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Wealthy Habits


Finance Instructor and Business Operations Internship

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Recruitment began on April 28, 2025
and the job listing Expires on October 28, 2025
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Wealthy Habits is an Atlanta-based non-profit that has been growing its financial literacy programs since 2012. We are expanding our Summer Camps to Charleston SC and are looking for motivated interns for our new location! We strive to make the learning fun and engaging to focus on changing the way our students think about money. Over the past decade, Wealthy Habits has taught over 15,000 students and has hired over 100 interns to do so.

Our summer interns are PAID as they are an integral part of what we do. Besides teaching and mentoring the youth ages 11-18, we offer our interns an opportunity to assist on business operations and strategic plans for future growth and greater impact.

Internships for 2025 will be 7 full weeks (6/9/2025-8//2025). * You will have the week of July 4th off.

Job Summary:

  • Undergo comprehensive curriculum training with your peers during the first week of your internship.
  • Co-deliver the Wealthy Habits curriculum with a peer intern to groups of students
    • Training and instructional materials are provided with some autonomy in the delivery of the curriculum.
    • Camps are both in-person at multiple locations in the Charleston area.
    • Hours are from 8:30am – 4:30pm
  • Work with peers to complete projects. Some example projects might be:
    • Course/Curriculum development
    • Business proposal for future organizational growth
    • Program management process proposal
    • Problem and solution proposal for improvement
    • Implementation of select projects to be assigned as necessary

Perks of Our Internship:

  • Have a summer experience that is like no other: Autonomy, high expectations, and professional mentoring
  • Unmatched confidence in presentation skill development
  • Consulting and operational skill development through projects
  • Career mentoring & skill evaluations
  • Resume assistance & profile building
  • Opportunities to work with the leadership team on business advancement projects
  • Future references as requested
  • $12/hour

Applicant Requirements:

  • Currently pursuing a degree in Finance, Economics, or other business-related fields or have a solid knowledge of personal finance and investing
  • Have a GPA of at least a 3.2
  • Pass a complete background check (with NO infractions)
  • Ability to travel to various program locations in the Charleston area as necessary
  • Excited to give back to the community while open to self-improvement

This is an equal opportunity position. We select only the top students based on their motivation, history of success, GPA, communication skills and passion. This assures we have instructors that are great role models and enthusiastic mentors for the Wealthy Habits students.

All applications must be submitted via the Wealthy Habits Website: https://wealthyhabits.org/about-us/internship-application/

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