Summer 2025 Internship - Transformation Office

ACT • Internship • Remote (United States) • $20 / hour • 1m ago

Fast Facts

ACT is seeking a Summer 2025 Intern for the Transformation Office to work on impactful projects that enhance education equity and workplace success. This remote full-time position offers hands-on experience in process improvement and project management.

Responsibilities: Interns will gather and review business continuity plans, streamline processes, and identify opportunities for organizational improvements.

Skills: Candidates should have knowledge of process improvement, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office 365.

Qualifications: Pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Risk Management, or related fields.

Location: This is a fully remote internship within the US.

Compensation: $20 - $20 / Hourly

Overview

At ACT, Your Work Makes a Difference

Education has power – a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.

ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment in which every team member has an opportunity to grow.

We are seeking a Summer Intern to work on impactful projects within the ACT Transformation Office that will provide hand-on professional experience and incorporates the use of best practices and industry standards. The Intern will work with an industry expert and have opportunities to engage with individuals across the organization.

Location: This is a remote internship.

Duration: The internship is scheduled to run full-time starting Monday June 9, 2025, through Friday August 15, 2025, but can be flexible for the right candidate.

Pay Rate: For this position, we anticipate offering an hourly rate of $20.00. The position is not incentive or benefits eligible.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Central Time

Responsibilities will be focused on the following projects:

Business Continuity Plan (BCP) – Gather and review current plan artifacts and documents; make recommendations on streamlining and optimizing the process; building it out in one tool (i.e. MS 0365); and, where feasible, move to execution on any of the changes. Process Improvement – Identify and map the different approval processes used across the organization; analyze and benchmark against best practices to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement; and make recommendations on changing, reducing or eliminating unnecessary approvals.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Risk Management, Quality Management or related area of study.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of process improvement or lean six sigma
Detail-oriented
Ability to analyze and solid problem-solving skills
Project management skills
Strong communication (verbal and written) skills and ability to collaborate with a wide variety of individuals
Proficient in Microsoft Office 365

About ACT

When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.

More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.

We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.

Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!

ACT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ACT values diversity in people and ideas and participates in E-verify. ACT's online position announcements are intended only to provide general descriptions of employment opportunities; none of the information provided for any position should be interpreted as a commitment by ACT to specific terms and conditions for employment.

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