Internships and early-career roles that make a difference
Vera Institute of Justice
The intern will support Restoring Promise’s Designed for Dignity work focused on prison culture change and humane corrections policies. Responsibilities include assisting with technical assistance, policy review, trainings, research, data entry and analysis, transcription, document drafting, meeting support, and potentially one site visit.
Jon Ossoff for Senate
The Operations Associate will support the systems, processes, and office infrastructure that campaign staff and volunteers rely on. The role includes office management, supply procurement, onboarding support, communication processes with the Operations Department, and assistance with office programs and campaign events.
Share Our Strength
The Associate, Community Engagement leads social media community engagement strategy, managing real-time audience interactions and helping turn digital platforms into spaces for dialogue, trust-building, and mobilization. The role also supports social content creation, may serve as an on-camera brand voice, and provides audience insights to inform communications, fundraising, and program work.
MiracleFeet
The Administrative Coordinator supports daily operations and administrative processes across the organization, with key support for Development & Communications and administrative teams. Responsibilities include procurement, inventory and vendor management, mail and check processing, donor recognition gifts, promotional materials, event logistics, and general office support.
Earthworks
The Human Resources Fellow is a five-month, full-time temporary role supporting HR functions across the employee lifecycle. The fellow will assist with recruitment, onboarding and offboarding, benefits administration, record maintenance, compliance, policy implementation, employee relations, and HR communications while receiving mentorship and professional development support.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Research Associate will support the Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy by conducting research and literature reviews, tracking news and data, and assisting with articles, book chapters, web interactives, and other publications. The role also includes administrative support, event coordination, budget and grant tracking, editing and proofreading, and social media outreach.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Program Associate will support a senior fellow focused on South and Southeast Asia, Australia, and China, while also assisting other fellows and programs within the Studies Program. Responsibilities include administrative support, event coordination, financial tracking, website and social media updates, publication preparation, and occasional research.
Greenlight America
The Communications Senior Associate supports communications and campaign work through online research, social listening, and content creation. The role develops campaign materials such as talking points, fact sheets, op-eds, social media posts, presentations, and volunteer resources while collaborating with communications and campaigns staff.
Human Rights Campaign
The Events & Activations Temp will provide administrative and program support for major fundraising events, including the National Dinner, Chefs for Equality, and related events. Responsibilities include auction procurement and tracking, database entry, bidder follow-up, raffle support, and on-site event support.
Chinese-American Planning Council
The Administrative Assistant will support afterschool programs at PS 160 or PS 255 in Brooklyn by coordinating office operations, maintaining program documentation, and supporting staff and families. Responsibilities include managing registration and attendance systems, preparing correspondence and reports, tracking expenditures, maintaining files and supplies, and serving as a liaison with finance and program staff.
Atlantic Council
The Program Assistant will provide executive support to the Vice President of Energy and Infrastructure and help manage day-to-day operations for the Global Energy Center. Responsibilities include scheduling, travel coordination, briefing materials, research, drafting, event support, stakeholder liaison work, and maintaining program records and internal processes.
Atlantic Council
The Project Assistant will support day-to-day operations, events, meetings, and administrative needs for the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. Responsibilities include preparing event materials, coordinating onsite and virtual convenings, supporting VIP and guest logistics, drafting correspondence and summaries, and assisting with research and special projects.
The Door
The Per Diem Overnight Youth Counselor supports the Runaway and Homeless Youth program at a 24-hour drop-in center. The role ensures homeless and unstably housed youth have access to basic needs such as food, clothing, hygiene, rest, and safety during overnight hours, while providing crisis intervention and documentation as needed.
The Door
The Teaching Artist will design and lead creative and educational workshops and activities for youth in afternoon and evening programming. The role includes developing curriculum, facilitating arts, wellness, recreation, and community-building activities, supporting showcases, supervising participants, and connecting young people to additional services.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
This temporary, paid, part-time internship supports community health education and outreach through the Ohio Center for Sex Education. The intern will help plan, market, implement, and evaluate education programs on reproductive health, STI prevention, family planning, and sexual health in schools and community settings.
Operation Smile
The intern will create and publish multimedia content for Student Programs’ social media channels, website, and print materials. Responsibilities include designing digital and print graphics, paginating toolkits and reports, interviewing audience members, managing multimedia assets, and analyzing social media data.
Operation Smile
The Travel Coordinator manages travel logistics for employees, volunteers, and guests, including flights, lodging, ground transportation, and group travel for programs and events. The role ensures compliance with travel policies, monitors itineraries, resolves disruptions, supports travel-related finances, and provides responsive customer service before, during, and after travel.
Science Friday
The Associate Producer will pitch, research, book, produce, and edit one or two 12–17 minute audio segments each week for the daily podcast and weekly radio show. The role involves preparing host materials, writing scripts and web copy, editing audio, collaborating with audience and production teams, and helping translate science news into compelling conversations.
Hanover Research
The Business Development Associate supports sales growth by identifying and engaging senior-level prospects, conducting outreach through calls, email, and social messaging, and helping Sales Directors generate qualified meetings and manage pipelines. The role includes structured training, mentorship, exposure to live sales cycles, and a merit-based path toward promotion in sales or related business roles.
Red Wine & Blue
This role serves as the organization’s field presence in the Philadelphia suburbs, growing supporter networks through community outreach, coalition-building, and events. The organizer will also train local women, track engagement data, manage social media support, and represent the organization in public and media-facing settings.
Food & Water Watch
This part-time organizer will help grow volunteer and ally networks in New Mexico and advance statewide campaigns, especially around factory farms and data center development. The role includes campaign planning and execution, volunteer leadership development, coalition work, public representation, and use of digital organizing tools.
D.C. Hunger Solutions
This role focuses on increasing participation in SNAP through outreach, case management, education, coalition-building, and policy analysis in Washington, D.C. The associate will support residents directly, build partnerships with community and government stakeholders, and help advance broader anti-hunger strategies across the District.
The Brookings Institution
This role supports the planning and execution of development-led events, including donor gatherings, board meetings, study tours, and virtual programs. The coordinator manages event data and RSVPs, prepares materials and communications, staffs events, and provides administrative support such as scheduling, travel, and expense reporting.
FAR.AI
This is a hands-on generalist operations role supporting the Business Operations Manager and COO across finance, compliance, HR, IT, events, and coworking space operations. The associate will own recurring operational processes, triage internal requests, coordinate vendors and equipment, and take on special projects as the organization scales rapidly.