WRT Communications Intern

ABOUT WRT

Waiheke Resources Trust (WRT) is a well-established sustainability-focussed Charitable Trust which operates on the beautiful Te Motu Arai Roa | Waiheke Island in Tīkapa Moana | Hauraki Gulf.

We seek to create transformational change through community collaboration and development, working to celebrate and protect the resources of the island | motu. WRT celebrates and protects all the resources we have, and builds capacity and knowledge in the community toward the creation of a resource-full future for all.

WRT works to support thriving environments and communities by engaging, educating and supporting people in environmental restoration, food resilience and waste minimisation. We collaborate with volunteers, interns, local business, national and regional networks, iwi, government bodies, subject experts and Waiheke whānau to get the job done.

We believe that when environments are healthy and communities are connected, people and wildlife can flourish, and within that community a strong economy can exist.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Title: WRT Communications Intern Location: Waiheke Sustainability Centre, Waiheke Island Role type: Voluntary, unpaid internship — full time or part-time offered. We recommend a duration of at least two months. Responsible to: WRT Communications Manager, Project Leads and the Internships Manager

This internship is all about showcasing what we do in the Waiheke community! You will help to create fabulous content and increase WRT’s audience and reach. WRT cares deeply about the environment and crafting our messages to spark excitement about our projects and get community involvement is inherently tied to this internship. Our interns make real contributions and add value to the team, shoulder responsibility, and are expected to bring new ideas to the table.

YOU WILL:

• Be passionate about the environment
• Fit our culture of an open, flexible workspace, where good humour and mutual respect is key
• Work proactively in a professional manner
• Adopt WRT’s cultural statement, code of conduct, and policies
• Use initiative and to work both independently and as part of a team in a remote setting
• Have excellent communication and time management skills.

INTERNSHIP SKILLS:

• Canva
• Social media platform audience engagement
• Content production
• eDM Marketing (Mailchimp)
• Data collection and analysis

DUTIES:

• Work to specific internal and external deadlines, and communicate your progress clearly
• Tell the story of WRT, our community and our projects by creating and scheduling engaging content, including emails, social media posts, videos, posters and more
• Help edit footage to create moving content such as reels
• Create, collate and synthesise content for the WRT monthly newsletter and other platforms
• Add to database of open source images that are useful as WRT project collateral
• Collaborate with other WRT staff and interns to showcase projects, highlight WRT's impact and maintain a regular online presence
• Collect and assess comms outputs monthly to improve performance
• Collate data for reporting purposes and both internal and external comms purposes.