The Peer Engagement Internship is a 10-month paid internship for teens through The Second Floor at the JCC. Interns serve as connectors and builders of Jewish life in Pittsburgh, utilizing their own social networks and creating relationships with Jewish students across the community. Interns attend monthly skill-building workshops and create their own teen-led programs to welcome their peers to The Second Floor space.
The Second Floor Peer-Network Engagement Interns will tap into their own personal social networks (youth groups, teams, clubs, etc.) to connect friends and friends of friends to each other, and to launch student-run Jewish initiatives on The Second Floor. You will learn to build authentic relationships, create new Jewish experiences, expand communities, and impart sophisticated and relevant Jewish content.
Throughout the year, PEIs will meet monthly, beginning with an immersive leadership training experience and followed by monthly training seminars and individual check-ins. These workshops and experiences provide opportunities for real-world skill building in social network mapping, event planning, communication, community organizing, and peer-to-peer engagement. PEIs will also have the opportunity to work with different staff at the JCC, both in our Teen Department and across the agency. Interested students must be in grades 10-12 and over the age of 16 to apply. All First-Year Peer Engagement Interns will be paid at a rate of $9/hour and Returning PEIs will be paid at a rate of $10/hour for the 2026-2027 school year.
All interns are expected to:
- Attend mandatory monthly meetings and trainings.
- Engage with teens in the space during working hours.
- Have a fun, outgoing, and friendly attitude!
- Build relationships with uninvolved Jewish students in the community and seek to advance Jewish values in the context of those relationships.
- Strive to understand student’s interests, passions and aspirations then connect students to opportunities they may find meaningful and engaging.
- Plan at least two community building projects that advance Jewish values and attract uninvolved students to Jewish experience on The Second Floor
- Follow up with newly engaged students in an authentic and meaningful way.
- Participate in Peer Network Engagement Interns training
- Attend at least two hour ‘open night’ peer week on The Second Floor to engage students.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
While performing the above duties, this position routinely requires handling persons and/or objects and moving safely throughout the building. This position may include walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling. This position requires communicating, either verbally or in writing. This position frequently requires moving items weighing up to 25 pounds. This position occasionally requires moving items weighing up to 50 pounds. Must be able to complete all essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
CERTIFICATIONS:
PA Criminal History Clearance
PA Child Abuse Clearance
FBI Clearance
PA Mandated Reporter Training
First Aid/CPR Certification
Equal Opportunity Employer
To apply, please submit resume and cover letter to:
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
Attn: Human Resources Department
5738 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $9.00 - $10.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
Work Location: In person
