Position Details

Position Type: Internship (Stipend)
Reports To: Director of Digital Solutions and Innovation
Work Location: Virtual
Level of Travel Required: 25%
Duration: 9 Weeks (May 31, 2024- August 1, 2024)

Application Deadline:  April 1, 2024

ICB Overview

The Institute for Capacity Building was launched by UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax in 2006 to provide targeted capacity-building resources to help UNCF’s member institutions improve admission, retention, and graduation rates. Historically, ICB offered discrete technical assistance in Enrollment Management, Institutional Advancement, Executive Leadership, Facilities & Infrastructure Enhancement, Institutional Effective, and Fiscal and Strategic Technical Assistance. While the provided technical assistance was helpful, ICB leaders recognized a need to shift our methodology from discrete technical assistance to a more holistic approach. Read more about UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building on our new website www.uncficb.org and follow us on our social media pages on Twitter (@uncficb), LinkedIn (UNCF Institute for Capacity Building. 

Core to all change initiatives is identifying core capacities – people, processes, and technologies – needed to execute and sustain efforts in the short- and long-term. Capacity building also includes strengthening, replacing, and sharing institutional resources. 

ICB uses a resiliency-focused approach that seeks to grow HBCU impact while deepening HBCU connections and influence. We define resiliency as the institutional ability to achieve success today while future-proofing its operations for tomorrow. Resiliency is driven in our view by three factors:

• Effectiveness, or the institutional ability to recruit, enroll, retain, and graduate students while delivering a 21st century-ready educational experience.
• Competitiveness, or the institutional ability to distinguish itself through its academic program, institutional experience, and student outcomes; and
• Viability, or the institutional ability to leverage and/or secure institutional resources to deliver against its mission and purpose.

Job Overview

UNCF – Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is seeking a learning science research intern to join the Digital Solutions and Innovation (DSI) team in support of strategic priorities of UNCF and ICB leadership. We are looking for a proactive, highly motivated intern to share their expertise in learning science research and asset development. The individual selected for this position will assist with developing supporting assets for HBCU Virtual (HBCUv). HBCUv is a new online platform for community learning. The platform is part of an ambitious strategic initiative to reimagine online education in partnership with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The shared online platform will be a place where students, educators, and staff are able to learn, develop, and build community together from anywhere. HBCUv will provide best-in-class remote education, community engagement, and career pathways to students seeking an HBCU education.

The intern selected for this position will assist in executing an institutional engagement plan that will keep our stakeholders abreast of HBCUv activities. They must have excellent communication and collaboration skills. We are currently seeking enthusiastic interns who can work full-time (35 hours per week) between June 2024 and August 2024.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the execution of an institutional engagement plan.
• Assist in communication with all DSI stakeholders.
• Develop a final report of internship activities.
• Support DSI projects as necessary.

Skills/ Qualifications/ Experience

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited baccalaureate degree program
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to multi-task competing project and priorities
• Intermediate to advanced level in PowerPoint.
• Excellent writing skills.

Application must include the following

• Current resume/CV
• Unofficial transcript from undergraduate program 
• 2.5 GPA requirement
• List of three professional/academic references
• Writing sample (Why do you want to be a Digital Solutions and Innovation Intern? 500–750-word count

Please submit application materials to: icb@uncf.org or kristie.roberts-lewis@uncf.org
Subject Line: 2024 Digital Solutions and Innovation Internship