Graduate Intern, Internships & Career Success

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Temporary New York, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Since 2003, The Opportunity Network (Opp Net) has been committed to providing students, regardless of background, with the resources and connections necessary to achieve their college and career goals.

Our founding Fellows program supports 1,000 New York City students each year, from the summer after tenth grade to college graduation, boasting a 98% graduation rate within six years. About 93% of Fellows are first‑generation college students, and 91% secure meaningful employment or graduate school admission within six months of graduating.

Our Career Fluency® Partnerships program enhances workforce and college readiness for 100,000 students across 20 cities. Our Opportunity Ignited program helps employers with intern matching and training, improving talent pipelines and workplace environments, training over 350 staff in 22 partner firms in its first five years.

We are looking to hire an exceptional Graduate Intern to assist the Opp Net Fellows Program in the preparation and coordination of our summer of in‑house programming. This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in engaging in an innovative, six-year early college readiness and career development program supporting students in New York City. The position will require a commitment of 10-15 hours per week to start and build to 20-29 hours per week by June.

The 10-20 hours/week for January-May is flexible based on the candidate’s scheduling needs. The position will be hybrid, with 1 day/week in‑person at our Manhattan office required during January-May, and 3-4 days/week in‑person June-August.

The Graduate Intern will support the Internships & Career Success team with best‑fit placement of high school Fellows into summer opportunities, communicating with colleagues and Fellows regularly. This role will support overall high school programming throughout the spring semester, in preparation for leading operations for in‑house programs come summer. Each summer we offer learning experiences in a variety of career fields to cohorts of 10-25 students.

The Graduate Intern will help to coordinate the logistics of the in‑house programs, including our Finance Career Accelerator, Summer Science Research Program (SSRP), United Planet Virtual Internships, and NFTE Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Each program has a facilitator or program host, and the Graduate Intern will support the program leads to ensure the successful implementation of each program. Some of the in‑house programs will be conducted virtually while others will take on a hybrid format with some in‑person days.

The ideal candidate will personally connect to the important work we do and align with Opp Net’s core values. The candidate should possess outstanding professionalism and discretion, organization and attention to detail, energy and initiative, the ability to prioritize and complete a variety of tasks on time, and a willingness to work on a wide range of assignments. The candidate should be comfortable working 1:1 with students across various communication platforms and able to work on multiple work streams simultaneously.

• Support Opp Net Fellows (11 th grade through college seniors) with in‑house summer program applications and general summer opportunity/internship readiness
• Manage participant email communications, sharing program information, reminders, and…