Reports to: Youth Education and Workforce Developer
Classification: Internship | Non-Exempt
Salary: $16/hour. The total hours for the READY internship are approximately 80 hours, including training and internship hours.
Schedule: Interns will complete a mandatory information session on July 12, 2024. Interns will also complete a two (2) week / six (6) session READY Internship Training beginning on July 16, 2024 from 5pm-7pm. After training, schedules will be determined by internship placement sites.
Summary: READY is The Center’s career preparation internship program for current New York City high school students. They participate in a tailored training series focused on strengthening their resumes, cover letters and interview skills. Once students complete their training they are eligible to work at a partnering business, organization or establishments and earn work experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Attend six (6) in-person READY training sessions which run from July 16th to July 26th on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm which will have roughly 15 youth.
- Attend a mandatory information session on July 12th.
- Upon completion of training, interns will be placed into individual internship placement sites. Unless specified otherwise, internships will be in-person.
- Attend ongoing check-ins with an internship site supervisor and Center staff.
- Complete timesheets in a timely manner.
- Other support duties as assigned.
Behavior Expectations:
- The READY interns represent The Center and are required to model professional behavior and communication and dress when working at partnering sites.
Position Requirements:
- Interns must be New York City high school students.
- Interns must submit working papers prior to orientation July 12th, 2024.
- Completed a Center Youth intake.
- Must have access to social security number.
- Students under the age of 18 must provide guardian consent to participate in an internship at The Center.
- Demonstrated ability to work with individuals of diverse races, identities, ethnicities, ages, gender identity and sexual orientations in a social justice-driven environment.
- Youth are expected to attend one drop-in group per week for professional development.
- Understanding of, and commitment to, undoing structural and institutional racism and bias and the spectrum of gender identity and bias. Consideration of the impacts and outcomes in decision-making processes and on underserved and historically oppressed communities.
- A strong commitment to social justice and the mission of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.
The Center’s Commitment to Equity & Inclusivity:
The Center was born of community activism in response to the AIDS epidemic, ensuring a place for LGBTQ people to access information, care, and support that they were not receiving elsewhere. We opened in 1983 to help people who had doors constantly closed in their faces, ostracized by family, friends, and shunned by the general society. Since that time, we have continually provided a wide array of services and programs to serve our community, with an intentional focus on providing support to those who are most vulnerable. We have always taken great care to be a space that responds to community need; engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion work is another outgrowth of those ongoing efforts. We recognize that in order to help LGBTQ individuals and our diverse community achieve parity in health, justice, opportunity and success outcomes, our organization must hold a strong foundation and competency in, as well as invest organizational focus on, equity and inclusion frameworks, practices and policies. This is also true in our hiring and retention of staff.
The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
**The deadline to submit applications is June 23, 2024.