Careers

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2019 class 1. Please check back in the spring for information about when our internship application season opens this spring. Thank you! 

The Family and Youth Institute (The FYI) is a 501(c)3 not for profit research and education institute dedicated to strengthening young people and their families. The FYI focuses on innovative research and community education to achieve its objective. The FYI invites exceptional undergraduate and graduate students from diverse educational backgrounds and with a strong desire to help strengthen young people and their families to our internship program. Interns must exhibit professionalism and attention to detail, as well as strong team-work, organizational, and communication skills.

The Basics:

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 communications 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 loved interning for the FYI, and I especially appreciated [my mentor] a lot. She really guided me and supported me through my research. She was great in every way and was very patient. Having a mentor was a huge plus in this program.”

“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, 2018.

Would you like to help spread the word about The Family and Youth Institute? Consider joining the Ambassador Team. The Ambassador Team is a group of individuals based all over the United States and Canada that work together to broaden the reach and spread the word about The Family and Youth Institute. Ambassador’s work within their community to help spread the word about The FYI’s latest research, latest infographics and videos and latest events. Are you able to make announcements at your local masjid? Do you have access to your local community’s list serve? Becoming an FYI Ambassador is as simple as being well-connected and passionate about helping us bring The FYI’s research to your community! This team will support the Community Engagement Manager in efforts to promote and publicize the organization. If you are interested in becoming an FYI Ambassador, please contact us today!