HQ Internship

National Headquarters and Corporate Roles

CCO headquarters offers challenging positions where you can use your education, skills, and gifts to support the work of the campus staff and to lead the movement nationally and internationally.

The CCO HQ Internship program is the beginning of a new career as a full-time Catholic lay missionary within a corporate setting at the national headquarters office.          

It is designed to give HQ Interns a comprehensive knowledge of the various aspects of the National Headquarters while at the same time preparing them to serve within a specific area of the administration.

The HQ Internship Program combines personalized training in the different areas of faith, leadership, teamwork, and practical office training. Listed below are some of the various topics covered:

• understanding the beginnings of CCO and our charism
• giftedness and behavioral analysis
• public speaking
• time management, project management and goal-based planning
• faith formation in evangelization and the Catholic Church.
• Job shadowing in the areas of finance, marketing, human resources, and development, internet technology, etc.
  

The program also includes mentorship, learning activities and practical reading, including: John Maxwell’s 21 Laws of Leadership, Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful people, I Believe in Love: a retreat on Thérèse of Lisieux, and various encyclicals of the Church.

The HQ Internship Program is designed to train, equip and ensure that new CCO HQ Staff are ready to embark on this cutting-edge career. It is also designed to be a final discernment process before joining full-time staff with CCO.

Once an individual has been accepted to the internship program they would begin for an 8 month term beginning August and ending in March the following year. And the end of this time, successful HQ Interns are invited to serve for 2 or more years with CCO.

During your HQ internship year, CCO pays a stipend that can cover half of your salary (approximately $800 depending on the individual). This modest stipend will help to supplement the salary that you will begin to support raise ("fundraising"). You will have the opportunity to be trained on support raising before you begin to build a support ream.

Roles in the CCO National Headquarters include:

Marketing & Promotions

• Corporate Fundraising
• Graphic Design and Multimedia
• Conference, Mission, and Events Organizing (assisting with promotion)
  
• Sales & Promotional activity:
• CCO sales and promotions

Communications

• Publications and Editing
  
• Journalism
• Web postings
  
• Media/Public relations

Information Technology

• Website design
• Networking
• Programming
• Technical troubleshooting
  

Human Resources & Training

• Staff Recruitment
• Staff achievements and celebrations
  
• Headquarters operations management
• National staff training
• Training interns
• Support Team and Partnership Development
• Corporate policy development
• Alumni development
  

Accounting & Finance

• Budgeting & monitoring national accounts
• Not-for-profit taxation
• Internal controls
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Donor development
• Payroll
• Fund accounting

For any questions regarding the CCO HQ Internship or other opportunities at CCO National Headquarters, please contact: hq@cco.ca or call 613-736-1999. You may also fill out a Preliminary Ministry Interest Form to express your interest.