Operations Paid Internship (Non-Profit/Summer)

The Yleana Leadership Academy is seeking Operations interns for its residential summer academy. We take pride in serving rising high school seniors from underserved urban areas as part of our mission to close the achievement gap through a three-week transformative summer SAT experience on a college campus. We are part college experience, part summer camp, part intense SAT training, and part leadership academy.

Our students are all low-income, and the majority are first generation students of color. All of our students attend on full scholarship and describe Yleana as one of the most transformative experiences they have had - they return to their schools with a renewed dedication to their education, and the real sense that they can succeed in whatever they choose to do in life.

Yleana at its best is made up of people who are constantly generating new and better ways to do things, drawing on what they have seen, read, and experienced, who replace “I can’t do that” with “Let’s make it happen." We prefer instructors who can improvise, who are creative, who approach problems in unexpected ways, and who generally understand how to communicate the test to diverse groups of students.

Working at Yleana is outstanding. In 2017, our average score improvement in a 3-week period was 160-180 points on the SAT, and we want your help to make that number even higher.

What you'll be doing: Organize bus transportation for campers - originating from four separate cities - to and from camp Keep stock of office and classroom supplies and restocking materials before they run out Liaise with university contacts on a variety of tasks including organizing camper information, arranging classroom and dorm room assignments, and handling maintenance requests as necessary Plan signature events such as our entrepreneurship fair and end-of-camp banquets Maintain a detailed calendar of daily classes and events Organize logistics for follow-up program Process student tests with our automated grading system and prepare test reports based on the results Other responsibilities as needed

The Operations intern helps ensure that camp runs smoothly, and will assist the Administration and Operations Coordinator during camp. If you are interested in pursuing nonprofit management, logistics, and/or event planning/management, this may be your dream job.

Operations interns generally earn a stipend of between $1400-3000 for the summer. All summer interns receive full room and board for the duration of camp. Stipends are determined on the basis of camp experience, level of school completed, SAT experience, proven SAT competence, flexibility/creativity/x-factor during the interview process, and specific additional camp-related responsibilities that you can undertake.

Camp runs from Saturday 6/16/18 to Monday 8/13/18; Operations interns have to be available for that whole window of time. You will also have responsibilities to complete before the beginning of camp, for which you will be compensated hourly in addition to the stipend.

We will prioritize your application if you are available to teach at our Follow Up Program after the summer program.

Run like a day of camp, it takes place on college campuses in each of our partner cities (Boston, Baltimore, NYC, Philadelphia) after the second session of camp is over. Pay is $25/hour, and is in addition to the base stipend.

The next priority application deadline is March 1, 2018. We hire on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply, the better.

Diversity and equal opportunity are at the core of Yleana and our mission. We are committed to building a team that reflects the world. People who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply.

We'd love to hear from you if you: Have a BA/BS degree (highly preferred) or are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program (required) Have a valid driver's' license (highly preferred) Are able to achieve a minimum score of 600 verbal/600 math on internal hiring assessment (SAT) Have experience with Google Drive apps, including Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Gmail (highly preferred) Multi-tasker, self-starter Well-organized, with impeccable attention to detail and consistency Excellent written communication - with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation - and spoken communication - including good phone etiquette Anticipate and solve problems before they happen Are an outstanding teammate Quickly adapt to unforeseen problems Love serving as a mentor/role model to diverse high school students Exude empathy, patience, and compassion for our students Work until the job is done flawlessly, rather than saying “It’s good enough” when it’s not quite there Have a real passion for helping students from historically marginalized communities succeed in graduating high school and matriculating to college

The Yleana Leadership Academy, the flagship program of the Yleana Leadership Foundation, is a residential summer academy which serves rising high school seniors in urban areas (Baltimore, Boston/North Shore of MA, NYC, and Philadelphia) and seeks to close the achievement gap through a three-week transformative intervention summer SAT experience on a college campus. We are part college experience, part summer camp, part intense SAT training, and part leadership academy. In addition to SAT classes, students explore issues like race, class, and gender through our Issues curriculum, an open-forum discussion setting where they question these issues through readings by people like James Baldwin, Junot Diaz, bell hooks, and Sherman Alexie. We also help our students develop higher order/critical thinking skills through our Entrepreneurship class, which culminates in a one-day startup fair with entrepreneurs from all over the world advising the students all day until their crowning faceoff - a Shark Tank competition.

Yleana campers are typically low-SES, of color, and first-generation college students; all attend on full scholarship. Besides studying for the SAT, being part of Issues and Entrepreneurship classes, campers enjoy a traditional summer camp experience (complete with campfires and S’mores!) while becoming a part of a welcoming and introspective camp community. One of the greatest compliments we have received came from a student who had been in foster care and had faced significant obstacles at home who told us that Yleana was the first place she felt safe, where people truly cared about her.

In 2017, our average score improvement in a 3-week period was 160-180 points on the SAT.