Careers

The Family and Youth Institute is searching for creative, excited, and dedicated individuals who would like to spend the next five months in a unique digital work environment doing hands-on meaningful work that directly benefits the diverse American Muslim community. Don’t have a background in mental health? Not to worry! The FYI is looking for interns from a range of backgrounds who are willing to learn and use communication skills, business management skills, graphic design skills, as well as clinical research skills. Past interns have helped develop marketing campaigns, done hands-on, in-depth clinical research and data analysis, as well as developed deep and meaningful relationships with their team mentors. The FYI is dedicated to making this internship an important milestone in each intern’s professional development and we seek dedicated individuals to join our team!

The FYI invites exceptional individuals from diverse educational backgrounds to its 2019 internship program. Interns must exhibit professionalism and attention to detail, as well as strong team-work, organizational, and communication skills. The internship positions are part-time, stipended, and virtual.

So, what’s in it for me?

One thing we promise is that you won’t be doing any stapling or copying! We have a wide variety of projects and a dedicated team of professionals to mentor you along the way. Our projects range from working directly on a research team to helping design our next video or infographic, from researching best-practices for nonprofit marketing campaigns, to translating research into a bulletin that will go directly into the hands of your very own community! The work you do with The FYI will be meaningful and useful and we invite you to apply today!

Don’t take our word for it, hear from past interns!

“I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to intern with the FYI. It was a valuable, well-rounded, and overall, a rewarding experience. I enjoyed working on multiple projects from organization planning to web design because it allowed me to advance the skills I already had, gain new skills, and develop new interests. The skills I learned and the experiences I gained were invaluable to my professional career development.”

“I honestly love everything about it, from being able to research a topic I am passionate about, to [mentor’s] guidance and supervision, as well as being able to meet other team members during the Google Hangouts [meetings]. It’s been a very beneficial experience.”

“This internship is more than what I was expecting– as a virtual internship, I think it still allowed me to engage with other members, who were all so interactive, kind, and welcoming.”

The details?

How do I apply?

Applicants should submit a CV/resume along with a cover letter with the following information included:

Strong candidates will be invited for an interview with project supervisors who will determine their eligibility to participate in the program. Interested parties should identify the area they are interested in (research translation, business, marketing, graphic design, grant writing, fund development) and submit a resume along with references to: internships@thefyi.org. Applications will close on November 30th, 2019.