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The summer internship begins May 12, 2025 and ends August 15, 2025. Please note that this internship is eligible for benefits due to its full-time, albeit temporary, work schedule.

WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
The Association of Former Students engages and inspires the Aggie Network for Texas A&M University in perpetuating the Aggie Spirit. Through our Annual Fund, as well as other revenue streams, we provide scholarships, endowments, emergency student loans, and awards for faculty excellence. Our summer intern will join our highly motivated Development team in advancing our mission through donor research and developing new donor engagement processes and tools.

OUR CULTURE AND BENEFITS
We work in an inclusive, professional, creative, and collaborative environment that delivers a strong positive social impact to current and former students, alumni, faculty and friends of Texas A&M University. We invest in your growth! Whether planning and executing Annual Fund appeals, attending donor appreciation events, or collaborating on exciting projects, you’ll have opportunities to develop career skills. Professional development and continuous growth are fundamentals in our organization. What we do and how we do it is enhanced by advanced customer relationship management and technologies relevant to each role.

All full-time employees are eligible for generous, 100% Association-funded benefits including healthcare, life insurance equal to annual income, savings plan with six-year vesting, long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance and exceptional holiday and paid time off schedules. Also, you may enhance your benefits through additional self-paid coverage such as short-term disability, family healthcare, increased life insurance and more, to fit your unique personal and family needs. The Association of Former Students is a qualified charity for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. 

A CAREER WITH IMPACT AND MEANING

Your efforts will bring the Aggie Network to life, helping students, alumni, and faculty stay connected in meaningful ways. You will directly support scholarships, emergency student aid, and faculty excellence and help shape the future of Aggies for years to come. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE

Reporting to the Leadership Annual Giving Officer:

• Support prospect identification and communications.
• Create fundraising materials, including proposals, presentations, management reports.
• Maintain current research in donor database.
• Support the Development team with planning and execution of Annual Fund appeals.

CORE COMPETENCIES 

• Interpersonal communication and comfortable interfacing with donors.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Communicating ideas through presentation formats (graphics, stories, photos, etc.).
• Recognizing how to improve quality, creativity, teamwork.
• Empathy for constituents that supports fresh approach to fundraising.
• Work ethic that takes responsibility and sees projects through to completion.
• Positive attitude towards deadlines.
• This position may be assigned other duties from time to time that align with the education, knowledge, skills and experience outlined in this job posting.

EMPLOYEES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS

• Participate in various Association-wide activities such as engagement and fundraising goals, internal event teams, task committees, attending gameday receptions, Distinguished Alumni Gala and other external events as may be required. 
• Serve as an ambassador by meeting our Team Expectations, fostering relationships with students and other constituents of Texas A&M. 
• Exemplify Our Core Values: Respect, Excellence, Loyalty, Leadership, Integrity, Service.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE (Minimum Requirements)

• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), including creating presentations.
• Volunteer experience (i.e., community, education, religious, student).
• Strong visual, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to learn customer relationship management software (Salesforce CRM).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Analytical and research skills.
• Maintaining focus while working under timeline pressure.

PHYSICAL CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS
Ability to sit or stand for long periods on occasion and carry objects up to 20 pounds. Ability to travel by car. 

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Required: Current student at Texas A&M University. 

Preferred: Currently enrolled at Texas A&M with degree focus on Nonprofit Leadership, Business, Communications, Marketing, and similar.