participate in and attend events hosted by other programs at the Atlantic Council.

The successful candidate will have a passion for work in a cross-cultural setting and an entrepreneurial ethos, while also being an effective communicator. With a work culture of constant learning, we value strong writing skills and attention to detail, and the ability to produce rigorous work under deadlines. Demonstrated interest in international affairs through class work or experience is preferred.

This internship is based in our Washington, DC headquarters. Candidates must be available to work in-person throughout the duration of the program. Interns will be paid at a rate of $17.50 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Support the administrative side of the Program, including data tracking and management for applicants, scheduling, production of program materials, and coordinating meetings and program activities.
• Handle an array of logistical coordination for the Program’s events and activities, including study tours, retreats, trainings, and other in-person and virtual elements.
• Support curation and management of content for Program’s website and social media platforms, including publication process for the long-form pieces.
• Write proposals and promotional materials.
• Participate in the monitoring and evaluation process, including creation of surveys, simple data analytics and metrics tracking.
• Take notes at team meetings and other events.

• Graduate student or a recent college graduate, preferably majoring in political science/international affairs, public policy, communications, international education, or another relevant field.
• Demonstrated interest in international affairs with a focus on foreign policy, communications, international education/exchange, or similar.
• Stellar interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written), including the ability to identify and work through challenges independently.
• Aptitude and strong skills in research and writing.
• Strong analytical, planning, time management, and organizational skills.
• A strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Experience with WordPress, Canva, Salesforce, Monday.com or other similar platforms is a plus.
• Poise and professionalism in a team environment with colleagues and counterparts in the United States and abroad.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) in the office.

Applications close Friday, June 7, 2024, at 11:59 pm ET (4:59 am GMT) and require a resume and cover letter.