Evaluation Intern, Strategy, Learning, and Evaluation Department

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Summer Internship Program is a 10-week opportunity for college and university students to get some real-world work experience and learn new skills. Interns have the opportunity to work closely with Foundation staff members to assist with ongoing projects and develop new ideas surrounding departmental strategies. Interns are assigned to specific departments based on their unique interests and skillsets, and are given projects intended to challenge them and help them grow.

During the program, interns receive extensive guidance and support from their managers and mentors, and attend training sessions and workshops that help them enhance their professional skills. Overall, the summer internship program at the Hilton Foundation is a highly rewarding and valuable experience for students who want to gain real-world work experience and develop professional skills.

By the end of the program, the SLED Intern will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our communities and the tools that philanthropy can utilize. The intern will also become familiar with the philanthropic sector and the processes involved in strategic grantmaking, particularly research and evaluation. Additionally, the intern will refine technical skills such as data management, indicator data analysis, and portfolio mapping and analysis.

Project Description and Expected Deliverables

Support research and evaluation for initiatives through:

• developing quarterly processes and tools for recording updates to the grant measures database.
• integrating updated results into centralized reporting and analytic tools.
• analyzing grant evaluations for key learnings and strategic decision-making.
• conducting analysis of cross-initiative research and evaluation portfolio, utilizing AI tools.

Required

• Ability to adhere to the mandatory hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the Westlake Village office (Monday to Wednesday) and 2 days remotely (Thursday and Friday).
• High level of proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Desired

• Actively enrolled in a postgraduate degree program.
• Analytical and research skills.
• Project management.
• Problem-solving.
• AI-enabled research.
• Familiarity with Airtable and Power BI.
• Data analysis.

Desired Majors

• Finance
• Evaluation
• Data Analytics
• Statistics
• Policy Analysis
• Non-Profit Management
• Other related fields

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.

Summary 

International hotelier Conrad N. Hilton established the grantmaking foundation that bears his name in 1944 to help people living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage worldwide. Today, the work continues, concentrating on efforts to ensure healthy early childhood development and sustainable livelihoods for youth and refugee populations, support young people transitioning out of foster care, improve access to housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness, identify solutions to safe water access, and lift the work of Catholic sisters. Additionally, following selection by an independent, international jury, the Foundation annually awards the $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize to an organization doing extraordinary work to reduce human suffering. The Foundation is one of the world’s largest, with approximately $7 billion in assets. It has awarded grants to date totaling more than $3.2 billion worldwide, and $290 million in 2023. Please visit www.hiltonfoundation.org for more information.