Paid summer opportunity, with the Lloyd A. Fry
Foundation, with graduate students and 3rd & 4th year
undergraduates. This is a very healthy organization with a positive
professional workplace culture; an internship here is likely to be well
structured as a valuable educational mentorship in research, program
evaluation, and the funding of educational programming, which would also suit
students who aspire towards nonprofit entrepreneurship in education or
organizational leadership. The deadline is April 15, but we would
encourage interested students to apply as early as is manageable.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Summer Intern
May 2020 – September 2020
(flexible with school calendar)
(flexible with school calendar)
Paid Internship
Application Deadline: April 15, 2020
Summary: The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
seeks an intern to provide support to the education and arts learning program
areas. The Intern will be responsible for providing a wide range of
administrative, organizational, and research support, including data management
and special project support.
The Foundation’s core
working hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. The hours for this
position must be within the core working hours and must be consistent week to
week, but the exact start time and end time are flexible. We anticipate the
position will involve 25-30 hours per week, and these hours can be scheduled
over three, four or five days.
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Our vision is a Chicago that offers education, prosperity, and hope for all. The Foundation awards $7 million in grants each
year across four main program areas: Arts Learning, Education, Employment
and Health. Across all of our funding areas, our focus is on helping organizations: Build capacity to enhance the quality of services and better assess the impact of programs; Develop successful
program innovations that other organizations in the field can learn from or adopt; and Share
knowledge so that information which can help low-income communities and individuals is widely and readily available.
For more information on the Foundation’s grantmaking priorities, please refer to the Fry Foundation’s website and
the Foundation’s annual reports at www.FryFoundation.org.
Intern
Responsibilities:
- Research
CPS schools that foundation funding targets, find low-income student data and
racial demographic information for these schools. Determine methods of
effectively presenting your research (bar graphs/pie charts).
- Write
case studies on grantee organizations and Fry Foundation funded programs.
- Assist with project coordination of the
annual report
- Assist with event planning and coordination
of the June retreat
- Work independently and within a team on
special, nonrecurring and ongoing projects
- Answer and/or filter telephone calls and
communications, and respond as instructed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Knowledge
Required
- Undergraduate BA/BS Senior/Junior or a Master’s degree
student
- Clerical experience and proficiency with MS
Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Required
Abilities
- Ability to work well with all styles and
personalities
- Ability to work on several projects
simultaneously
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to learn related computer programs
Skill Building
Opportunities
- Microsoft Excel
- Grant management and data entry
- Project coordination
Application Process:
Interested applicants should send a
resume and cover
letter that articulates how their skills and experience
meet the responsibilities and
requirements noted above via email
to:
