Job Identification:

• Permanent or Contract: Contract
• Dates: January – May 2025
• Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week
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  • Location: Wilmington, DE
    • Hybrid: primarily remote with approximately 25% of weekly hours designated for attendance at in-person events
    • In-person events include meetings at Strive’s office in Wilmington, DE as well as local programming and networking/recruitment events
• Compensation: $15 per hour

How to Apply:

Please email your resume to Krista Bacchieri at krista@striveleadership.org. Position will be filled on a rolling basis.

Job Summary: 

Reporting to the Executive Director and Senior Director of Operations, the Administrative Intern will contribute to administrative tasks for Strive. 

Responsibilities:

• Generally serve as administrative support to the Strive team
• Assist with scheduling meetings
• Attend meetings and take minutes
• Data management
• Assist with admissions processes for Strive programming
• Assist with logistics for Strive programming
• Contribute to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts including participating in DEI committee meetings
• Assist with office inventory and organization

Qualifications:

• Experience and interest in administrative and/or operational roles
• Interest in working in the nonprofit sector
• Interest in teaching, leadership development and/or social emotional learning a plus
• Interest in sports and recreation a plus
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Comfort with making cold calls and sending cold emails
• Communication skills: written, verbal and visual 
• Action-oriented: ability and desire to take direction and initiative
• Ability to navigate Google Platform (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, etc)
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks

Expectations:

• Strive asks that contractors utilize their personal laptop for Strive-related work, although it is not a requirement. If you do not have a laptop, please communicate this and we will lend you a laptop for work-related tasks.
• Strive expects all contractors to have a reliable means of transportation to arrive on time to in-person events.
• Strive will run a background check prior to contractor start date.

Organization Background

Strive: How You Lead Matters is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the power of character-driven leadership. We deliver dynamic experiences in sport, school and community spaces. With over twenty years of robust research based curriculum, we develop leaders who are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century.