Administrative Intern

Job Identification:

• Permanent or Contract: Contract

• Dates: January – May 2025

• Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week

• • 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Strive is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage individuals to apply regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy status, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, and/or any other characteristics unrelated to merit.

How we define Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Strive 

Diversity: Who’s present? Who is not? 

The understanding that each individual is different; the recognition of our differences as it relates to the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.

Equity: Does everyone have access to resources that meet their needs?

The presence of structural factors that benefit all individuals, groups, and communities; an intentional effort to transform the status quo by providing opportunity and resources for those who have historically not had access.

Inclusion: Does everyone feel included? 

A state of belonging and connection; the act of including and supporting people who have historically been marginalized or excluded.

How You Lead Matters

Strive’s purpose is to spread the power of character-driven leadership. We know that effective and successful leaders are self-aware and bring their full identities and values to any situation. Through social emotional learning and character-driven leadership, we believe that anyone can lead, and that when everyone brings their differences and individuality to the table, we are all more motivated, innovative, and collaborative.

Strive is committed to ensuring that individuals from all backgrounds have the opportunity to become character-driven leaders through our intentionally designed social-emotional learning curricula and programs. 

We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. 

We know that modeling and leading by example is an integral part of leadership, and we therefore strive to always put our core values into action.