All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.
Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.
OverviewThis is a pro-bono volunteer position.
JerseySTEM is searching for a volunteer who can oversee our internship program. This role will be responsible for the entire life-cycle of intern management from onboarding to offboarding. You will be developing intern engagement programs, and create a sense of community within JerseySTEM for the interns. You will also be the go-to person with any intern questions that the organization might have, as well as to the interns.
Responsibilities- Participate in the hiring process for JerseySTEM internship program
- Help diversify sources of interns
- Streamline processes and implement a structure to the internship program that align to organization goals
- Develop engagement programs for the interns (e.g. buddy system, remote happy hours, surveys, recognitions, etc.)
- Oversee the onboarding and offboarding of the internship program
- Partner with the leaders to identify internship needs
- Be the SME in everything intern related!
- Enforce compliance if internship regulations
- 6 hours a week, 6 month commitment
- Virtual position
- Strong proficiency in Gsuite required
- Prior experience with using slack, salesforce, and Jira strongly preferred
- Strong organization skills and detail orientation
- Process and people oriented
- Self-starter and accountable
- The ability to identify and leverage resources
- Prior experience working in a start-up/non-profit preferred
- Prior experience with managing an HR program preferred
- Track record of success with building successful partnership within an organization
This is a pro-bono volunteer position.
Skills Required
- Strong proficiency with Google Workspace
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Process-oriented and people-oriented approach
- Self-starter who is accountable
- Ability to identify and leverage resources
- Six hours per week and a six-month commitment
- Prior experience using Slack, Salesforce, and Jira
- Prior experience working in a startup or nonprofit
- Prior experience managing an HR program
- Track record of building successful organizational partnerships
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What We Do
JerseySTEM is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit that brings science, technology, engineering, and math education to middle-school girls in underrepresented New Jersey communities. It partners with socially responsible companies, youth organizations, colleges, universities, schools, and volunteers to provide hands-on and online after-school projects and inquiry-based learning. Its programs build teamwork, problem-solving skills, self-esteem, and pathways toward college, STEM careers, and future leadership.
