Job Description
Position Title: Intern
Location: Remote, but must be a college student/recent graduate residing in the U.S.
About the Active Minds Internship Program
Active Minds is the largest nonprofit in the United States mobilizing youth and young adults to transform mental health norms across society. For more than 20 years, we have equipped the next generation of peer mental health advocates through a variety of programs, including the Active Minds Chapter Network, A.S.K., and Send Silence Packing. Our advocacy, initiatives, and campaigns foster lasting change in how youth view and discuss mental health, encouraging them to use their voices to influence broader conversations and inform mental health supports within their communities. Together, we are building a diverse movement of champions committed to improving mental health for all.
Our internships are geared towards current college students and recent college graduates. As a small nonprofit, Active Minds relies on the help of our interns tremendously as they work directly on important initiatives and projects as well as assist staff on a variety of administrative tasks. Interns have the opportunity to do substantive work, gain experience in the nonprofit sector, and help change the culture around mental health.
All Spring 2027 internships will be remote, with an anticipated start date of February 1st, 2027, and an anticipated end date of April 23rd, 2027. We expect interns to work a minimum of 20 hours a week, set a consistent work schedule between 9:00am and 5:00pm EST Monday through Friday, and commit to staying on board for the entire semester.
Active Minds pays interns $18 per hour.
Chapters Internship:
As part of the Programs team, the Chapters intern will support the ever-growing national Active Minds Chapter Network by managing communications from and to our student network, creating resources for our student leaders, and assisting with programmatic and mobilization efforts.
The Chapters Intern will work directly with the Chapters Team on projects ranging from managing information we receive from our chapters across the US and Canada, to creating educational content and resources for our student leaders, and managing various chapter online platforms and communications. The Chapters Team supports students from the earliest phases of brainstorming to developing and promoting chapters on campuses. Some key responsibilities include: programmatic support for the Chapters Network, virtual meeting and event planning/execution, external student communications, data entry maintenance within our CRM tool, Salesforce, and special projects as assigned. They will also have the opportunity to collaborate with broader Programs departments, such as Research and Development, K-12 Initiatives, Marketing and Communications, and community initiatives.
Chapter interns are valued members of the team who support the mission and vision of our work through a variety of projects in ways both big and small.
Qualifications:
- Interest in mental health and uplifting young adult voices
- Strong written and communications skills
- Detail-oriented and well-organized
- Ability to work independently and take initiative
- Student leadership or student mentorship experience
- Flexible team player, motivated collaborator
- Openness and willingness to learn new tasks for special projects
- Knowledge of Google Workspace, Zoom, Dropbox, Microsoft Office, and CRM Tools are a plus
Eligibility Requirements:
- All applicants must be currently enrolled in, or have previously attended, a U.S. based college or university
- All applicants must be able to complete a work authorization (I-9) during onboarding
- All applicants must be able to complete the entirety of the internship program during the listed dates in the job description
Application Process
The application cycle for the Spring 2027 Internship Program will be open from Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 through Wednesday, November 4th, 2026. When completing the application, please thoughtfully answer each application question in complete, authentic sentences, as we thoroughly review every application.
Applicants selected for an interview will be contacted by late November/early December 2026 regarding scheduling next steps. We value the time that applicants put into completing their applications, but due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide responses to phone calls or emails regarding application status.
