Volunteer Support Intern
** LACAC Arts Internship – Begins Fall 2025**
Young Storytellers sparks creative self-discovery through storytelling. Our programs highlight young people as the center of their own narratives, emphasize that their stories matter, and celebrate their unique voices as the ones telling them. Young Storytellers works towards a future where young people experience the impact that their thoughts, feelings, and words can have on the world in which they live.
Young Storytellers works with students in elementary, middle, and high school. In elementary school, students write scripts that are completely their own; in middle school, students write stories about challenges that they face; and in high school, students explore how various communities are portrayed in the media and craft stories that they feel represent their self-identified communities. Students in each program work with volunteer mentors, and every student gets to see their work performed by professional actors. Young Storytellers programs are designed around Common Core standards, integrate Social and Emotional Learning activities, and include components of Learning for Justice's Social Justice Standards.
Are you passionate about storytelling, community, and making a real impact? As a Volunteer Support Intern at Young Storytellers, you'll be at the core of everything we do! Our volunteer team brings together an incredible mix of creatives—actors, writers, educators, and changemakers—who are eager to uplift young voices through the power of story.
In this role, you'll work side by side with our Volunteer Team to recruit, train, and place volunteers in our elementary, middle, and high school programs across LA—especially in our growing South East LA schools. You'll gain hands-on experience with outreach strategies, organizing events with corporate partners, and making sure all volunteer requirements (like background checks and vaccination records) are on point and up to date.
But most importantly, you'll help create a welcoming, inclusive space where our volunteers feel supported, prepared, and excited to connect with the next generation of young storytellers.
All YS interns are encouraged to explore and bring to life our values of belonging, connection, exploration, play, antiracism, and equity in everything they do. If you're looking to build your skills, grow your network, and make a difference—this is the internship for you!
- Tracks and inputs volunteer requirements, including volunteer applications, vaccination records, Live Scan background checks, and more;
- Works with YS staff to track volunteer training status and maintain that information in the YS database;
- Supports the Volunteer Outreach and Partnerships strategist in creating outreach materials, including researching topics as necessary, creating slideshows and handouts for participants
- Supports YS staff in attending outreach events and community workshops in order to enthusiastically recruit volunteers
- Helps organize and execute YS volunteer appreciation events;
- Supports the implementation of YS's DEIB and antiracism practices in all parts of volunteer management and training.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills;
- Outgoing and eager to meet new volunteers;
- Experience working with volunteers and/or volunteer-based programs preferred;
- Facilitation skills preferred;
- Good time management skills;
- Experience with Google Suite, and specifically Google Sheets, preferred;
- The ability to handle sensitive personal information with integrity;
- Knowledge of or interest in the nonprofit and/or education sector is preferred;
- A willingness to learn and grow.
- Organization and communication skills, both written and verbal;
- Facilitation and public speaking skills;
- An understanding of how a volunteer program is managed;
- An understanding of nonprofit culture;
- How to integrate equity and antiracism into a social services organization;
- Confidence in working independently and as a team member.
This internship is provided as a part of the Los Angeles County Arts & Culture (LACAC) Arts Internship Program. Please note that only currently-enrolled college students (2 or 4-year undergraduate and community college students) who reside or attend college in Los Angeles County are eligible for LACAC positions. Young Storytellers LACAC Interns will begin in September 2025 and will work 400 hours before March 1, 2026 with an average of 16-20 hours per week. LACAC Interns will be paid $17.28/hour for the 400 hours worked. The Young Storytellers team operates on a hybrid work schedule with some days remote and some days in-office in DTLA; we ask that our interns join us in-office at least two times a week.
You can find more information on the LACAC Arts Internship Program here: https://www.lacountyarts.org/opportunities/arts-internship-program-students/about-arts-internship-program-students
To apply, please visit https://young-storytellers.breezy.hr/ to fill out an application and select “Volunteer Support Intern” to apply. Be prepared to upload the following in PDF form:
Young Storytellers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Belonging is a core value of the Young Storytellers culture, and our daily practices around equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-bias, antidiscrimination, and antiracism are central to that value. Young Storytellers firmly believes that Black Lives Matter. We encourage women and gender diverse people, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, immigrants, and anyone with a disability to apply for this and all our positions. Young Storytellers has designed our interview, onboarding, and ongoing cultural practices to be a welcoming space for everyone. You can read more about our worldview on our website.
For any questions or accommodations while applying due to a disability, please email us or call us at 323.962.4500.