Employment & Internship Opportunities

Marketing & Public Relations Manager

Job Summary: 

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) seeks an enthusiastic, creative and hardworking Marketing and Public Relations Manager to assist in the planning and execution of its annual marketing and communications plan. The Marketing & Public Relations Manager will help lead and execute social media content plans – including creating a content calendar, monitoring all engagement across SOPA’s channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube), covering live events and more. Additionally, this position will assist with the development of strategies for PR, advertising, and digital marketing. Essential to this position is the ability to establish and expand brand recognition throughout the state.

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Regional Development Director: Northwest Region

Job Summary: 

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) is embarking on an exciting reorganization and seeks an enthusiastic leader to oversee all geographic area fund raising activities within newly formed Northwest Region (Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Warren, and Venango Counties). This position will lead the strategic growth of the Northwest Region’s fundraising activities to ensure revenue is generated to meet (or exceed) the Region’s annual budget.

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Stewardship Manager: Eastern PA

Job Summary: 

Special Olympics Pennsylvania is seeking a Stewardship Manager, Eastern PA (SME) to join its growing Development team. The SME will oversee all event planning and execution logistics to support both major and minor fundraising and cultivation/stewardship events for eastern PA, maximizing revenue generation and fully integrating events into donor relations efforts. The SME will collaborate and coordinate with other department leadership and regional teams to realize measurable revenue growth, meaningful donor/partner relations and enhanced volunteer engagement.

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Regional Development Director: GLVPR

Job Summary: 

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) is embarking on an exciting reorganization and seeks an enthusiastic leader to oversee all geographic area fund raising activities within newly formed Region 5 area (Berks, Bethlehem, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties). This position will lead the strategic growth of Region 5 fundraising activities to ensure revenue is generated to meet (or exceed) the Region’s annual budget.

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Regional Sport & UCS Director: Northeast Region

Job Summary: 

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) is in the process of completing a multi-year reorganization which will allow us to better serve our athletes and volunteers. We are seeking an enthusiastic leader to oversee all geographic area sports activities within the newly formed Northeast Region to include Luzerne, Lackawanna, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties. This position will be responsible for strategic growth of sports activities, Unified Champion School programming and support the recruitment of new SOPA eligible athletes, volunteers and community partners to meet the Region’s and state goals. A willingness to travel is required as regular site visits and competition attendance is a requirement of this position.

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Submit in Word format a letter of interest, resume, salary history, references, AND salary requirements to careers@specialolympicspa.org

No phone calls will be accepted. Resumes sent for positions other than this posting will not receive a response.

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ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION

Special Olympics Pennsylvania provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults (age 8-80) with intellectual disabilities. All training and competition opportunities are provided free of charge to athletes, enabling everyone to experience the benefits of Special Olympics that extend well beyond the playing field. The athletes of Special Olympics -- 16,000 strong in Pennsylvania -- are constant reminders of all that is right with the human spirit. Pennsylvania is the 7th largest program and one of the strongest Special Olympics programs in the United States. For more information about how SOPA inspires greatness, visit www.specialolympicspa.org.

Communications & Social Media Marketing Intern

Internship Summary:

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) seeks a Communications and Social Media Marketing Intern that can commit to 15 - 20 hours (spread out) per week of work either remotely and in the Norristown office location.  View our full internship description.

The Marketing and Development Intern will assist both the Special Events and Marketing Communications Managers in the implementation of various marketing strategies for Special Olympics Pennsylvania. The right individual is self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented and exhibits pro-active communication.

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 Western Development Internship

Internship Summary:

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) seeks a Western Development Intern that can commit to 15 - 20 hours (spread out) per week of work either remotely and in the Pittsburgh office location.  View our full internship description.

The Fundraising and Events Intern will assist the Special Events Directors & Managers in the implementation and execution of Special Olympics Pennsylvania fundraising events throughout the state.

Sports Interns work with Competition Directors and assist in the planning for and implementation of sectional and state-wide competitions as well as general office/job-related duties as assigned.  Depending upon the time of year these interns may also assist with the planning for and implementation of Coach Training Schools and the SOPA/SOYO Multi-Sport Training Camp.

Sports Internships are unpaid and can be structured to meet the requirements of the program/degree of the student applying.  The number of internship opportunities each semester (Spring, Summer or Fall) is determined in part by the number of hours each intern is required to complete, but is generally limited to 1 per section (East, Central, West) of the state. 

Apply today for the role of Sports/Event Management Intern!

Applications for the Sports Internships are accepted throughout the year.  To apply please contact careers@specialolympicspa.org or 610-630-9456 (fax) or 2570 Blvd. of the Generals, Suite 124, Norristown, PA 19403.  Please indicate in your cover letter the term during which you’d like to do your internship, the number of hours you need to complete, and desired location (Eastern, Western or Central PA).