Intern, Operations-Remote

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The Operations & Project Management Intern will support department-wide initiatives by coordinating projects, examining current workflows, developing resources, identifying gaps and white-space opportunities, and recommending improvements that benefit the overall team. The intern will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and help translate ideas into clear, sustainable operational practices. The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations.

To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center.

The American Heart Association’s Internship Program provides college students an opportunity for hands‑on experience in various facets for individuals interested in gaining work experience with a non-profit, voluntary health organization.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award‑winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center.

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• Time Commitment: 20-25 hours per week
• Internship Duration: 1/25/27-5/7/27
• Location:
  
  Remote in Central and Eastern Time Zone
• Salary: $23.00 per hour

Individuals participating in the internship program are provided with an opportunity to:

• Gain important and practical job skills to be successful in a non-profit environment.
• Opportunity to explore a career‑path with a reputable voluntary health/service organization.
• Complete an internship that enriches your academic and professional resume as well as enriching your personal life by making a difference in the lives of others.

• Assist with planning, organizing, and monitoring departmental projects and strategic initiatives from initiation through completion.
• Maintain project plans, workback schedules, milestones, action logs, decision records, risks, and dependencies.
• Prepare meeting materials; capture decisions, action items, owners, and next steps; and support timely follow‑up on deliverables.
• Coordinate information across work streams and help ensure stakeholders have clear visibility into project status and priorities.

• Document current‑state workflows and help design clear, practical future‑state processes.
• Identify bottlenecks, duplicative work, handoff issues, unclear ownership, and other operational pain points.
• Gather stakeholder feedback, research best practices, and recommend improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and team effectiveness.
• Help pilot, document, and evaluate new or improved processes using defined success measures.

• Create, update, and…