Angel City Football Club has teamed up with BIRDIES, a female-founded, direct-to-consumer footwear brand committed to serving as a champion for all women, to launch the Angel City Football Club and BIRDIES SOAR Internship Program for high school students across Los Angeles. Together, we are allocating 10% of the value of BIRDIES’ sponsorship to put into action our deeply-held belief that women can go everywhere with the right support system.

In its fourth year, the SOAR Internship Program will expose 8 young women to careers in sports, business, and entrepreneurship by introducing them to the leaders of female-founded organizations like: ACFC and BIRDIES. By exposing the youth to such career opportunities, the team hopes to expose participants to careers they may want to pursue.  These salaried positions will give high school interns first-hand access to key leaders, everyday movers, employees, and projects at both organizations and funds to keep progressing academically. 

The 6-week program will follow a curriculum that will consist of weekly educational sessions, education workshops, and career panels that focus on leadership, teamwork, sports, entrepreneurship, presentation skill building, public speaking, and more. Interns will also alternate on days dedicated to career panels and job shadowing. Through these activities, interns will interact with BIRDIES and ACFC Staff. The program will conclude with a final project presentation made to ACFC and BIRDIES Leadership.

Upon successful completion of the internship, a scholarship will be awarded to each intern. 

Responsibilities 

• Create and lead a curriculum for weekly educational sessions and workshops. Weekly sessions shall include a minimum of 3 days in the office.  Session topics will alternate on a daily and weekly basis but focus on Educational Days, which provide leadership and self-development workshops, career panels, and speaker series that touch on concepts such as teamwork, sports, entrepreneurship, presentation skill building, and public speaking. In addition, Shadow Days will be dedicated to exposing interns to the different careers that exist within sports, by shadowing a specific department within the ACFC front office. 
• Design a culminating assignment that includes interns creating a final project based on their experience. 
• Oversee the schedule of the program in order to be executed accordingly. 
• Assist in developing the internship application and promotion. 
• Review internship applications and conduct interviews with candidates. 
• In collaboration with the Senior Manager of Community Impact, lead an information session for the SOAR Internship Cohort and legal guardians.
• Main point of contact for the SOAR Internship Cohort, which includes communicating with all participants. 
• Ensure learning goals are met for the SOAR Internship Cohort.
• Organize closing events with the Senior Manager of Community Impact. 
• In collaboration with the Senior Manager of Community Impact, plan and execute the BIRDIES Title Night activities at BMO Stadium. (Saturday, July 6, 2024) 
• Track metrics and surveys related to the program.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing operations and programs.
• Experience with project management, managing daily activities, and delivering results in a cross-functional environment.
• Excellent communication, analytical, written, and presentation skills.
• Exceptional project management skills and the ability to keep multiple distinct projects on track.
• Must have experience leading projects and supervising.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with students and staff. 
• Experience in leading conversations and delivering education sessions. 
• Highly proficient with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Length of Temporary Employment:

• Approximately 6 Months, February 2024 to August 2024.
• Approximately 350 Hours