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Summer Internships

FOR PROJECT DETAILS - click below

WHAT WE OFFER

We will orient you to the program, the work and to the American Friends Service Committee.

You will have regular supervision and before leaving, an opportunity to sit with your supervisor and evaluate your experience with her or him.

Newark staff arrange for 6 to 8 lunchtime seminars on topics realted to our work and our socail concerns, to be offered to interns, usually on Wednesdays. This year for the first time we hope to have at least 4 of these in the New York Office.

You may want to refer to our FAQs for the answers to some of your other questions.

HOURS REQUIRED AND STIPEND TO BE PAID

The internships take place between June 1 and August 30, 2008.  The schedue is fairly flexible between those dates.  In order for the intern to have enough exposure to our work and time to carry out the assigned projects, internships should last no less than 8 weeks.  The stipend for the internship is $2,200 and each intern is expected to work for 210 hours.  That works out to about $10.25 per hour.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In the New York Metropolitan Region's Internships you will learn by doing, hearing, speaking and seeing. With staff support you will participate directly with clients and in research projects. You will work along with us and you will ask questions and we’ll get into discussions about real-life issues.

The learning experience will involve increasing understanding of how skill-building and direct exposure to issues (experiencing and responding) inform one another.

QUALIFICATIONS

• College or graduate student or high school graduate with diploma or GED who is facing decisions about career direction.
• Able to give at least 21 hours a week (and a minimum of 210 hours total) to the Summer Internship.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with supervision.
• Ability to work well with people from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and to develop rapport with program clients.
• Interest in learning and applying Quaker values of peace, social justice, and equality in the work environment.
• Ability to communicate well verbally - orally and in writing.
• For some of our projects Spanish or another language is very helpful.
• Most projects require some computer literacy in a Windows XP or VISTA environment and Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Publisher, MS Project, etc.; also Outlook or other email and use of the Internet.

HOW DO I APPLY? Follow the instructions below -

Have a good look at this web site to know what projects we will offer this summer. Study the New York Metropolitan Regional Office’s programs to understand the program setting in which the projects take place.

To apply:

• Applications are accepted by email.

• Write a letter of interest indicating what you have to offer our program work, what interests you about working with us and what you would particularly like to do. Indicate which internship project most interests you and perhaps a 2nd option as well.

• Send us your letter with your resume (no more than 2 pages). Include the names and contact information for 3 references. At least one should be related to some paid or volunteer work you have done. We will not contact your references unless we are very interested in your application.

• Respond to the application with essay questions to be found by following this link.

• Send it all to NYMRORecruit@afsc.org. Try to send everything at about the same time.

• We will not be able to consider your application until we have a letter of interest, resume of 2 pages or less, the application and a clear statement in the application as to which project or projects you wish to apply for.

If you are interested in interning with AFSC apply as soon as possible.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL WE HAVE FILLED OUR AVAILABLE INTERN POSITIONS. At that time we will post a notice on this site that our positions are filled for this year.

WHAT NEXT?

• NYMRO Administrative and program staff members will read and share your applications as they come in.
• We may ask some applicants for an interview.
• If the interview is satisfactory references may be checked.
• With the approval of the Program Director and the Internship Coordinator internships will be offered.
• When places have been filled we will stop reading applications and send out email notices that the selection for this year is closed.
• We regret that we are not able to accept phone calls about this program.
• We do accept students for internships in all our programs to satisfy academic requirement during the school year. See Other Internships and Alternative Arrangements.

OUR MISSION

The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which upholds the worth of every individual and the transforming power of love. AFSC staff members are committed to promoting and practicing nonviolence in their work toward establishing peace and social justice. The AFSC community seeks to transform conditions and relationships both in the world and in ourselves which threaten to overwhelm what is precious in human beings. The AFSC involves people of many faiths and backgrounds who share its values and bring to its work a rich variety of experiences and spiritual insights.

The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Organization. Qualified persons are encouraged to become involved in AFSC at all levels regardless of their religious affiliation, race, sex, sexual orientation or nature of disability.

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