Community Engagement Interns

Position: Community Engagement Intern, Alumni Intern

Location: Remote*

Employment Type: Intern

Compensation: $17.50/hour, average 10-15 hours per week

Deadline to apply: March 11, 2025

Start Date: April 1, 2025

End Date: May 20, 2025 (with the possibility to extend through August 2025) 

*Candidates must be located in the following states: CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MI, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI

The Organization

At Thrive Scholars, our mission is to help high-achieving, low-income underrepresented students get into and graduate from top colleges equipped to achieve their full career potential, with the focus of helping Scholars achieve economic mobility. 

Our comprehensive and data-driven program model focuses on the key inflection points that can be the difference between graduating from any college and graduating from a top college with the grades, degree, career skills, and network needed to thrive in any career. Thrive Scholars originated in Los Angeles as South Central Scholars (“SCS”) twenty years ago. Over this time, the organization has refined its program model and, in the last five years, has focused on expanding nationally; reaching more high-achieving underrepresented students, growing the number of Scholars we serve; and deepening our program impact. Looking ahead, Thrive Scholars is embarking on a new strategic plan which will include launching new program offerings and continued organizational growth. Thrive Scholars has approximately 85 permanent employees and 170 summer employees. 

The Internship Experience: 

Thrive Scholars is seeking two interns to support the Community Engagement Programs team. As an Intern at Thrive Scholars, you will get first-hand experience learning the ins and outs of a growing non-profit. With the collaborative nature of our organization, you’ll have the opportunity to work across departments and contribute to new projects and initiatives. Interns will receive mentoring from their supervisors and other staff, as well as the opportunity to communicate and network with professionals across career fields.

Community Engagement Intern: 

The Thrive Community Engagement team helps further our mission to support our Scholars by helping them develop professional connections and supporting with opportunities for volunteers and corporate partners to deepen their relationship with our organization. As the Community Engagement Intern, you will support the execution of our mentorship and volunteer programs, helping to foster meaningful connections between Thrive Scholars and our network of professional volunteers. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and proactive individual who is passionate about student success, relationship management, and program operations.

Alumni Intern:

The Thrive Alumni team helps further our mission to support our Scholars not just throughout college, but beyond. As the Alumni Intern, you’ll work with our Managing Director of Alumni and Community Engagement to support our Alumni Engagement program. You’ll gain experience in providing administrative support to the team and assisting with the execution of various programming to support our expanding network of Thrive Alumni. Additionally, you’ll gain hands-on experience communicating within different professional settings as well as conducting research to identify important updates within the Thrive Scholars alumni network. You can also expect to assist with social media posts and increasing our presence across social networks.

The ideal intern candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong communication skills; comfortable with conducting written and verbal outreach to alumni and/or external contacts
• A high level of initiative and accountability
• Keen attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate and work as a team member
• Genuine enthusiasm and ability to work in a high-energy virtual environment
• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in learning about the behind-the-scenes management of a non-profit
• Passion for working with and/or on behalf of low-income, first-generation, students of color
• Tech savvy or quick to learn new online tools

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Thrive Scholars provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. Knowing their importance to the success of our work, Thrive Scholars is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we aspire to build a diverse staff team and community. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

For more information, please visit thrivescholars.org