Each Academic Year JESNA hires qualified individuals to fill part-time paid internship positions.  Interns will be assigned to one of the areas within JESNA including: professional development and advancement, institutional advancement, congregational and day school education, and research and evaluation.  Assignments are made according to individual skills and interests, as well as the needs of the agency.  Interns will work on all aspects of agency business including research, event planning, and organizational advancement.  Specific duties will vary per project, but may include data maintenance and analysis, problem solving, critical thinking, information gathering, communications with different constituencies and report writing.

Each Intern will be assigned to work primarily in one specific area of JESNA.  In addition, an equally important component of this internship is the opportunity for Interns to get a full understanding of 1) what JESNA does, 2) what it means to work in a national Jewish non-profit agency, and 3) the critical issues currently being addressed in the field of Jewish education.  In order to facilitate this knowledge gathering, Interns will be expected to attend a series of Staff Sessions in which they will be introduced to the JESNA staff members and the issues they address.  The schedule for the Staff Sessions will be announced once the Academic Year Interns have been determined and their schedules set.