Remote Internships at Inspire Her Afrika

Job Summary

• Inspire Her Afrika is seeking a Grants Assistant Intern to support our fundraising and sustainability efforts.
• This internship is designed for someone interested in learning how nonprofit grants work, from research to application support and documentation.
• This is a remote, part-time internship with monthly support, running for six (6) months.

What You’ll Learn & Do

• Research and track grant opportunities aligned with IHA’s mission
• Support grant calendars, deadlines, and documentation
• Assist with drafting and editing grant application sections (with guidance)
• Maintain records of submitted, pending, and awarded grants
• Support basic reporting and funder documentation

Who This Internship Is For

• Students, recent graduates, or early-career professionals
• Individuals interested in nonprofit management, developmentpolicy, or social impact
• Strong writers and/or researchers who are detail-oriented
• Organized, reliable, and willing to learn

Why Intern With Inspire Her Afrika

• Flexible, remote work
• Practical, hands-on experience with real grant applications
• Mentorship and close collaboration with leadership
• Certificate of completion and reference upon successful completion
• Opportunity to grow into a longer-term role based on performance and organizational needs.

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Job Description

• Inspire Her Afrika is seeking ahighly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented Virtual Assistantto support our day-to-day operations.
• The ideal candidate will provide administrative and organizational support to the team, ensuring smooth execution of tasks, projects, and communication.
• Email Management: This includes responding to emails and overall enquiries from internal and external individuals.
• External Liaison: Identifying and interacting with potential external partnership organisations and stakeholders to foster collaborative relationships. This includes engaging guest speakers for mastery sessions.
• Internal Liaison: This involves communication with mentees and mentors on a wide range of occasions. Including, communicating rejection, acceptance into, or withdrawal from the mentorship program
• Documentation: Ensuring that minutes of team meetings are kept.
• Event Planning: This involves creating event agendas, registration forms, feedback forms, and engagement quizzes, scheduling events on Google Calendar, and sending invitations to participants.
• Calendar Management: This involves scheduling Birthdays of mentees, mentors and team members/volunteers on google calendar as wel as team meetings.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Virtual Assistant, Administrative Assistant, or similar role.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proficiency with tools like Google Workspace(Docs, Sheets, Calendar), Zoom, and project management tools (e.g., Trello, Asana).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and manage multiple tasks.
• Previous VA experience is helpful but not required. Alignment, commitment, and willingness to learn matter most.