EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

We are currently hiring for two positions for our 2025 Summer Publishing Internship. Detailed job descriptions are below. Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to team@charmlitmag.org

SUMMER PUBLISHING INTERNSHIP: PROGRAM MANAGER 

Description

The Program Manager for the Summer Publishing Internship leads the planning, operations, and delivery for CHARM’s five-week summer program. The program supports young people in gaining skills for the publishing and media workforce, as well as prepares them for college and career opportunities. The Program Manager works to ensure that youth interns and site mentors from partner sites have an engaging and enriching summer learning experience. They directly manage two staff members (Program Coordinator and Program Assistant), and oversee 10-12 site mentors, as well as 20-22 youth interns (ages 14-21). 

The Program Manager role focuses on the following competencies and projects:

Team Leadership 

• Sets and works towards goals for self, team, and program for the summer, aligned with organizational goals and mission. 

• Supports Program Coordinator to set and achieve goals regarding: communication, session plan delivery, site mentor support, guest speaker coordination, and culminating event planning

• Supports Program Assistant to set and achieve goals regarding: daily attendance monitoring and intervention, intern support, and event logistics. 

• Plans and Leads onboarding orientation for site mentors from partner organization  

• Leads weekly team meetings 

• Conducts one site visit per site during the summer 

• Conducts weekly check ins with team members 

Curriculum Development and Implementation 

• Adjusts and refine existing five-week curriculum for interns focused on publishing, media, and college and career readiness 

• Facilitates and co-teach session plans on fifteen (15) in-person days with interns 

Communication 

• Writes and coordinates weekly e-mail communication with all interns that includes celebrations, reminders, and updates 

• Writes and coordinates weekly check in email with all site mentors that includes celebrations, reminders, and updates 

• Writes content for one CHARM e-blast for community stakeholders 

• Communicates consistently with team, interns, and other stakeholders 

Administrative  

• Facilitates payroll for team and interns 

• Creates, administers, monitors, and analyze surveys for interns

• Manages team in planning and execution for several field trips 

• Manages team in planning and hosting several guest speakers / speaker panels 

• Manages team in planning and leading culminating event for families, interns, and supporters 

Other duties as assigned. 

Skills/Traits required for this role: 

• Has demonstrated success in facilitating or teaching youth ages 14-21, and working with racially and ethnically diverse communities

• Has demonstrated success in curriculum implementation and evaluating lesson success

• Holds high expectations for youth and works to foster achievement through building relationships  

• Communicates effectively with youth, team members, families and community 

• Enjoys mentoring young people and working collaboratively to support their  development

SUMMER PUBLISHING INTERNSHIP: PROGRAM Coordinator 

Description

The Program Coordinator for the Summer Publishing Internship works to ensure that youth interns and site mentors have an engaging and enriching summer learning experience. 

The Program Coordinator role focuses on the following competencies and projects:
Team Coordination 

• Works with Program Manager to set and achieve goals regarding: communication, site mentor support, guest speaker coordination, field trip coordination, and culminating event planning.

• Works with Program Assistant to set and achieve goals regarding: daily attendance monitoring and intervention, intern support, event logistics and set up/break down. 

Curriculum Implementation 

• Prepare, deliver, and follow up on selected session plans 

• Assist with planning and delivery of guest speaker panels and field trips.  

Communication 

• Contribute to weekly e-blast communication for interns that includes celebrations, reminders, and updates 

• Write content for CHARM’s monthly e-blast for community stakeholders 

• Communicate consistently with team, interns, and other stakeholders 

Administrative  

• Assist with payroll for team and interns 

• Take and monitor daily attendance and conduct interventions as needed 

• Monitor and coordinate deliverables for interns

• Create culminating event invitation for families, interns, and supporters 

• Support culminating event logistics 

Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Traits required for this role: 

• Holds high expectations for youth and works to foster achievement through building relationships  

• Communicates effectively with youth, team members, families and community 

• Enjoys mentoring young people and working collaboratively to support youth development

• Is proactive, responsive, communicative, and organized.