Careers in Program Development

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in program development? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Program Development

Volunteers of America - Volunteers of America serves more than 2 million people with their staff of 16,000 paid employees and 70,000 volunteers, and they're trying to grow both.

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Job Title	Location
Financial Advisor- Insurance and Finance Sales Consultant	Castle Rock, CO
Area Representative for Exchange Students	Springfield, MA
Area Representative	Syracuse, NY
Manager, ULI Portland	Portland, OR
Midwest Account Manager - McGraw-Hill Construction	Chicago, IL

See all 1,981 job postings

Union of Concerned Scientists - If you want a closer look at the kind of work that the Union of Concerned Scientists does, look at their history of accomplishments and then their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Office Manager	Washington, DC
Western States Climate Economist	California
Climate Scientist, California	California
Climate Economist	Berkeley, CA
Clmate Scientist	Berkeley, CA

See all 15 job postings

Plan - Plan is an international development non-profit organization based in Warwick, RI that focuses on helping children, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Direct Sales	Phoenix, AZ
Audio / Visual Technician (South of Milwaukee)	Milwaukee, WI
Outpatient Therapist	Mesa, AZ
Mortgage Branch Manager RP	Fresno, CA
Sales Representative	Fredericksburg, VA

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The Wandering Scholar - If you’re moved by The Wandering Scholar's mission, then you need to reach out to them and see how you can fit in.

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No current job openings.

Sabin Vaccine Institute - If you’d like to join Sabin Vaccine Institute in their mission to end suffering across the world, then you should check out their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Accounting Intern	Washington, DC
Program Associate, Coalition against Typhoid	Washington, DC
Program Associate, Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) Secretariat	Washington, DC
Program Officer, Quality Assurance, Vaccine Development	Houston, TX
Senior Project Manager, Vaccine Development	Houston, TX

See all 5 job postings

Public Conversations Project - Now, Public Conversations Project doesn’t have a Jobs page, but they do post positions on Idealist, so you should give them a look.

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Job Title	Location
Assisted Sales Rep	Casper, WY
Asst. Sales Rep	Dublin, CA
Phone Sales Associate	Folsom, CA
Marketing Manager	Fremont, CA
Provider Network Development Representative	Honolulu, HI

See all 925 job postings

Hip Hop Caucus - My take is that as Hip Hop Caucus uses hip hop to better the world, they’ll also end up bettering hip hop culture. You can be a part of that!

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No current job openings.

Visions in Action - Visions in Action is a non-profit that works in four key program areas: Food Security, Education, Health, and International Exchange, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Junior Marketing Operations Analyst	Pleasant Prairie, WI
Sr. Inventory Analyst (North of Chicago)	Chicago, IL
Conference Services Manager	Nashville, TN
Inventory Manager	Pleasant Prairie, WI
Database Coordinator	Pleasant Prairie, WI

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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - The ASTHO's vision is of “healthy people thriving in a nation free of preventable illness and injury” and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Attorney Advisor	Washington, DC

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The Forum for Youth Investment - The Forum for Youth Investment describes itself as an “action tank,” and you can work with them to ensure that youths are ready for life by 21.

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Job Title	Location
Information Technology Specialist (Website Developer)	Washington, DC
Senior Project Manager (Juvenile Justice Programs)	Washington, DC
Manager of School Based Initiative	North Charleston, SC
Executive Director - St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
Links Director	North Charleston, SC

See all 5 job postings

Institute for Market Transformation - If you’re intrigued by the philosophy behind the Institute for Market Transformation, they you’ll probably want to take a look at their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Risk Assurance ITPA Project Assurance Senior Associate	Atlanta, GA
Risk Assurance ITPA Project Assurance Manager	New York, NY
Assurance Manager Products & Services	Dallas, TX
Assurance Senior Associate Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
AVP Project Mgr II	Mettawa, IL

See all 58 job postings

Kid Power - If you’re intrigued by Kid Power's programs, you should check out their job opportunities on Idealist.

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Job Title	Location
WANTED: PHENOMENAL PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND ASSISTANTS!	Hicksville, NY
Account Executive	Boston, MA
WANTED: PHENOMENAL PHYSICAL THERAPIST	Port Washington, NY
WANTED: SUPER-AMAZING PHYSICAL THERAPIST	Bayside, NY
Manager, Digital Marketing	El Segundo, CA

See all 44 job postings

Ceres - Ceres is a Boston, MA based non-profit that aims to “integrate sustainability into capital markets" and they're hiring right now.

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Job Title	Location
Retail Store Manager	Modesto, CA
Movie extras wanted (flexible hours) in Ceres, CA	Ceres, CA
TV Extras wanted in Ceres, CA	Ceres, CA
Business to Business Sales	San Francisco, CA
Registered Pharmacist - Inpatient RPh	Modesto, CA

See all 86 job postings

Malaria No More - If you’re intrigued by Malaria No More’s approach to eradicating malaria, then you should check out their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Program Officer, NID and Malaria Job	Seattle, WA
Research Analyst, Malaria Elimination Initiative	San Francisco, CA
Background Paper Technical Lead, MSP 1	San Francisco, CA
Research Analyst, Malaria Elimination Initiative	San Francisco, CA
Chief Development Officer	New York, NY

See all 17 job postings

SOSMentor - If you like the sound of the work that SOSMentor is doing, then you should check out their Jobs page.

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No current job openings.

A Wider Circle - From what I can tell, A Wider Circle really makes the most of the resources they have, and that includes their people.

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Job Title	Location
Vice President for Policy Research and Strategy	Washington, DC
Senior Human Resources Manager - Digital Platform Engineering	Redwood City, CA
Auto Surfaces Technologist	Kennesaw, GA
Development	Silver Spring, MD
Community Outreach Fellowship	Silver Spring, MD

See all 8 job postings

Urban Enrichment - If you want to get in with an exciting startup non-profit like Urban Enrichment, you’re going to have to reach out to them before they start posting jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Residence Hall Director	Minneapolis, MN
EnrichmentTeachers - Summer Program	Boston, MA
Teacher	Washington, DC
Site Manager Summer 2013 YUSA	Hartford, CT
Dean - Arts & Sci.s	New York, NY

See all 210 job postings

Symphony Space - Symphony Space's employment page only has internships listed, but there’s a Production Coordinator for Performing Arts Programs posting on Idealist.

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Job Title	Location
Clinical Instructor/Clinical Assistant Professor	El Paso, TX
Guest Service Agent - Holiday Inn San Francisco Civic Center	San Francisco, CA
Assistant/Associate Professor & MSW Program Coordinator	El Paso, TX
Physician Northeast, OH – Urgent Care – Near Akron	Ohio
Senior Product Marketing Manager Smart Grid Software	Foster City, CA

See all 228 job postings

Enterprise Community Partners - Once you’ve had a chance to check out the links above, you should take a look at jobs at Enterprise Community Partners.

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Job Title	Location
AVP Enterprise Architecture, Commercial Markets P&C Lead	Windsor, CT
Sr. Product Marketing Manager - 711901	Santa Clara, CA
Senior Social Media Specialist	Lake Forest, IL
Solutions Architect	New York, NY
Junior Sales Assistant -- Bilingual (English-Spanish)	Redwood City, CA

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Social Science Research Council - If you’re also fascinated by social science, then you should check out jobs at Social Science Research Council.

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Job Title	Location
Doctoral Social Science Faculty (Qualitative Researcher)	Phoenix, AZ
Clinical Instructor/Clinical Assistant Professor	El Paso, TX
Dean Of Humanities And Social Sci.s	New York, NY
Research Assistant, Standards Development (SD)	New York, NY
Research Associate I	Reno, NV

See all 261 job postings

Echoing Green - Obviously, one option beyond seeking out a full-time job is to apply for an Echoing Green fellowship, but you should also note that they do offer jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Program and Data Assistant	New York, NY
Knowledge Management Intern	New York, NY
Communications Design Intern	New York, NY
Director of Development	New York, NY
Manager, Impact Investing	New York, NY

See all 18 job postings

Civic Works - Every year Civic Works takes on approximately 200 AmeriCorps members and puts them to work. You can be one of them.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Manager	Los Angeles, CA
Graphic Designer	Irvine, CA
Business Development Manager	Edina, MN
Acount Executive	Chelsea, MA
Sales Counselor	Anaheim, CA

See all 3,346 job postings

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - If you’d like to have a job giving money away (not Ed McMahon style though), then you should check out The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Jobs page on Idealist.

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Job Title	Location
Internal Audit Intern	New York, NY
Fellowship Assistant \| Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program	Brooklyn, NY
C3 Research and Program Associate	Middlebury, VT
UMS Education Specialist	Ann Arbor, MI
Mellon Digital Scholar	Gambier, OH

See all 21 job postings

Extreme Sports Camp - If you’d like to join the staff, you should check out Extreme Sports Camp’s Jobs page along with their job application which lists positions.

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Job Title	Location
PART TIME - SOCIAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE/ MANAGER	Long Island City, NY
Bear Valley Assistant Camp Director	Bear Valley, CA
Gymnastics Coach	West Creek, NJ
Recreation Leader	Los Gatos, CA
Kinderbird Instructor	Salt Lake City, UT

See all 61 job postings

Institute for Environmental Awareness - There’s not much more information about the Institute on their website; however, their job descriptions tell you a lot about what they do.

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Job Title	Location
Completion Superintendent	Houston, TX
Senior Associate Director, Environment & Energy Programs	Stanford, CA
CIRES/NSIDC Professional Research Assistant	Boulder, CO
Development Assistant II	Cambridge, MA
Program Management And Support Analyst 0040	Langley AFB, VA

See all 139 job postings

Feeding America - Feeding America is a Chicago based non-profit and they're "the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity."

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Job Title	Location
Quality Engineer	Williamsburg, IA
Manufacturing Engineer	Williamsburg, IA
Sales Specialist Big Data	Austin, TX
Internship	Washington, DC
Volunteer Position: Data Collector Internship	Hampton, VA

See all 780 job postings

U.S. Green Building Council - The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit that serves the $60 billion green building industry, and they have some pretty cool job offerings.

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Job Title	Location
Account Manager Residential - Energy Efficiency	Tulsa, OK
Juvenile Rehabilitation Residential Counselor (np GHS) 05555	Chehalis, WA
Senior Director Sectors	Washington, DC
Superintendent - In Training	La Crosse, WI
Construction Superintendent	La Crosse, WI

See all 56 job postings

National Endowment for Democracy - Current openings that might be suitable for new grads include Publications Coordinator and Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa.

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Job Title	Location
Communications, Media, and Outreach Intern	Washington, DC
Global Programs Intern	Washington, DC
Program Officer, Global Programs	Washington, DC
Evaluation Specialist Consultant	Washington, DC
Program Assistant, Global Programs	Washington, DC

See all 11 job postings

Active Transportation Alliance - Want to help lead “the charge for a transportation culture that values safety, health, and sustainability?” Check out jobs at the Active Transportation Alliance

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Job Title	Location
Market Research Analyst	Tulsa, OK
Physician - psychiatry	Meridian, MS
Director Initial Phase Material Planning	Savannah, GA
Plant Maintenance Engineer	Malaga, WA
Psychiatry - Physician	Meridian, MS

See all 39 job postings

Food Bank for New York City - While you’re still in that Thanksgiving mindset, you should take a look at Food Bank for New York City and see if you can help them out year round.

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Job Title	Location
Head of Strategic Support and Reporting	New York, NY
Accounting Manager	South Hackensack, NJ
Sr. Manager of Community Mobilization	Manhattan, NY
Dishwasher - Hackensack Maggiano's	Hackensack, NJ
Prep Cook - Hackensack Maggiano's	Hackensack, NJ

See all 165 job postings

Second Nature - Second Nature is a Boston based non-profit organization that aims to promote sustainability on college campuses, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Freight Broker / Bilingual Dispatcher	Pflugerville, TX
Sr Manager BRCM - PCM	New York, NY
Sales Representative	Cohoes, NY
Project Manager	Sacramento, CA
Senior Software Developer	Jersey City, NJ

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Wildlife Conservation Society - With so much on their plate, Wildlife Conservation Society has a lot of job opportunities for people who want to save wildlife and preserve biodiversity.

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Job Title	Location
Postdoctoral Associate, Tropical Forest Ecology and Biodiversity	Arlington, VA
Forester III	Sacramento, CA
Sr Research Technician - Pocket Mouse/Applied Animal Ecology - San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research	San Diego, CA
Events Coordinator (Children's)	United States
Summer Camp Counselor	United States

See all 168 job postings

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation - Although the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation doesn’t have any permanent positions posted right now, they do have an annual fellowship that they offer.

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No current job openings.

Ladder Up - Ladder Up doesn’t have any jobs posted on Idealist right now; however, they have had entry level positions available in the past.

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Job Title	Location
Electrical/Instrumentation Maintenance Technician	Memphis, TN
Outside Sales Representative - Sales Rep - Sales	Denver, CO
Instrumentation/ Electrical Technician	Cottage Grove, MN
Generator Field Technician (see ad for locations in FL)	Orlando, FL
Building Maintenance Technician (South of Milwaukee)	Milwaukee, WI

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Housing Works - Housing Works has a number of positions suitable for new grads including Recreation Assistant, Case Manager, and possibly Harm Reduction Coordinator.

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Job Title	Location
Intern	Sidney, NE
Licensed Mental Health Therapist - Part-time	Salt Lake City, UT
Project Manager	Dilley, TX
Mortgage Production Assistant	Seattle, WA
Meeting and Events Planner	Washington, DC

See all 39,159 job postings

Do Something -

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Job Title	Location
Development Team Operations (DevOps) Engineer	Seattle, WA
Research Analyst - Waltham, MA	Waltham, MA
Art Director	Blacksburg, VA
Specialist, Clinical Risk Management	Lexington, MA
Occupational Therapist / Therapy (OT) Permanent - Inpatient/Outpatient	Paris, IL

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SquashBusters - Whether you’re a squash player or not, you have to love what SquashBusters is doing. You also have to love the fact that SquashBusters is hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Squash Coordinator – SquashBusters Lawrence	Roxbury Crossing, MA
Squash Coordinator – SquashBusters Lawrence	Lawrence, MA

See all 2 job postings

Polaris Project - It’s hard to believe that human trafficking happens so close to home. That’s why the Polaris Project exists and why you should consider joining their team.

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Job Title	Location
Heavy Construction Equipment Oiler	Columbia, SC
Entry Level Creative Event Marketing	Port Saint Lucie, FL
Entry Level Marketing & Advertising	Port Saint Lucie, FL
Systems Analysis Director	Springfield, MA
Copywriter	Madison, WI

See all 586 job postings

Taproot Foundation - The Taproot Foundation has a really cool approach to non-profit consulting with amazing volunteer opportunities, but they're also hiring new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Taproot Foundation - President & CEO	New York, NY
President CEO	New York, NY
Pro Bono Product Development Fellow	San Francisco, CA
Pro Bono Outreach Fellow	Los Angeles, CA
Strategy & Analytics Consultants Needed - Pro Bono Projects	Los Angeles, CA

See all 144 job postings

Public Allies - In addition to their Ally Program, which develops young leaders, Public Allies also has a number of jop openings that might interest new grads.

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Job Title	Location
VP of Governement Relations	Washington, DC
Sr Manager, Strategic Communications	Princeton, NJ
Lead Organizer	Los Angeles, CA
Community Organizer	Los Angeles, CA
Manager - Energy Efficiency Programs / Insulation & Windows	Jackson, MI

See all 314 job postings

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