internships

New Year - New Internship Opportunities!

As 2012 begins, are you interested in taking up an exciting opportunity to learn more about mobile technology’s role in social change and development?

If you’re a creative and enthusiastic individual, we’d like to invite you to apply for our two internship positions to join the growing FrontlineSMS team! You can help support a community of people using mobile in innovative ways or find out more about how text messaging can be used in community radio stations to give a voice to under-served communities.

FrontlineSMS is a free, open source software which is used all over the world to enable positive social change by helping people to communicate using simple text messaging. We currently have two exciting internship opportunities to work with the team at our London office. Since we are a small but fast-growing organization, FrontlineSMS interns are provided with valuable opportunities to get involved in many different areas of our work and take responsibility within key projects.

We need a Community Support Assistant to help us build, support and understand our ever-buzzing online communities and networks of users. We also need a Radio Project Assistant to support the emergence of a tailored version of our software optimised for radio stations and help us to organise a London event to mark UNESCO's World Radio Day on 13th February. If you just can’t choose between these two positions please feel free to apply for both in the same application.

This is what Lisa, one of our Community Interns said about her experiences with FrontlineSMS:

“I spent three months working with FrontlineSMS and my experience was both humbling and inspiring. I had a chance to soak in the very tangible passion and enthusiasm that the team feels for their work. I had a very real opportunity to contribute, to participate and to share in the team successes and challenges. Each team member that I worked with gave me their attention, gave me the information that I needed, and gave me the freedom to use my skills/strengths to help improve the experience of working at FrontlineSMS.”

So, if you think you’ve got what it takes please see our Jobs and Internships page for full details and job descriptions.

New London-based Internships Available Now at FrontlineSMS!

Interested in supporting a community of people using mobile in innovative ways? Want to learn more about mobile technology's role in social change and development? Intrigued by how text messaging can be used in community radio stations to give a voice to under-served communities?

If you're a creative and enthusiastic individual, and you have answered "yes" to any of the above questions, we'd like to invite you to apply for our two internship positions to join the growing FrontlineSMS team!

FrontlineSMS is a free, open source software which is used all over the world to enable positive social change by helping people to communicate using simple text messaging. We currently have two exciting internship opportunities to work with the team at our London office. Since we are a small but fast-growing organization, FrontlineSMS interns are provided with valuable opportunities to get involved in many different areas of our work and take responsibility within key projects.

We need someone to help us build, support and understand our ever-buzzing online communities and networks of users. We also need someone to support the emergence of a tailored version of our software optimised for radio DJs and help build an understanding of the sector specific application of the tool within the media. And if you just can't choose between these two positions please feel free to apply for both in the same application.

This is what Lisa, one of our Community Interns said about her experiences with FrontlineSMS:

“I spent three months working with FrontlineSMS and my experience was both humbling and inspiring. I had a chance to soak in the very tangible passion and enthusiasm that the team feels for their work. I had a very real opportunity to contribute, to participate and to share in the team successes and challenges. Each team member that I worked with gave me their attention, gave me the information that I needed, and gave me the freedom to use my skills/strengths to help improve the experience of working at FrontlineSMS.”

So, if you think you've got what it takes please see our Jobs and Internships page for full details and job descriptions.

Internship opportunity: Do you have what it takes to be a FrontlineSMS Hero?

New internship vacancy available at FrontlineSMS! Based in London, UK.

Here at FrontlineSMS we are lucky to have a growing number of individuals who are happy to contribute their time to our organisation, because they feel passionately about the work we do. These people provide heroic amounts of support to help us keep things running successfully, and  so we have a page on our website dedicated specifically to these FrontlineSMS Heroes, and we now provide T-shirts for all Heroes too (as pictured). As interest in FrontlineSMS grows, we continue to build our increasingly international team, and we’re now looking to fill an exciting new internship position based in London.

Since FrontlineSMS is a fast growing organisation, interns are provided with a valuable opportunity to get involved in many different areas of our work and gain an in-depth understanding of the information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) sector. FrontlineSMS interns are able to get involved in key projects, from developing communications materials to supporting project design and consultation, and many things in between.

Current Community Project Assistant Nsonje has this to say about his internship:

“Working for FrontlineSMS has been excellent. They are a vibrant team who are passionate about ICT4D, and as an intern I have been provided with a certain level of responsibility as well as ongoing support. My time here has provided me with real opportunities for career development and achievement.”

So, if you think you have what it takes to be a FrontlineSMS Hero, please visit our Jobs and Internships page for details on the current vacancy. To learn more about our current FrontlineSMS Heroes you can visit this page on our website.

Internship Opportunities: Do you have what it takes to be a FrontlineSMS Hero?

• Current opportunities: Community Project Assistant and Media Project Assistant (please note these internship opportunities will be based in London, UK)• New FrontlineSMS Heroes page to acknowledge our interns and volunteers

Many successful social change projects across the world rely on dedicated and passionate interns and volunteers. FrontlineSMS is privileged to have many individuals willing to contribute their time to our organisation, because they feel passionately about the work we do. As interest in FrontlineSMS grows, we continue to build our team – and capacity – and we’re now looking to fill two exciting new internship positions in our London office.

We are in need of two enthusiastic and self motivated individuals to take on the roles of Community Project Assistant and Media Project Assistant. The Community Project Assistant will be helping us to build our online resources, and strengthen our global community of FrontlineSMS users. The Media Project Assistant will be working on research for FrontlineSMS:Radio, and helping manage contacts and project timelines for re-design of the FrontlineSMS software. For more information on these roles, and how to apply visit our Jobs and Internships page.

As we advertise for these new positions we would like to take the opportunity to announce the launch of a new page on our website for FrontlineSMS Heroes; those committed interns and volunteers who provide invaluable help to FrontlineSMS. If you are thinking of applying for one of our internships you too could become a FrontlineSMS Hero!

This is what our intern, Adam, had to say about working with us:

“FrontlineSMS is an exciting and dynamic organisation. The diversity of projects which this small organisation is involved in makes working here fascinating.”

This is an exciting time to join FrontlineSMS, because our growing team is currently implementing a new strategy. In the coming year there are plans afoot to update the core software platform, expand our consultancy services to find new sustainable streams of income, and build up FrontlineSMS’s exciting range of sector specific sister organisations. If you would like to join FrontlineSMS and help us to take these plans forward then apply for an internship with us today!