Human Resources Intern

Manhattan

Part time

R025256

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Job Description

Human Resources Intern

The Human Resources Intern will work primarily with YAI's Volunteer & Internship program serving as a representative of YAI within the community, leading the charge in recruiting and onboarding. The Human Resources Intern will also support the HR department on various projects, including but not limited to university engagement and employee recruitment efforts.

Responsibilities

As a face of YAI in the community, you will communicate our mission, vision, and opportunities throughout the regions that YAI serves. You will assist with recruiting, screening, and onboarding prospective volunteers and interns and support them once they have been onboarded.

The Human Resources Intern will be responsible for accurate volunteer and intern record tracking and data management through Salesforce and Workday.

Strong organizational skills are required for this position in order to ensure that all required clearances are completed by incoming volunteers and interns according to state regulations.

In addition to supporting the Volunteer & Internship Department, you will also support other teams in YAI's HR Department by taking on additional meaningful day-to-day tasks and special projects.

Desired Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a college, university, or certificate program*

• Undergraduate or graduate-level student preferred

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Professional phone and email communication skills

• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and are willing to take initiative

• Ability to work autonomously and complete projects independently, collaboratively, and cross-departmentally

• Ability to multitask and prioritize project deadlines

• A high level of comfort with Microsoft Office 365

• Able to quickly learn technology CRM systems like Salesforce and Workday

• Interest in exploring the non-profit sector

• Passion for helping others and an interest in intellectual and developmental disabilities

• Additional duties as assigned

​ This is an unpaid internship opportunity that is only open to current students. The internship may be able to satisfy course credit if approved by the student's institution of learning.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.