The Mayor's International Cabinet offers two internship positions each academic semester and in the summer. These internships are non-salaried positions, but bring great dividends to interns in terms of the experience and the contacts that they will make with dynamic members of Charlotte's international community.
The mission of the Mayor's International Cabinet is to serve as a forum for international issues and to advocate to local government on behalf of the international communities, organizations and businesses of the city of Charlotte.
The Mayor's International Cabinet is comprised of business and community leaders appointed by the mayor, city manager or city council to 3-year terms of service on the Cabinet. The Cabinet office is staffed by an executive director and a communications director. We rely on interns from local colleges and universities to assist in a variety of functions.
Briefly, some of these functions are:
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General office administration – Mayor's International Cabinet office.
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Community outreach and publicity – making presentations about the Mayor's International Cabinet to various ethnic and community organizations, generating press releases and news articles.
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Newsletter / desktop publishing - creating and assembling Cabinet brochures, literature and white paper reports for publication.
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E-newsletter publishing - creating a weekly enewsletter of international events in the Charlotte area.
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Website maintenance – updating the website on a daily basis. Update online calendar of international events.
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Database maintenance - Updating and maintaining the International Charlotte and International North Carolina databases.
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Project management and execution – work on Mayor's International Cabinet projects as dictated by the Executive Committee and/or Task Force Chairs.
Required Skills:
- Organizational skills
- Research skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Computer skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of programs
- Knowledge of a second language a plus but not required
These internship positions are for one academic semester, although extensions are available, and will be for a minimum of 10-12 hours per week. As these positions are non-salaried, the Mayor's International Cabinet is willing to with the intern's university or college to meet other reasonable requirements that would allow the student to get college credit for this internship. Once a student has completed an internship, the Cabinet also can provide letters of reference for employment applications or to accompany any scholarship applied for relating to the international field.
Interested students should complete the online internship application or submit a cover letter and résumé to:
