Summer 2025 Training and Events Internship

Organization Description

Family Futures’ mission is to shape a community in which all children are supported to reach their full potential. Our geographic focus is primarily Kent County with some services extending into other communities. We help children ages 0 through 5 by supporting parents, providing connections to resources and programs, and offering ways to monitor and enhance early childhood development. We believe in supporting our employees, volunteers, and interns to be successful as well. Family Futures offers a strength-based, learning-driven, quality improvement-based culture that celebrates equity and diversity and an opportunity to grow while making an impact in your community. Family Futures values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.   

Job Overview

A typical day might involve drafting an email to a group of community partners about an upcoming training event, then creating documents for that event, such as a flyer for social media and sign-in sheets, as well as assisting with set-up and distribution of materials; working with the Trauma and Resilience Coordinator to review updated research about resilience practices or Adverse Childhood Experiences; working with the Community Engagement Manager and Trauma and Resilience Coordinator to provide behind-the-scenes support for a larger community event; taking accurate and concise notes at meetings and events and sending follow-up emails to participants.

Interns can expect to receive plentiful resources and research about trauma, resilience, and child development, as well as a compendium of professional connections in Grand Rapids, and hands-on training and events practice to complement classroom learning.

This internship position will receive a $500 stipend to help cover costs related to the internship (food, housing, transportation), and college credit can be earned. In addition, Family Futures requires all staff and interns to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. This internship is to be completed in person, not virtually.

This internship will run from May 12th, 2025 through August 29th, 2025, and will have a mandatory orientation on May 8th, 2025 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at the Family Futures’ office. This internship can also be extended into multiple internship periods ending in either December 2025 or May 2026. If interested in a longer internship period, please reach out to the hiring manager.            

Roles and Responsibilities

• Research and Organizing to Support Resource Mapping
• Scheduling Internal Trainings
• Maintaining and Creating Community Connections 
• Event Attendance
• Assisting with Administrative Tasks for Training Sessions
• Communication to Support Internal Trainings and External Events
• Creating and Maintaining Documents for Events and Trainings
• Assist with Research about Trauma, Resilience, and Asset-Based Community Development
• Day to Day Tasks to Support Community Engagement Department

Qualifications

• Ideal Degree: BSW, Health Administration, Communications, Public Relations, Education, Human Resources, or Psychology.
• Organizational Skills
• Some Public Speaking
• Communication Skills
• Knowledge of Cultural Competency
• Some Knowledge of Trauma
• Some Experience on Resource Mapping/Community Development (Preferred)