Global Mapping International

GMI Intern Program

Overview

The intern program provides a stepping-stone to mission service for a select few college or seminary students or graduates, or people in mid-career transition, who would join GMI staff for a period as interns, full or part-time. As part of the training for future mission involvement, those accepted into the program are responsible for raising their personal financial support.

Needs

GMI is uniquely positioned at the intersection of certain needs of widely different groups.

1. Mission organizations need more people with the kinds of technical, research and communication skills that GMI has and could teach.
2. College and seminary students are looking for ways they can serve and get experience (and maybe credit) in the summer. Graduates often need some experience beyond the classroom before they go overseas.
3. Colleges and seminaries are open to new partnerships which create opportunities for their students and thus strengthen their programs; GMI can offer them something unique.
4. Mid-career people in business or the military may be open to mission service but unable to make the leap all at once, especially if it means two years of support raising and/or classroom work before they get to DO anything.
5. GMI would benefit from its personal connections with apprentices who went on to serve with other missions. For example, they might serve at a GMI associate site or assist with GMI product development. Some might become long-term members of GMI staff, though that is not the main purpose of the program.

Methods

1. We recruit the cream of the crop, both in terms of their commitment and their service potential. GMI may opt to leave a spot vacant rather than accept an unsuitable candidate. We recruit in terms of meeting the needs of specific GMI projects.
2. An intern works on general duties and may be assigned a major project for which he/she is largely responsible.
3. Each has his/her own supervisor/mentor who is a full-time GMI staff member.
4. Each is provided with appropriate office space and computer equipment.
5. Some general mission reading is required; the amount and kind of reading will vary widely.
6. Interns may make a US trip and/or an overseas trip during the service depending on the requirements of their assignment at GMI.

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