KIP Spring 2027 - Communications & Operations Intern - James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Lever, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 5,500 - 7,500; Part time

Job summary

The Martin Center, located in Raleigh, NC, offers a paid internship program run by Stand Together Fellowships that provides professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work with non-profits addressing national policy challenges.

The Martin Center aims to reform higher education through research, advocacy, and governance improvements, with opportunities for early-career professionals to contribute from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• Qualifications: strong writing and communication skills.
• Interest in reforming higher education.
• Interest in social media outreach and nonprofit operations.

Responsibilities

• Expand the center’s impact by assisting with operations and donor outreach.
• Promote the organization on social media and increase newsletter recipients.
• Write short articles for the center’s website; assist with office tasks if on location.

Skills

Strong writing skills

Interest in higher education reform

Social media outreach

Job description

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nation's most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program. Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff.

About the Martin Center:

The Martin Center’s goal is to renew and fulfill the promise of higher education in North Carolina and across the country by educating citizens and policymakers and advocating policies grounded in classical liberal principles. Since 2003, the Martin Center has been a voice for excellence and accountability in higher education. We advocate responsible governance, viewpoint diversity, academic quality in teaching and learning, cost-effective education solutions, and innovative market-based reform.

Our approach to reform is twofold: First, we use “sunlight” to expose critical issues in higher education through opinion articles, newsletters, events, and research. Our work informs parents, alumni, taxpayers, and policymakers to spark conversation and policy change. Second, we promote actionable solutions for state legislators, university trustees, and other university decision-makers to improve higher education governance and practices.

The Martin Center is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This role is open to remote or in person work.

Job summary:

The intern will help expand the center’s impact by assisting with operations, donor outreach, social media promotion, and increasing newsletter recipients. The intern will have the opportunity to write short articles for the center’s website. If on location, the intern may also assist with tasks around the office, such as library organization.

Qualifications:

• Interest in reforming higher education
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Interest in social media outreach and the operations of a policy nonprofit

$5,500 - $5,500 a year

Stand Together Fellowships pays participants a stipend of either $7,500 for full-time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization, or $5,500 for part-time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization. Attending the entirety of the online and on-site KIP programming is required for both full and part-time participants.

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participantsand applicantswith honesty, dignity, respectand sensitivity.We welcome all qualified applicants regardless ofcolor,race,religion,religious creed,sex,genderor gender identity,gender expression,sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy(including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),military andveteran status,genetic information,maritalor familialstatus, political affiliation,or any other legallyrecognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.