TITLE: Resource Development Intern
LOCATION: Missoula
START DATE: Summer or Fall 2026
COMMITMENT: 10+ hours per week during standard business hours for one semester

Overview:
As a resource development intern, you will be responsible for assisting with various aspects of fundraising, event planning, volunteer recruitment and coordination, and handling in-kind donations. Tasks may include recording donations and responding to donors, answering volunteer inquiries, maintaining records of volunteers and their service hours, processing donations of goods and assisting with the in-kind inventory management. As such, you will be expected to learn about the IRC (history, scope of work, values, ect.), our clients, and core services. All activities will be done in coordination with office staff.

 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Responding to donor and volunteer inquiries by phone and email
  • Assist in coordinating in-kind donations and inventory management
  • Assist in volunteer coordination including recruitment, training and assignments, and support
  • Assist in planning and managing outreach and fundraising campaigns including Missoula Gives, Giving Tuesday, End of Year Appeal, World Refugee Day and others as needed.
  • Assist in reaching and applying for funding opportunities
  • Other responsibilities as assigned

 

Requirements:  

  • Experience or strong interest in nonprofit resource development or related field
  • Motivated, flexible, and able to work independently, prioritize, and manage time effectively
  • Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and work as a team member in a cross-cultural environment
  • Able to pass an IRC background check through HireRight
  • Experience working with refugees/diverse populations is a plus


Position Logistics:

  • Compensation: This is an unpaid internship - college credit available upon request
  • Hours: flexible, minimum of 10 scheduled hours per week
  • Supervisor: Program Manager
  • Complete an Intern Orientation which covers: The role of the IRC, IRC policies to which all interns must adhere, How to track your internship hours


IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.