Administrative Internship Opportunity

3 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Youth Guidance Full time

About Our Organization

Youth Guidance creates and implements school-based programs that enable children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education, and ultimately, to succeed in school and in life.

We believe that no matter what challenges a young person faces, they are more likely to succeed when they have caring adults in their lives.

Our highly trained staff guides kids to overcome the life and academic challenges facing the youth.

We meet kids where they are - physically and emotionally - to help them focus on their education, make positive choices, and remain on the right path toward life success.

Founded in 1924 and celebrating 100 years of impact this year, Youth Guidance is a leading provider of outcomes-driven programs serving more than 18,000 youth around the country.

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Position Summary:

Administrative-based interns will focus on various administrative tasks, research, report-making, training and development, leadership, and program management.

Interns will be matched with a qualified site supervisor or program manager and supported by Youth Guidance's Internship coordinator.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Participate in program staff development and required training.

Participate in YG committees (may be either required or by choice, depending on department and internship assignment).

Project management and execution.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/Experience/Training

Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree

Currently seeking school credit through an internship

Skills/Abilities

Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills

Capable of collaborating in team settings and working independently

Demonstrates cultural competency, including an understanding of the effects of institutional racism and systemic oppression on marginalized populations

Demonstrates creativity in engaging youth

Exhibits a positive team-based approach to treatment and care working with clients

Fluent in Spanish and English highly preferred

Core Competencies:

Communication:

Uses effective written and oral communication with internal staff, teams, and community served; demonstrates empathy and listening

Client orientation:

Recognizes needs of diverse stakeholders and approaches relationships with a service orientation, to ultimately maximize the impact

Equity mindset:

Understands and is committed to goals of equity, consistently brings an equity mindset to the organization's work and workplace

Growth mindset:

Views growth as important for personal and professional development; seeks out opportunities to expand skills, even if the change is required, demonstrates curiosity and eagerness to learn

Ownership and quality of work:

Effectively manages own work, and the work of the team to ensure delivery of high-quality work

Supervisory skills:

Effectively manages and develops others

Mission drive:

Demonstrates commitment to the mission of the organization as a whole and alignment with organization values

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch.

The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job operates in a professional office environment, school setting and working with the public, all Youth Guidance employees must be fully vaccinated or approved for a medical or religious exemption

Occasional local and national travel

At Youth Guidance, we understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are fundamental to realizing our vision of bright and successful futures for all young people.

We celebrate the diversity of youth and recognize them as empowered leaders, problem-solvers, and experts of their own experiences.

At the same time, we acknowledge that many systems and institutions meant to support youth are inequitable and unjust.

As such, we are committed to advancing DE&I through our words and our actions, both internally and externally, by:

Strengthening cultural competence as well as policies, practices, and organizational structures that foster belonging and leverage the unique backgrounds and talents of staff;

Offering youth-centered programs that are accessible and responsive to people from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, language, and cultural and religious beliefs and practices;

Influencing systems that youth, their families, and communities are impacted by, such as schools, organizational networks, governmental bodies, researchers, and the funding community, to apply approaches that embrace DEI in addressing the needs and supporting the aspirations of young people.

Youth Guidance is an equal-opportunity employer and proudly values diversity.

Youth Guidance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity along all of these lines.

People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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