- Application Deadline: 6/24/22
- Company: MSU WorkLife Office
- Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Role Description
Social Work/Family Services Intern at MSU WorkLife Office
Location: Hybrid options (remote and in-person)
Assist the WorkLife Office by directly interacting with parents, adult caregivers, international newcomers, women’s networking association and other employee groups at MSU through one-on-one interactions, educational programming, and affinity groups. The Social Work/Family Services Intern will help to provide programming, information and referrals to constituents in the areas of family, workplace, career, community connections and newcomers.
Intern Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides experienced support from academic field education/previous positions to the WorkLife Office
- Facilitates affinity groups working with caregivers, families, and international newcomers at MSU, and others
- Assists with educational programming and webinars on topics such as parenting, grief and loss, workplace wellness, and self-care, among others
- Collects and provides resources to MSU faculty, staff, specialists, and post-docs
- Organizes and completes project assignments required by internship department as well as the office
- Organizes and facilitates events, including creating flyers, writing about events, promotion of events, tracking attendees, and following up on the event, among other tasks
- Researches best practices in the work-life area
- Enters and compiles data for referrals, who uses the office and its information
- Creates and maintains records on events, office projects, presentations, and research articles
- Prepares reports for event evaluations using Qualtrics or other data gathering systems
- Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor
Requirements
- Must be a student of MSU
- Weekly availability for team meetings
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365 apps
- Knowledge of social media applications and Zoom
What will you gain?
- Real world experience doing hands on work for MSU faculty, staff, specialists and postdocs
- Resume and cover letter training and review
- Interviewing practice
- DEI professional development and discussion
- Opportunity to present to the public or MSU community on areas of interest related to the internship and WorkLife Office goals and to create a PowerPoint presentation on a main project, providing public speaking experience
- Opportunity to explore academic interests with internship practice and real-world applications
- Completion of all LET/reviews and paperwork for credit, if applicable