Graduate Intern — Student Experience & Community Engagement

Job Description

The Graduate Intern for Student Experience & Community Engagement is a member of IGR's Student Experience Team (SET), which cultivates meaningful, connected, and sustained student engagement within the Program on Intergroup Relations. Working collaboratively with IGR staff and a team of undergraduate student colleagues, the Graduate Intern will help develop and assess experiences that foster belonging, community, leadership, and continued engagement with IGR.

The Graduate Intern will provide leadership to SET, supervise and mentor undergraduate student staff, support annual community traditions, gather and respond to student feedback, and contribute to the development of a holistic student experience across the IGR student lifecycle.

IGR is currently looking to hire two graduate students to support the Student Experience Team. The two Graduate Interns will work collaboratively as members of the Student Experience Team. While each intern will take primary responsibility for specific areas, both interns will contribute to shared SET priorities and support one another across portfolios. Together, the Graduate Interns will help lead the student staff team, contribute to strategic planning and assessment, support major IGR events, and cultivate a student experience grounded in belonging, learning, social justice, and shared responsibility. 

Work Responsibilities

Student Experience & Community Building

• Help lead SET's efforts to cultivate a connected and inclusive IGR student community.

• Develop and implement community-building experiences that strengthen students' connection to IGR.

• Support annual IGR traditions, including welcome, orientation, community celebrations, graduation, and alumni engagement.

• Identify opportunities for cross-pollination among students participating in different IGR programs.

• Help create meaningful opportunities for students to develop relationships with peers, staff, faculty, and alumnx.

Supervision & Student Development

• Co-supervise undergraduate SET staff with the support of the Senior Program Manager

• Recruit, onboard, coach, and mentor undergraduate student staff.

• Develop individualized professional development opportunities for student colleagues.

• Create a student-staff learning environment grounded in reflection, dialogue, social justice, and student development.

• Support graduating students in identifying ways to apply their IGR experiences beyond graduation.

Student Feedback & Assessment

• Develop and implement strategies for gathering student feedback.

• Analyze formal and informal feedback to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Help assess student belonging, engagement, connection to IGR, and continued involvement.

• Translate assessment findings into recommendations for SET programming and student experience initiatives.

Student Communications

• Collaborate with IGR staff and student colleagues to communicate opportunities, events, and community updates.

• Support development of student-centered communications across appropriate IGR platforms.

• Help ensure that communications contribute to a cohesive student experience.

Alumnx Engagement

• Support opportunities for students to build relationships with IGR alumnx.

• Support graduation and year-end experiences.

• Help develop pathways for graduating students to remain connected to IGR.

IGR Community & Programming

• Participate in SET and IGR staff meetings.

• Support major IGR events and initiatives.

• Contribute to IGR committees and projects as appropriate.

• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program.

• Strong understanding of and commitment to social justice education and intergroup relations.

• Experience mentoring, coaching, advising, supervising, or working with college students.

• Experience developing, coordinating, or implementing programs, projects, or student experiences.

• Experience gathering or responding to student feedback, assessment, or evaluation.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Commitment to creating learning environments grounded in care, reflection, accountability, and student development.

• Regular commitment of approximately 15–20 hours per week, with occasional evening and weekend responsibilities.