Meetings & Learning Events Intern

Meetings \& Learning Events Intern

Position Details:

Position Type:

Internship

Department:

Meetings \& Learning Events

Reports To:

Dayna Anderson, Program Specialist Meetings \& Learning Events

Internship Duration:

June 2026 – September 2026

Work Location:

Remote with occasional need to report to Silver Spring office

Hourly Rate:

$18\.00 (undergraduate rate)

$23\.00 (graduate rate)

Internship Overview:

The Meetings and Learning Events Intern will support the planning and execution of key events, including 2026 K\-College Institute, 2026 Data \& Analytics Summit, November Board Meeting, and DREAM 2027\. This role provides hands\-on experience in event coordination, registration management, and logistics. Responsibilities include assisting with registration processes (reporting, comp codes, refunds, and customer support), maintaining event web pages, managing inbox inquiries, and supporting logistics, hotel management and rooming lists. The intern will also help organize event materials, coordinate shipments, process payments and invoices, and support onsite event operations, including staff scheduling. This role requires strong attention to detail, organization, and collaboration. Additional responsibilities include conducting research, supporting daily team operations, and assisting with special projects as needed. Travel may be required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with planning for upcoming events, including 2026 K\-College Institute, 2026 Data \& Analytics Summit, November Board Meeting and DREAM 2027
• Assist with online registration process and generate reports, create comp codes, issue refunds via the system; assist registrants with processing their registrations and any issues.
• Attend to the Events inbox and ATD Support ticketing system.
• Work with the events team to keep web pages accurate and up\-to\-date.
• Assist with managing guest room lists and travel accommodations for staff, coaches, and other special guests.
• Organize check payments and processing, request invoices, and handle pro\-forma registration requests.
• Organize and assemble meeting/event materials.
• Coordinate outgoing and incoming shipments of meeting/event materials and maintaining inventory.
• Assist with cross\-checking of specs, rooming lists, and other documents as needed.
• Help manage (onsite) staff schedules.
• Travel to an ATD conference may be required.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.
• Conduct research and present findings
• Collaborate with team members on daily operations

Skills/Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Hospitality/Tourism Management, Nonprofit Management, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred; however, students from other majors with a strong interest in this type of work are also encouraged to apply.
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); ability to perform data entry and learn database management systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands\-on experience supporting large\-scale conferences and events
• Exposure to event technology, registration systems, and logistics coordination
• Opportunity to develop project management, organization, and customer service skills
• Experience working in a collaborative, mission\-driven nonprofit environment
• Professional development through research, cross\-team collaboration, and real\-time problem solving
• Networking opportunities with staff, partners, and event participants
• Potential opportunity for travel and onsite event experience

Core Competencies:

Collaboration: Demonstrates respect, humility, and willingness to collaborate when seeking to understand others and making decisions.

Equity Mindset: Demonstrates capacity to recognize and address racialized structures, policies, and practices that produce and sustain racial inequities.

Learning Orientation: Embraces challenges, new ideas and different perspectives as an opportunity to learn; continually seeks out and applies new learning to activate change or improvements.

Systems Thinking: Defines the system and one’s role in the system. Sees relationships and the dynamic elements of the holistic system and executes work accordingly. Influences the system and maps connections to ATD’s external landscape.

Physical Demands:

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment.Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally\- protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.