Community Development Internship Jobs in Minnesota

Organization Description

Girls on the Run Minnesota is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community-based organization. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. This spring, our 1,000+ volunteer coaches will mentor more than 3,500 young girls (3rd through 8th graders) with an 8-week, 16-lesson curriculum that is research based and combines training for a 5K with social and emotional life skill building. We integrate running with specific life skills training such as healthy decision-making, setting boundaries, empathy, contributing to the community, leadership and teamwork in schools and communities throughout Minnesota. Our fall 2026 internships provide an opportunity to make a difference and receive valuable experience with an outstanding youth empowerment program.

We have one internship opening on our Program team and one opening on our Development & Communications team. Our interns are expected to work an average of 10 hours per week throughout the semester, including serving as a GOTR Coach. Interns must be available at least 2-3 weekday afternoons between 2 -5 p.m. for coaching our program at a local school and 1 weekday (Monday, Tuesday or Thursday between 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) to work in the Girls on the Run office in St. Paul.

At Girls on the Run, we weave joy and celebration into all we do. We communicate early and often in collaboration, we adapt creatively, and we hold space for our differences and for dreaming big. At Girls on the Run, our core values guide our way and we stand firm in our long-standing commitment to building a world where every person can know and activate their limitless potential. We warmly welcome the participation of any child who identifies as girl, non-binary, or gender expansive in our programs. We are committed to leveraging our intellectual, financial, and human resources to advance strategies to be inclusive, equitable and accessible to all.

GOTR is dedicated to not only ensuring our staff and volunteers have been trained to understand social context, create positive inclusive environments, and build genuine relationships, but also ensuring that our staff and volunteers mirror the diverse and vibrant communities and girls we work with. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Black and African-American people, African immigrants, Asian-American people, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, Latinx individuals, and LGBTQIA-identified people.

Responsibilities include:

• Serving as a Girls on the Run coach (leading two 90-minute sessions each week)
• Assisting with coach recruitment, training and support throughout our 8-week season (September - mid-November) as a member of Team Adelaide, our program support team
• Assisting with marketing and outreach throughout the community
• Assisting with administrative duties that support the overall operations of GOTR MN
• Development & Communications Intern duties specifically include:
  • Assisting in fund development efforts including donor appreciation, research, event planning and grant writing
  • Assist with creating content for social media, fundraising campaigns, and other external communications
    
• Program Intern duties specifically include:
  
  • Assisting with coach training sessions and site visits
  • Completing data entry related to program volunteers
  • Managing program materials

Required qualifications:

• Passion for Girls on the Run mission and the ability to comprehend and effectively communicate issues surrounding empowerment, self-esteem, body image and whole-person health
• Commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA) personally and professionally
• Must be available at least 2 non-consecutive weekday afternoons (2-5 p.m.) for coaching
• Must live in Twin Cities metro area
• Must be available one weekday to work in our office in St. Paul (Monday, Tuesday or Thursday between 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
• Ability to travel locally for coaching, site visits and events, including occasional weekends and evenings
  
• Possess computer competence, including Microsoft Office, Google suite, data management, and email
• Possess the willingness and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Be flexible, adaptable, proactive, dependable and personable

Internships will run from approximately August 10 - November 20, 2026. We will work with you to finalize your exact internship dates depending on your availability.

Position Specifics $17.50/hour. In addition, you may be able to receive school credit for your involvement.

Depending on the focus area of your internship this position will report to the Development Coordinator or Program Director. This position is part-time. Evening and weekend hours may be required. All positions with GOTR are pending reference checks and a valid background check. This job description materially represents the responsibilities of the position; however, the Girls on the Run Intern may be asked to perform other job-related tasks not specifically presented in this job description.

Girls on the Run will review each application against the requirements of the position. If an applicant is selected for next steps, a representative from Girls on the Run will contact the individual directly.

Preference will be given to applications received by June 6, 2026. For consideration for a fall 2026 internship, please apply through this link in Bamboo HR. You will be asked to upload a resume while applying.