Knowledge & Content Intern
Posting Description
1. Background
Habitat for Humanity is a movement of people in your local area and around the world, working together to build more prosperous and vibrant communities by making sure everyone has a safe, affordable place to call home. Since our founding in 1976 as a Christian organization, together we have helped more than 62 million people globally build their futures on their own terms through access to decent housing. We’ve done that by working alongside people of all walks of life to build, repair and finance their homes, by innovating new ways of building and financing, and by advocating for policies that make constructing and accessing housing easier for everyone. Together, we build homes, communities and hope. To learn more, visit habitat.org
The Terwilliger Center collaborates with local firms to enhance market-based solutions, recognizing that low-income families already rely on these markets for housing. Habitat seeks to exponentially increase its impact by improving systems for better housing. Supported by the Terwilliger Center, ShelterTech is the leading platform for affordable housing innovation, identifying and scaling entrepreneurial solutions for low-income populations. The program offers funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities, connecting startups with an ecosystem of investors, corporations, and experts. By providing access to critical resources and market opportunities, ShelterTech is poised to disrupt the affordable housing sector.
2. Purpose of the Role
The Knowledge & Content Fellow will support the development of strategic content and knowledge products that document ShelterTech’s evolution, showcase portfolio startups, and position affordable housing innovation more clearly to the outside world. This role will require strong writing, synthesis, and research skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with ShelterTech and Habitat’s Global Communications team. Spanish skills are a plus, given the emphasis on Latin American partners and startups.
3. Key Responsibilities
A. Knowledge Product Development
- Produce concise, shareable knowledge products that communicate ShelterTech’s strategy, support model, and future ambitions.
- Work with the Communications team to ensure messaging is aligned with broader organizational tone and goals.
- Assist in editing, formatting, and preparing documents for publication and distribution across multiple channels.
- Produce in-depth startup spotlights, showcasing their business models, impact potential, and relevance to the housing sector.
- Collaborate with startups, partners, and regional teams to collect interviews, quotes, and data as needed.
- Draft business cases that could be used to engage corporates, donors, and investors.
- Develop reusable templates for SGB profiles and promotional materials to ensure consistent messaging and branding across future startup communication.
- Conduct light-touch research to support ShelterTech’s efforts to better define its niche and position itself more clearly within the global innovation ecosystem.
- Produce short briefs or annotated bibliographies summarizing key insights on topics like housing tech, climate resilience, or inclusive innovation in emerging markets.
- Identify success stories or case studies that can be adapted for ShelterTech’s use in campaigns or donor reporting.
Required:
- Strong research, writing, and synthesis skills
- Familiarity with international development, social entrepreneurship, or housing-related issues
- Proactive and self-directed, comfortable working remotely with diverse global teams
- Experience in communications, design, or knowledge management
- Interest in startups, innovation ecosystems, or housing/climate impact
- Professional proficiency in Spanish
About
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. The purpose and goal of Habitat for Humanity International is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses in partnership with families in need. HFHI has an Administrative Headquarters based in Atlanta, Georgia, an Operational Headquarters based in Americus, Georgia and Area Office bases of operations in Manila, Philippines for our Asia and the Pacific work, San Jose, Costa Rica for our Latin American and the Caribbean work, and Bratislava, Slovakia, for our Europe, the Middle East and Africa work.
HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Function
Administrative, Communications, Housing and Shelter
Auto req ID
10635BR
Position Category
Paid Internship
Position Type
US Internship
Geographic Location
North America
Location
Atlanta, GA
Required Travel
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