Prevention Interns
SARP Prevention Interns are paid graduate student staff that support and promote awareness, education, and outreach efforts focused on prevention within the BU community. They attend and assist with ambassador meetings, facilitate training sessions on important topics like consent and bystander intervention, and provide direct support to ambassadors during office hours. Interns engage diverse student populations through outreach and resource development, help plan student-led events and annual themes, and contribute to social media and efforts to enhance program visibility and impact as well as plan the beginning of year student staff retreat.
Each intern will be delegated as lead to either the Ambassador Program or Data, Research and Training. They will be responsible for the corresponding duties and deliverables.
Requirements
- Commit 24hrs per week
- Must be available for August Training (Aug 11th– Aug 22nd)
- Must be available Monday Evening (Ambassador Meetings)
Support
- 40-hour training
- Weekly supervision
- Paired facilitation
- Peer support
- Professional development
- Hourly pay
Qualifications
- Enrolled in graduate school for an MSW, MPH, or any other relevant master’s program preferred
- Ability to commit 12 hours/ week
- Interest in Interpersonal violence prevention
- Experience working and collaborating on a team
- Ability and skills to commit to as a prevention intern lead for the entirety of the academic year (See descriptions below).
General Duties
- Facilitate training: Bystander intervention (SUSIBU), Consent (YES! Consent & Sex Positivity), and Healthy Relationships
- Data collection: Distribute and collect evaluations for each training
- Assist in the maintenance and distribution of SARP’s legislative agenda
Core Responsibilities
Ambassador Meetings & Learning
- Attend and support Ambassador Meetings
- Lead and develop Learning Hours for ambassadors
Office Hours
- Serve as point person during scheduled office hours
- Support ambassadors with questions or rescheduling
- Conduct informal check-ins with students
Trainings
- Facilitate and support various training programs to the BU community
- Bystander Intervention
- Yes! Consent
- One Love – Beyond the Post
- Leading for Change
- Be on backup when ambassadors are unable to facilitate trainings.
Outreach Focus
- Participate in outreach to diverse student populations (e.g., athletes, artists, LGBTQ+, POC, STEM majors, international students)
- Develop toolkits with resources (podcasts, articles, worksheets, discussion prompts)
- Support ambassadors in integrating their skills and knowledge around prevention into their communities
Program & Event Development
- Support and encourage the development of student-led events
- Assist in presenting ideas to supervisors
Theme Implementation
- Contribute to annual theme planning and integration
Social Media
- Create reels and campaign content
- Assist with Canva-based educational and awareness posts
Retreat Planning
- Collaborate on planning the Student Staff Retreat
- Ensure plans align with budget constraints
Ambassador Program Lead
Oversees the overall program planning and coordination, including creating the annual schedule, facilitating weekly ambassador meetings, managing agendas, and ensuring smooth office hour operations. Acts as the main organizer to keep ambassador activities and learning hours on track.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
- Create and submit a full academic-year schedule of ambassador meetings, trainings, and learning hours prior to the first session.
- Facilitate weekly ambassador meetings, ensuring agendas, learning goals, and logistics are in place.
- Manage ambassador office hour schedules, ensuring adequate coverage and clear expectations for point person roles.
- Regularly evaluate ambassador engagement and report any concerns or successes to program supervisors.
Data and Research Lead
Coordinates and maintains training schedules, collaborates with campus partners, and improves programs. Designs and analyzes surveys for program effectiveness. Generates reports with recommendations to enhance prevention programming both for existing and future SARP initiatives.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
- Maintain a master training schedule for ambassador-led and staff-led workshops in collaboration with partners (SAO, Athletics, student orgs).
- Update post-training surveys for all major trainings (e.g., Leading for Change, Yes! Consent)
- Create and Distribute Digests detailing key themes, learning outcomes, and additional education.
- Analyze survey data and create a report each semester with actionable recommendations.
- Design simple, user-friendly evaluation tools (e.g., Google Forms, Qualtrics) to support data-informed decision-making.
- Research and create a plan to implement programs for the following academic year