Center for NYC Neighborhoods
Executive Office Intern
New York, NY - Part Time
Position: Intern
Department: Executive Office
Reports to: Senior Strategy Manager
FLSA: Hourly, non-exempt
Salary: $25/hour (11 week Internship)
About the Center
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods (“the Center”) promotes and protects affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities. Established by public and private partners, the Center meets the diverse needs of homeowners throughout New York State by offering free, high-quality housing services. The Center’s current projects support our policy goals and help to keep homeownership affordable by responding to the ongoing effects of the foreclosure crisis, the rising cost of homeownership, predatory scams, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather. The Center is funded by a mix of funding from government, foundation, and corporate sources.
Position Summary
The Intern will report directly to the Senior Strategy Manager, working closely with the Executive Office. The Intern will receive an in-depth introduction to a multifaceted non-profit organization’s strategic, operational, and administrative functions. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of policies and programs and support the Executive Office on a portfolio of projects that advance our mission. Internship will be part-time (21 hours per week) non-exempt, and hybrid, requiring 1 day per week in our office. The internship is anticipated to run from mid-June through the end of August 2024.
Essential Functions include the following and may change depending on the department’s needs as well as the intern’s skills and interests:
Strategy and Management:
- Communicate with departmental leaders to collect and analyze data on production metrics to assess progress toward organizational goals. Work with the Chief Financial Officer's team to prepare bimonthly presentations to all staff.
- Support the development, execution, and follow-up of strategic conversations, which facilitate the exchange of ideas across Center leadership.
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations, reports, meeting notes, and agendas. Take minutes at meetings as requested, ensuring that minutes are prepared and distributed. Follow-up on actions from meetings.
- Work with the Senior Strategy Manager and Chief of Staff to ensure timely planning, management, and tracking of strategic projects.
- Collaborate with different teams on projects and ongoing initiatives.
Research:
- Conduct research on affordable housing and homeownership programs across the country, building upon an existing ecosystem analysis of NYC and NY State programs.
- Work with the Senior Strategy Manager to research best practices and lessons learned in program development, implementation, and analysis.
- Enhance project management tools to streamline programmatic work and improve collaboration across departments.
Staff-wide events:
- Support with Lunch & Learns, professional development training, and Homeownership Chats that foster a positive work environment and enhance staff knowledge of affordable homeownership innovations.
- Help coordinate weekly staff meetings of 100+ staff.
Educational Requirements:
- Interns must currently be studying for a graduate degree in Public Policy, Nonprofit Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field;
- Prior office experience preferred
Skills & Experience Required:
- Ability to work independently
- Organizational and interpersonal service skills
- Strong research and writing skills
- Demonstrated cultural competence with diverse clients, staff, and visitors
- Ability to take initiative, prioritize, and follow through on different tasks
- Professionalism and tact, consistently positive
- Well organized, detail-oriented, and possesses good follow-up skills; meets rigorous deadlines and handles challenging tasks with efficiency and attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Passionate or demonstrated interest in the Center’s mission and programs that promote affordable homeownership and flood resiliency
- Demonstrate Ownership by showing initiative, acting conscientiously, and putting team results above individual accomplishments;
- Demonstrate a Growth Mindset through resilience, engaging in expansive thinking, and showing curiosity;
- Works collaboratively by demonstrating the ability to work in teams, exhibiting emotional intelligence, and having positive energy.
Salary:
$25 per hour, up to 21 hours per week depending on the class schedule
Accommodations:
| This position is currently a hybrid role, which may be subject to change. The candidate must be willing to travel to the office at least once per week and more if necessary. They must be able to work independently from home and be reliably accessible during agreed work hours. Persons requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in this hiring effort are requested to contact HR by emailing recruitment@cnycn.org. |
| The Center for NYC Neighborhoods is an equal-opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, upgrade, train, and promote for all positions and job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital, veteran or disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other status as a member of any other legally protected group or activity. To learn more, visit cnycn.org. |
