After School Matters

Legal and Risk Management Intern

Legal - Chicago, IL - Internship

Summary of Position: This position will support the Legal Department with a wide range of projects related to risk management, compliance, and legal research, including developing compliance checklist, drafting policies and procedures and related memoranda/reports, providing administrative and back-up support and other related projects. This position is a good fit for someone who writes well and is detail oriented and interested in learning about not-for-profit risk management and introductory legal research and theory.


Major Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Research legal topics and provide a report/memo on the findings
  • Assist with Privacy and Information Security issues
  • Assist with the creation of compliance site visit forms and risk management checklists
  • Assist with insurance claim inquiries (follow-up with emails, tracking claims, etc.)
  • Legal tracking (incident reporting, saving background checks, renewal dates for licenses, garnishments, etc.)
  • Update policies and procedures
  • Create one pagers re: legal and/or risk management topics and/or guidance 
  • Generate reports (e.g., incident reports, etc.)  on an as-needed basis
  • Assist and/or conduct compliance assessments and other compliance site visits for community providers
  • Complete manual data entry when required
  • Support team with administrative tasks (e.g. copying, scanning)
  • Act as a back-up for the Receptionist desk
  • When needed, assist with teen application and other Program Quality and Compliance department assignments when the volume is high

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Detail-oriented and organized 
  • Analytical problem solver
  • Customer service oriented 
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to work independently and on a team
  • Ability to research and distill facts and key issues
  • Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills preferred 

Qualifications:
  • Must be currently enrolled as a college student or graduate/law school student



Compensation:  $20 / hour

About Us: After School Matters is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that annually offers after-school and summer programs to nearly 20,000 Chicago high school teens to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills that will set them up for success in college and beyond. 

Thirty-five years later, our program has engaged more than 450,000 Chicago teens and is the nation’s largest and most successful provider of after-school and summer programs for high school teens. No other organization offers programs to high school students at the scale and quality that we do. 

We offer paid apprenticeships led by professionals in the fields of arts, communications and leadership, sports, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Our nationally respected youth development model has been replicated in cities across the country and earned us the City Livability Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. 

Programs take place at community locations throughout the city, including four ASM buildings: downtown at our new Orleans Center and Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, the Michael and Karyn Lutz Center in Belmont Cragin, and the Pullman community at Gately Park. 

Currently, After School Matters' annual operating budget is approximately $48M and employs approximately 500 staff across the organization. 

Mission: To provide Chicago public high school teens opportunities to explore and develop their talents, while gaining critical skills for work, college and beyond. 

Vision: After School Matters provides teens with opportunities to discover their potential and find their future. 

For more information, visit www.afterschoolmatters.org. 

EEO:  After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income. 

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