Academic Intern

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Academic Intern is responsible for offering high quality support with various projects within the department.  Essential functions may vary from project management to program level work to more hands-on tactical work as determined by business needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Support projects within the schools, define and refine project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources
• Develop and maintain status for executive on-demand reports for all key projects
• Establish and improve operational systems, processes and best practices that help the team run operationally to guarantee product growth
• Conduct regular research to assist with project concept, completion and optimization
• Create, organize and regularly maintain database of research findings and key information as a resource to team
• Publish weekly updates for projects across the team
• Ideate, develop and scale automated workflows
• Prepare presentations and dashboards by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information

• Researching, benchmarking, analyzing data, and making recommendations that align to strategy

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• High School Diploma and currently pursuing a degree (Associates, Bachelors, or Masters) or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a high visibility and deadline driven environment
• Self- starter with strong team & client success orientation
• Outstanding communication skills - verbal, written and presentation
• Independent problem solver
• Microsoft 365
• Outstanding time management and organization skills
• Ability to clear a background check

Preferred QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Experience with Smartsheets dashboards, workflows and reports a plus

We anticipate the pay to be $22 per hour.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)