College Intern – Community & Health Outcomes
Job Description:
- Support strategic initiatives to improve community health outcomes through data-informed decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and assessment of community-driven interventions
- Collaborate with community health, program implementation, and evaluation teams on health equity, community-informed solutions, and continuous quality improvement
- Conduct follow-up analysis of community health interventions
- Develop frameworks for understanding health disparities
- Support educational programming for health equity awareness
- Perform health equity, population health, and quality landscape analysis
- Review and assess community advisory groups
- Review health needs assessments and provide recommendations
- Work with a mentor and support key strategic projects
- Complete assignments based on business needs, departmental priorities, and qualifications
- Perform technical and/or non-technical business-related projects
- Create and deliver a presentation at the end of the internship
- Maintain confidentiality and protect member privacy
- Demonstrate integrity and support the company's mission, values, Corporate Code of Conduct, and Lifetime Way values
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance
- Perform other functions as assigned by management
Requirements:
- Undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in a full-time degree program
- High School diploma
- Proof of continuous college enrollment
- Must be in good academic standing
- Majors/degree programs in health, public health, nursing, life sciences, social sciences, business, healthcare administration, data/technology, or similar fields
- Preferred (but not required) experience with data analysis and public health awareness
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to interact with technical and non-technical audiences and staff at all company levels
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced and changing environment while maintaining attention to detail
- Ability to work well in a team and establish good working relationships
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and prioritization skills
- Proactive, creative, and flexible approach to completing tasks
- Commitment to continuous improvement of skills and team functioning
- Ability to work independently and on intra- and inter-departmental teams
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience using a desktop computer in a professional environment
- Ability to sit and/or stand at a workstation while using a computer, keyboard, mouse, and/or phone for three or more hours at a time
- Ability to travel across the Health Plan service region for meetings and/or training as needed
Benefits:
- Paid 10-week summer internship
- Development workshops
- Networking opportunities
- Mentorship under respective managers
- Paid holidays
- Paid time away from work
- Group health and/or dental insurance may be included
- Retirement plan may be included
- Wellness program may be included
- Potential remote work on a case-by-case basis
- Housing is not provided