Job Type
Internship
Description
Who We Are
Are you ready to work at a dynamic institution that believes in higher education with lower obstacles? Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech) is a nationally accredited non-profit, technical college serving Massachusetts. The college was seeded in 1791 with funds from the estate of Benjamin Franklin given to the City of Boston to proliferate access to apprenticeship and entrepreneurship. Today, that legacy has evolved into an accredited college that delivers accessible tech and trade education to level the playing field for aspiring talent.
With a mission to deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement, Franklin Cummings Tech offers a unique mix of certificates and degrees that appeal to enterprising students from Eastern Massachusetts and respond to employer demand for a well-prepared workforce. Intentional partnerships with the industries we serve coupled with high graduation and job placement rates, recently attracted the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the college from the Cummings Foundation, helping to spur incredible growth in the past four years.
Franklin Cummings Tech educates more than 1,000 learners annually across three student types: 1) certificate and degree seekers, 2) continuing education enrollees, and 3) early college students. As evidence that our mission holds resonance student enrollment is up and Fall 2027 applications have soared 16% year over year.
We seek optimistic, data-informed, and dedicated colleagues who are eager to increase student success outcomes and boost total enrollment to 1,500 learners by 2030. Join us in this mission-driven work.
Position Summary
Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff to the President, the Graduate Intern will receive a hands-on, behind-the-scenes view of higher education administration, organizational strategy, and institutional operations. Working with the Chief of Staff, the Intern will assist with day-to-day presidential office operations, support select student-facing events, research modern administrative tools (including generative AI applications), and draft operational documents and communications.
A central project for this internship will be supporting the President's Office Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) framework. The Intern will serve as an operational liaison to help directors, associate deans, and department leads across key campus divisions-such as Enrollment, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, the Registrar, and Advancement-adapt and establish their own departmental SOP workbooks. This role provides an unmatched opportunity for a graduate education student to gain deep, practical familiarity with the inner workings of an urban technical college.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Operational Frameworks & Process Integration (Core Project)
Internship
Description
Who We Are
Are you ready to work at a dynamic institution that believes in higher education with lower obstacles? Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech) is a nationally accredited non-profit, technical college serving Massachusetts. The college was seeded in 1791 with funds from the estate of Benjamin Franklin given to the City of Boston to proliferate access to apprenticeship and entrepreneurship. Today, that legacy has evolved into an accredited college that delivers accessible tech and trade education to level the playing field for aspiring talent.
With a mission to deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement, Franklin Cummings Tech offers a unique mix of certificates and degrees that appeal to enterprising students from Eastern Massachusetts and respond to employer demand for a well-prepared workforce. Intentional partnerships with the industries we serve coupled with high graduation and job placement rates, recently attracted the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the college from the Cummings Foundation, helping to spur incredible growth in the past four years.
Franklin Cummings Tech educates more than 1,000 learners annually across three student types: 1) certificate and degree seekers, 2) continuing education enrollees, and 3) early college students. As evidence that our mission holds resonance student enrollment is up and Fall 2027 applications have soared 16% year over year.
We seek optimistic, data-informed, and dedicated colleagues who are eager to increase student success outcomes and boost total enrollment to 1,500 learners by 2030. Join us in this mission-driven work.
Position Summary
Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff to the President, the Graduate Intern will receive a hands-on, behind-the-scenes view of higher education administration, organizational strategy, and institutional operations. Working with the Chief of Staff, the Intern will assist with day-to-day presidential office operations, support select student-facing events, research modern administrative tools (including generative AI applications), and draft operational documents and communications.
A central project for this internship will be supporting the President's Office Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) framework. The Intern will serve as an operational liaison to help directors, associate deans, and department leads across key campus divisions-such as Enrollment, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, the Registrar, and Advancement-adapt and establish their own departmental SOP workbooks. This role provides an unmatched opportunity for a graduate education student to gain deep, practical familiarity with the inner workings of an urban technical college.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Operational Frameworks & Process Integration (Core Project)
- SOP Workbook Management: Work directly under the guidance of the Chief of Staff and alongside the Senior Executive Assistant to maintain and refine the President's Office SOP Checklist Workbook.