Summer 2026 Intern - Salesforce Administration (Memphis, TN)
Join the team behind one of the most trusted nonprofit brands in the world. ALSAC is the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Our paid summer internship program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience while supporting a powerful mission: Finding cures. Saving children.
What You’ll Experience:
Over 10 weeks, you’ll be immersed in ALSAC’s culture and work alongside passionate professionals. Here’s what you can expect:
Meaningful Projects that make a real impact
Mentorship & Collaboration with teammates and leaders across departments
Exclusive Chats with ALSAC’s Executive Leadership Team
Intern Project where you’ll learn design thinking, collaborate with interns, and present to ALSAC’s Executive Leadership Team
Named one of the Top 100 Internship Programs in the U.S. by WayUp and Yello, this program is designed to be impactful, collaborative, and inspiring.
Internship Details:
Dates: June 1 – August 7, 2026
Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week (Monday–Friday)
Pay: $14/hour
Location: Headquarters Office in Memphis, TN
Application Process:
After you submit your application and if eligible, you will be sent an email to complete a virtual video interview from HireVue. Your submission will be reviewed and if you are selected to move forward, you will be contacted for an interview with the hiring manager. Final candidates will be selected by April 1, 2026. For more information, visit stjude.org/alsacintern or contact [email protected].
Qualifications:
Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college/university or May 2026 graduate
Passionate about our mission
Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Must be 18 years of age or older
Internship Focus:
The Salesforce Platform Administration team plays a key role in supporting all IT Product teams that rely on Salesforce applications. As an intern, you'll help shape how our organization uses Salesforce by:
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to explore and implement new tools and platform extensions.
Managing user access and security settings to ensure safe and efficient operations.
Partnering with Salesforce to stay ahead of upcoming releases and help troubleshoot platform issues.
Supporting the configuration of essential platform-wide tools for security, continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD), and data backup.
This is a hands-on opportunity to learn how enterprise-grade platforms are managed, secured, and optimized—while contributing to real-world solutions that impact hundreds of users.
Responsibilities include:
Build an understanding of the Salesforce applications deployed at ALSAC, and the teams that they support.
Support the initiative to improve application security by auditing user provisioning
Support the automation of user provisioning
Participate in efforts to enhance integrations with AI and improved plugin management
Majors Preferred: Masters or Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Technology
Skills Preferred:
Communication skills: Ability to ask questions, document findings, and communicate clearly with team members and stakeholders.
Team collaboration: Willingness to work with cross-functional teams including developers, business analysts, and end users.
Basic understanding of Salesforce/SaaS Platforms: Configuration, navigation, and terminology.
Data management skills: Ability to work with spreadsheets, import/export data, and understand data hygiene principles.
CRM concepts: General knowledge of Customer Relationship Management systems and their purpose.
Basic reporting and dashboards: Ability to create or interpret simple reports and dashboards.
Understanding of user roles and permissions: Awareness of how access is managed in SaaS applications.
- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
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What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ®
At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.”
As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude.
To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.
