Just City Is Looking for a Few Good Students
Just City is offering select internships and student worker positions for college students this fall. Internships have a primary project/focus area, and student workers provide general administrative and program support. We are taking all precautions to protect staff, student workers, and clients from the risks of COVID-19; we may ask that some work be done remotely while the risk continues.
Students must be available to work between 9 am and 4 pm. Student workers are paid $15/hr; internship compensation is determined, in part, by opportunities available at the students’ respective schools.
We offer some combination of the following positions depending on our needs at the time:
Program Intern – Court Watch
Court Watch volunteer/data entry
Attend Court Watch shifts
Volunteer support and management
Track national Court Watch trends
Support Court Watch Program Coordinator as needed
Development Intern
Assist in maintenance of Just City’s contact list, client database, and donor database
Help develop and implement online fundraising strategies, campaigns, and calls to action
Help organize events and provide logistical support as needed
Conduct prospect and foundation research
Communications and Policy Intern
Help maintain Just City’s media platforms (website, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
Produce and/or generate unique online content (i.e. videos, infographics, photos) that engages audience segments and leads to measurable action such as awareness-raising, fundraising, list-building, etc.
Assist with legal research as needed
Community Outreach Intern
Increase Just City’s outreach efforts to identify potential clients of Just City’s Clean Slate Fund and Participatory Defense programs.
Manage existing partnerships and meetings
Attend community/partner events as needed
Assist with projects in conjunction with partner organization Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Help develop written materials for Shelby County educational campaigns, including briefing documents, fact sheets, etc.
Student Worker
Help organize events and provide logistical and administrative support as needed
To apply, submit your information using this webform. The deadline for submissions for Fall 2020 is July 31, 2020.
Just City’s mission is to advance policies, programs, and solutions in Shelby County and the State of Tennessee that broaden access to justice, strengthen the right to counsel, and mitigate the damagecaused to families and neighborhoods as a result of contact with the criminal justice system.
Just City is based in Memphis, TN and is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. In order to build the strongest workforce possible, we actively seek a diverse applicant pool.
