Job and Volunteer Opportunities 12/02

New this week:

On campus:

The Support, Healing, Activism and Prevention Education (SHAPE) Office is hiring an intern. The SHAPE intern plays a multi-functional role in sexual violence prevention, education and outreach initiatives, and provides trained peer support to help students navigate on and off campus resources. The intern also serves as a liaison among administrative staff and student groups engaged in sexual violence prevention and response initiatives.

Wesleyan Sustainability Office is hiring a new Compost Intern. Responsibilities include maintaining compost bins, collaborating with student groups on campus, and developing educational campaigns.

Off campus:

Help your neighbors file their income tax returns with Middlesex Volunteer Income Tax Assistance! Each year, Middlesex VITA helps over 650 Middlesex County families file their taxes for free, returning 1 million dollars in refunds back to the Middletown area.

The Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship with Carnegie Mellon University is accepting applications now! This is a full-time summer program to train aspiring data scientists to work on machine learning, data science, and AI projects with social impact in a fair and equitable manner. Working closely with governments and nonprofits, fellows take on real-world problems in education, health, criminal justice, sustainability, public safety, workforce development, human services, transportation, economic development, international development, and more.

Continuing Opportunities:

On campus:

The University Network for Human Rights (UNHR) at Wesleyan is hiring a Communications and Events Intern.

The Wesleyan English Language Learner Program is seeking volunteer or work study students to serve as classroom assistants to English language learners in the Meriden schools. Students who have federal work study can get PAID for this job.

The JCCP Community Impact Residency is hiring federal work-study students to work on community projects with partners like the City of Middletown Public Works, Gilead Community Services and Middlesex United Way. 

Off campus:

The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts and Cultural Center in Middletown is hiring interns for Communications, Marketing/Graphic Design, and Nonprofit Administration (Cardinal Internship).

MeshEd Collective is hiring a Summer Intern (paid). Interns will be trained in curriculum writing and teaching practices, and will apprentice-teach action lab courses to students in grades 5-11 (Cardinal Internship).

Self-Evident Education is hiring an Education Intern (paid) (Cardinal Internship).

Writing Through is hiring an NGO Administrative Intern (paid) (Cardinal Internship). 

Forest Foundation is now accepting applications to their paid summer internship program. Undergraduates can gain non-profit experience in the Greater Boston area over 10 weeks during the summer (Cardinal Internship).