Advancement Intern

Villa Duchesne is seeking a part-time (15-20 hours per week) Stubblefield Intern to support our Advancement Team for summer 2026.   This position is open to a Villa Duchesne alumna who is currently an undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree. 

This position reports to the Director of Advancement and the Manager of Major Gifts and may be asked to collaborate with the other Interns on various projects throughout the summer. 

The ideal candidate will:

• Assist with donor, alumnae/i, and volunteer relations, including support for the work of the Villa Fund through the annual giving campaign and the Bonne Chance Auction, including solicitation phone calls, emails communications, and handwritten thank you notes
• Provide marketing and communications support to the Advancement Team including social media posts for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, data entry, and campaign material design and development, using print and graphic design.  
• Support other duties as required. 

All Villa Duchesne staff members are expected to uphold the values outlined in the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States-Canada. Our Sacred Heart Educators guide students daily through meaningful learning and community-building experiences.

Villa Duchesne Sacred Heart Educators:

1. Embody the attitudes of Christs heart: gratitude, generosity, compassion, and forgiveness. Educating is our vocation, and the ability to lead students to encounter Christ enables us to foster more loving relationships.
2. Believe in every student. We are invested in caring for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional well-being of each child.
3. Are experts in their subjects. We exhibit professional excellence and innovation in teaching. Through passion for our craft, we instill a love of learning within each child. We maintain high standards of research-based training and are committed to extensive professional development.
4. Foster trusting relationships to create a safe environment where learning and empathy are possible. Our trusting relationships with students enable them to discover new abilities, cultivate strengths, learn from mistakes, and develop and exercise resilience in meeting challenges.
5. Immerse students in global perspectives, compassionate action, and courageous hope. By inspiring curiosity and encouraging critical consciousness within our students, our students can realize their full potential as agents of transformation.