Academies Intern

Thrive Scholars

8d • $18 - $18

About The Position

Summer Academy has long been the keystone of Thrive Scholars’ Six-Year Program, offering a signature summer experience through intensive college-preparatory courses taught by college instructors. Thrive’s current strategic direction builds on the success of our residential Summer Academy to expand our impact by establishing commuter-based Academies in cities across the United States. We launched our first two commuter programs in Los Angeles and New York City in 2024 and Chicago in 2025, while simultaneously continuing to offer the residential Summer Academies for Scholars who do not have an academy in their community. We expect to continue extending our reach to other cities in the coming years. Our students are high-achieving, including first-generation college-goers from under-resourced communities, with an average high school GPA of 3.9 on a 4.0 scale. They are eager to learn, inquisitive, and highly motivated to succeed. In general, they see themselves as good students who perform well in school and are determined to live up to that expectation. When scholars attend their first summer academy, whether commuter or residential, they are a rising high school senior. Thrive Scholars seeks interns for the Summer Academy programs. The interns will have the opportunity to develop and leverage skills in project management and leadership. With support from the Program Operations Manager, interns will be responsible for supporting the Academies team with day to day administrative tasks leading up to and during Summer Academy, supporting pre-departure needs of Scholars, and developing communication and informational materials for Scholars, internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with team members and correspond professionally with participants.
• Comfortable with changing priorities and able to handle unexpected challenges effectively.
• Collaborative attitude with a willingness to support various aspects of the program.
• Project planning experience
• Strong organizational skills and initiative
• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in learning about non-profit operational management

Nice To Haves

• Non-profit, education, or business internship experience; preferred
• Passion for working with and/or on behalf of low-income, first-generation students of color

Responsibilities

• Orientation Support: Assist in building scholar and staff orientations, including documentation and material reviews.
• Communication Management: Oversee the summer academy inbox, respond to Scholar inquiries, manage message platform
• Material Updates: Revise program materials for parents, scholars, and staff.
• Documentation Review: Carefully review scholar documentation for accuracy and lead scholar outreach as needed
• Staffing Processes: Support interviewing and onboarding seasonal staff.
• Logistics: Manage supply purchases, room assignments, and community programming preparation.
• Team Collaboration: Share updates and collaborate with the Summer Academy Team through various communication methods.
• Attendance Management: Support set up and training for attendance platform; Track and organize scholar attendance data
• Other Duties: Handle additional tasks as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed