Training & Professional Development Intern

Collections That Care; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is offering a Spring 2027 Training and Professional Development Intern position within the Human Resources and Organizational Development division. The role supports SOP development, LMS administration, and data-driven training improvements for museum staff.

You will conduct staff interviews, help translate learning needs into actionable materials, and assist with coordinating internal trainings and communications, while working about 15 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Sophomore, junior, or senior at the college level.
• Proficient use of Microsoft 365.
• Strong interview and information gathering skills.
• Ability to work independently and be highly organized.
• Part-time availability (~15 hours/week).

Responsibilities

• Update and create new SOPs to document internal processes.
• Analyze annual training survey data and compile findings into reports.
• Support training material development for language learning and other initiatives.
• Assist training promotion through communication materials and info stations.
• Interview staff to collect role and competency insights.

Skills

Initiative-taking

Organizational skills

Independent working

People skills

Interviewing

Education

Undergraduate student status (Sophomore–Senior)

Tools

Microsoft 365

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Summary

The Training and Professional Development Intern is part of the Human Resources and Organizational Development division, which supports the staff who serve the constituents of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. This role specifically supports the Training and Professional Development function, contributing to initiatives that build on newly developed frameworks to organize and streamline departmental work, as well as to identify more targeted learning and development opportunities for Museum staff. The intern will support projects such as updating and creating standard operating procedures (SOPs), analyzing annual training survey data, and supporting internal training initiatives.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Update and create new standard operating procedures (SOPs) to document internal processes related to new staff orientation, coordinating trainings with external facilitators, maintaining the Learning Management System (LMS), and more
• Analyze annual training survey data and help compile findings into reports for the department
• Support Taskforce-related work, including compiling and building training materials for language learning (Spanish and ASL) and updating Media Studies records and compiling resources for future Media Studies
• Support training promotion by organizing a communication board and information station
• Interview staff about their job duties and responsibilities, competencies, and skill requirements to support ongoing job role persona work

Key Details

Compensation: $15.50/hour

Duration:Spring 2027

Schedule:PT (15 hours/week)

Deadline:ASAP (estimated early November 2026)

Eligibility

REQUIREMENTS:

• Sophomore, junior, or senior at the college level
• Initiative-taking, highly organized, and able to work independently
• Proficient use of Microsoft 365, with a high level of comfort using technology to conduct research
• Good people skills and comfort interviewing, meeting with, and gathering information from a diverse group of staff members across the museum
• Part-time position, approximately 15 hours per week

ADA REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to communicate effectively with staff across the museum, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to sit and work at a computer for extended periods, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to move throughout the museum to conduct staff interviews as needed, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Areas of Study/Interest:

This opportunity is open to anyone with an interest in any of the projects listed above. The experience gained can complement a variety of fields of study and experiences. If you are interested in human resources, teaching, coaching, communications, research, management, leadership, organizational development, training, and/or learning about museum operations, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

About

Where else can you touch a dinosaur bone, see a show, steer a pedal car, make art, “board” the space station, and ride a historic carousel in one visit? Only at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Founded in 1925, the museum is a nonprofit with a mission to ignite joy, wonder, and curiosity by creating powerful learning experiences for children and adults.