sports administration Opportunities

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Apply@paragon-basketball.org. Paragon Basketball, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides Physical Training and Leadership Development to student-athletes aspiring to excel on and off the basketball court. For more information about our organization, please visit our website at www.paragon-basketball.org. Type: Full-Time or Part-Time (depending on Intern availability) Location: Interns will work on-site in the South Jersey area (primarily in Atlantic City, New Jersey) Internship term: May July 2013 Compensation: Academic Credit (potential room & board provided)

Play Me Records is an independant digital record label based out of Santa Monica, California. We are seeking highly motivated individuals who are interested in learning about the digital music industry and the inner workings of digital record labels. This is a great opportunity to get a foot in the door in the digital music industry and learn all about record labels and fan building. We currently have internship positions available for: Social Media Licensing and Contracting Merchandising and Design

Empire Wealth Strategies, an Agency of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, is dedicated to helping people make conscious decisions about important issues using the tools, training, case design, and advanced planning support to provide the "right" - solution - all of the time - for our clients' financial service needs. Our objective is to help clients, their families and businesses prepare for a secure financial future. We help identify current financial situations, determine future financial objectives, and then implement a program to help clients achieve those objectives. The Marketing/Graphic Design Intern will support the Director f Marketing and Communications in maintaining the visual identity of the Penn Mutual brand as well as the Empire Wealth Strategies brand through printed materials, advertisements, signage and help with redesign and maintenance of www.ewsnyc.com. The intern will also be heavily involved in helping individual agents with their individual design needs. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate or undergraduate looking to get hands on experience working as part of a team at a mid-size financial company.

Left Forum seeks a part-time Program and Outreach Administration intern for the spring and early summer of 2013. This internship starts immediately. This is a three to six month internship or a one or two semester internship and it can be scheduled according to the academic calendar year as needed. We seek a creative, highly skilled individual interested in learning about and assisting Left Forum's conference and panel planning work for the March 2013 conference. Candidates should have a passion for grassroots organizing and social justice, and a commitment to furthering global left dialogue. This internship is ideal for those with some organizing experience. This position merges a rigorous program of research, analysis, and editorial work, with high-level forms of planning and outreach to noted scholars and organizers from around the world. You will gain the skill sets of program development practices, engage in individual and collective research projects, and develop verbal and intellectual acuity in helping to organize panels. This position provides a great opportunity to meet and learn from scholars, activists, authors and artists in a rewarding intellectual political milieu.

International Rivers is a non-profit research and advocacy organization headquartered in Berkeley, California, with staff and consultants currently working in Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Thailand. International Rivers supports communities around the world in protecting their rivers and rights. We work to halt destructive dams and encourage better methods of meeting needs for water, energy and protection from floods. International Rivers' Policy Program works to strengthen the social and environmental policies of dam builders and financiers, and to build the capacity of civil society and dam-affected communities to defend their rights. We are seeking a part-time (16-20 hours/week) intern for 3 months during Spring and Summer 2013 (with possibility of extension) to assist with the creation of a major report on the current state of the world's rivers. The report will include an in-depth research component on indicators of river basin health, and will analyze our experiences and lessons with specific dam projects, developers, and cross-cutting issues over the past decade. The Policy Program Intern will play a critical role in the project team by supporting the research, production, and outreach components of this report.

The Human Resources Department at McKenna Motor Co., Inc. has a great opportunity for an HR Intern to join our team and gain exposure to several different HR disciplines. In this role, the HR Intern will gain experience with assisting with projects, as well as assisting with HR-related research, HR administrative responsiblities, recruitment, and employee relations.

Each year, Covenant House Washington reaches hundreds of kids in Washington, DC and beyond via street outreach, our crisis shelter, transitional housing programs, workforce and education programs, our prevention services and our child development center, making us the largest privately-funded agency serving runaway and homeless youth in the Washington, DC region. Founded in 1972, Covenant House has facilities in 21 cities throughout the US, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua and has reached more than one million young people with immediate assistance and the support necessary to transition from a life on the streets to a life with a future. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual that is interested in obtaining hands on experience in the Human Resources Department of a large international non-profit organization. The HR Intern will provide clerical and administrative support to the Human Resources Department and assist with special HR projects. Internship will provide an opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of various Human Resources functions.

LifeOrganics is a Chicago-based global health and wellness company. We offer pure and organic bath, body, skin, and hair products. Our services range from spa and pamper parties to consulting and workshops dealing with fitness, health, and self-care. We believe in maintaining a close-knit team of diverse, values-driven professionals that can work together to achieve our goals. We are a small, but quickly growing company with room for those who perform with excellence. We are looking for a professional who values integrity and exceptional client relations in every area of your work. Our Administrative Coordinator is a key role as this position requires an eclectic, but solid skill set. In addition to coordinating schedules, they will serve as liaison-in-training between various department heads. In doing so, they will learn many facets of business operation and professional interaction. We expect them to be a people person, proactive, detail-oriented, eager to learn, and preferably, passionate about wellness.

National Fire Protection Association is an international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896. Our mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. We are the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety, NFPA develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.

Innerscope is a fast-paced, next-generation media research company that emerged from collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the MIT Media Laboratory. Innerscope is an applied neuroscience research firm and leader in the emerging field of neuromarketing. Studies range from industry questions to client specific programs of research. Innerscope has successfully generated insights in multiple domains including television, film, advertising, concept testing, shopper insights, website usability and online gaming for many Fortune 500 companies.