The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. The NAMI organization operates at the national, state, and local level. At NAMI Washington, we envision a world where all those impacted by mental health conditions know they are not alone, and are empowered to live their most fulfilling life.

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Position Summary
NAMI Washington has a field placement focusing on Nonprofit Organizational Development & General Management. Students in this position will learn the policies and laws that govern nonprofits both nationally and within Washington, as well as aspects of daily operations to maintain a strong nonprofit.They will have opportunities to learn event coordination, fundraising, sponsor relations, grant management, marketing, communications and more.
Areas of Focus:
Learn Standards of Practice (SOP) for Washington State Nonprofit Organizations
Learn and support weekly and monthly organizational financial processing—use of Quickbooks, GL codes, classification of programs vs admin and fundraising categories
Assist NAMI Washington’s Executive Director (ED) and Director of Philanthropy with fund development activities, including grant research, editing, and writing; event marketing and planning; and running committee meetings.
Work with ED on Board of Directors meetings and related issues.
Attend relevant coalition and community meetings as assigned and when it fits into the field placement schedule
Help coordinate NAMIWalks Washington with event logistics, marketing, sponsor engagement and affiliate communications
Build partnerships with community organizations and businesses to support event sponsorship and attendance
Provide technical assistance and support in philanthropic opportunities
Maintain donor database and sponsor tracker
Opportunity to attend NAMI Washington Annual State Conference—as an attendee and a member of the “staff”
Attend NAMI Washington weekly staff & EDI meetings if they fit into schedule

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Ability to analyze complex issues
Incorporation of NAMI Washington's organizational values of respect, community, kindness, empowerment, and
Integrity into your everyday life and work that you do.
Comfortable picking up the phone and calling people you have never met, speaking in front of groups, and interacting with people who might be experiencing mental health symptoms.
Commitment and follow-through to execute all the mundane details that bring programs and presentations to life.
Extremely organized—even if you’re not naturally detail-oriented—with a system for keeping track of projects.
Passionate about the way mental health intersects with other lived experiences and identities, and you bring an anti-bias and intersectional lens to the work that you do.

Please see mezzo.

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Please email Summer Starr at SStarr@namiwa.org