Workforce Alignment Intern in Silver Spring, Maryland at Achieving The Dream Inc
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Job Description
Workforce Alignment Intern
Position Details:
Position Type: | Internship |
Department: | HSS/Workforce Alignment |
Reports To: | Amanda Olmstead, Director of Workforce Alignment |
Internship Duration: | June – August 2026 |
Work Location: | Remote |
| Hourly Rate: | $18.00 (undergraduate rate) $23.00 (graduate rate) |
Internship Overview: The Workforce Alignment Intern will conduct research on national best practices in employer partnerships and work-based learning and incorporate findings into tools, resources, and curriculum materials for colleges, including supporting the development of learning outcomes for a national cohort of community colleges and contributing to workforce-focused sessions for ATD’s Summer K–College Institute. Through this experience, the intern will build skills in applied research, content development, and project coordination while gaining exposure to how workforce strategies are implemented to advance student success and economic mobility.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct research on best practices in employer partnerships and work-based learning to inform the development of curriculum and learning outcomes for a national cohort of community colleges
- Translate research findings into content, tools, and materials that will be used to support cohort-based learning and implementation
- Apply research insights to support the design and development of workforce-focused sessions for ATD’s Summer K–College Institute
- Assist in drafting presentations, session materials, and supporting resources for professional learning engagements
- Collaborate with team members on project coordination, content development, and day-to-day operations
Skills/Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a degree in higher education, public policy, or a related field
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to synthesize information clearly and concisely
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
What You’ll Gain:
- Practical experience in workforce development and higher education strategy
- Hands-on experience translating research into actionable tools and resources
- Exposure to national initiatives focused on community college transformation and economic mobility
- Opportunity to collaborate with a team and build professional skills in research, writing, and project coordination
Core Competencies:
Collaboration: Demonstrates respect, humility, and willingness to collaborate when seeking to understand others and making decisions.
Equity Mindset: Demonstrates capacity to recognize and address racialized structures, policies, and practices that produce and sustain racial inequities.
Learning Orientation: Embraces challenges, new ideas and different perspectives as an opportunity to learn; continually seeks out and applies new learning to activate change or improvements.
Systems Thinking: Defines the system and one’s role in the system. Sees relationships and the dynamic elements of the holistic system and executes work accordingly. Influences the system and maps connections to ATD’s external landscape.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally- protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.