The Community Leaders Internship Program (CLIP) places work-study eligible students in internships at nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and businesses in the Milwaukee metro area. This program supports students in developing a sense of civic responsibility and creates natural pathways for post-graduation employment through paid internships at a broad variety of industries in the Milwaukee area.
UWM students work with community partners in part-time internship positions with wages supplemented by federal work-study dollars. The work experiences in this program are enhanced by an on-campus learning component. Interns take an internship course for credit, or participate in structured co-curricular reflection opportunities. These opportunities are aimed at the development of critical thinking and effective communication skills as well as a sense of intercultural competence and individual, social, and environmental responsibility.
Typically, students in the program work between 8 to 12 hours per week for an entire academic year, and earn between $10 and $14.50 per hour. Students must be eligible for federal work-study to participate in the program. The goal of the program is create opportunities for students to earn their work-study award while also engaging learning experiences related to professional and civic identity development.
For more information please contact Elise Jaffee at ejaffee@uwm.edu.
How to Apply
Interested students must complete the online application. Students must be work-study eligible and should have an interest in working off campus in the Milwaukee community to join CLIP. Questions about this program can be directed to ejaffee@uwm.edu.
Resources for Current CLIP Students
- Community Learning Agreement & Contract
- Biweekly Timecard Spring 2022
- CLIP Student Self Appraisal
- CLIP Supervisor Appraisal Form
- CLIP Manual
CLIP Course
The CLIP course creates spaces for professional development and structured reflection. The course helps students engage more deeply with their internship experience and is guided by the program learning goals:
- critical thinking and effective communication skills,
- enhanced intercultural competence,
- development of individual, social, and environmental responsibility.
CLIP Sites and Positions
Students have the option to work at a local non-profit, Milwaukee Public School, or local business. Students are placed at sites based on their interest, availability, and skill set. The list below represents a sample of organizations and jobs from last academic year (this list will be updated with new positions towards the end of July).
Accounting & Finance
City of Milwaukee
- Accounting Intern
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Financial Analyst Intern
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Milwaukee BID 2
- Accounting Project Intern
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Administration
Abby’s Clubhouse
- Administrative Assistant
- Wage: $14.00/hour
Amri Counseling Services
Clinical Assistant Intern – FILLED- Wage: $12.00/hour
- Receptionist
- Wage: $12.00/hour
City of Milwaukee
- Office Assistant
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Water Quality Intern
- Wage: $14.50
Essential Life Home Care Services, LLC
- Office Assistant
- Wage: $13.00/hour
H. Investments, LLC
Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $11.00/hour
Healing Starts Today
Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $14.00/hour
Homes Personal Care Agency, LLC
- Administrative Assistant
- Wage $11.00/hour
Infinite Kidz Academy, LLC
- Administrative Assistant
- Wage: $14.00/hour
Valpak
- Valpak Intern
- Wage: $10.00-$14.00/hour
The Friendship Circle
Administrative Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $12.00/hour
Superior Equipment & Supply
- Data Entry Specialist
- Wage: $16.50/hour
- Ecommerce Data Entry Specialist
- Wage: $16.50/hour
The Infinite Promise Center
- Receptionist
- Wage: $14.00/hour
University Christian Ministries (UCM)
- Administrative Assistant & Lunch Coordinator
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
- Water Supply Specialist
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Art & Design
The Friendship Circle
- Art Studio Instructor
- Wage: $12.00-$18.00/hour
Athletics
Above & Beyond the Playground
- Personal Trainer
- Wage: $13.00/hour
Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF)
- Tennis Coach
- Wage: $15.00/hour
Community Outreach & Program Management
5 Points Neighborhood Association
- Community Engagement Intern
- Wage: $14.00/hour
Above & Beyond the Playground
- Program Leader
- Wage: $13.00/hour
- Site Coordinator
- Wage: $13.00/hur
Beyond Stem
STEM Program Leaders/Outreach – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Bridging Gaps to Greatness Inc.
- Program Intern
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Center for Leadership of Afrikan Women’s Wellness
- Program Coordinator
- Wage: $12.00/hour
- Administrative Assistant
- Wage: $12.00/hour
City of Milwaukee
Commercial Corridor Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Real Estate Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Recycling Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Friedens Community Ministries
- Assistant Outreach Manager (Intern)
- Wage: $12.50/hour
- Assistant Site Manager
- Wage: $12.50/hour
Food Education Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $12.50/hour
Future Urban Leaders
- Young Einstein’s Program Manager
- Wage: $10.00/hour
- Youth Programs Engagement Internships
- Wage: $10.00/hour
Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health
- Community Resource Navigator
- $15.00/hour
Nearby Nature Milwaukee
- Staff Assistant
- Wage: $14.00/hour
The Friendship Circle
Programming Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $12.00/hour
University Christian Ministries (UCM)
- Recruiters
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Computer Sciences & Information Systems
City of Milwaukee
Central Records Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Central Records Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Fleet Stockroom Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Forestry GIS Assistant
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- GIS Assistant
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- IT Help Desk
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Conservation & Environmentalism
City of Milwaukee
Forestry Tree Inventory Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
UWM Office of Sustainability
Campus Garden & Compost Operations Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $10.00/hour
Education & Youth
America Reads
- Tutor
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Apple Ridge Academy
- Teacher or Teacher Assistant
- Wage: $10.00-$15.00/hour
Infinite Kidz Academy, LLC
- Teacher
- Wage: $14.00/hour
- Assistant Teacher
- Wage: $13.00/hour
Milwaukee Christian Center
- After School Youth Worker
- Wage: $12.50/hour
Next Door
- Accelerator
- Wage: $15.00/hour
Penfield Children Center
- Early Childhood Caregiver
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Schlitz Audubon Center
- Nature Preschool Intern
- Wage: $12.00/hour
- Elementary Intern
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Engineering
Bublr Bikes
- System Technician
- Wage: $14.00/hour
City of Milwaukee
Assistant to HVAC Maintenance Technician – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Civil Engineering Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Human Resources & Customer Service
Abby’s Clubhouse
- Care Coordinator
- Wage: $14.00/hour
Broadscope Disability Services
Respite Provider Recruiter – FILLED- Wage: $12.00/hour
City of Milwaukee
HR Intern: Equity & Inclusion – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
HR Intern: Infrastructure – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Claims & Administration – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Customer Service
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Staffing Services Intern
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Essential Life Home Care Services, LLC
- Personal Care Worker
- Wage: $12.50/hour
- Personal Care Worker – Weekends
- Wage: $12.50/hour
The Friendship Circle
- Sales Intern
- Wage: $12.00/hour
Habitat for Humanity Milwaukee
- Restore Associate
- Wage: $12.50/hour
Habitat for Humanity Waukesha
- Restore Associate
- Wage: $14.00/hour
PEAK Initiative
Visitor Service Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $10.00/hour
Superior Equipment & Supply
- Business Development Specialist
- Wage: $16.50/hour
University Christian Ministries (UCM)
- Assistant Cooks
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- Recruiters
- Wage: $14.50/hour
Marketing & Communications
5 Points Neighborhood Association
Marketing Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
Beyond Stem
Digital Marketing Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.50/hour
City of Milwaukee
- Communications Intern
- Wage: $14.50/hour
- CS Street Lighting
- Wage: $14.50/hour
FasTrak Softwares, Inc.
Marketing & Communications Intern – FILLED- Wage: $14.00/hour
Friedens Community Ministries
- Marketing & Communications Intern
- Wage: $12.50/hour
Future Urban Leaders
- Social Marketing Intern
- Wage: $10.00/hour
Loving Venti
Administrative Assistant – FILLED- Wage: $10.00/hour
Milwaukee Environmental Consortium
Social Media Specialist – FILLED- Wage: $15.25/hour
The Friendship Circle
Social Media & Marketing Intern – FILLED- Wage: $12.00/hour
UWM Planetarium
Communications Associate – FILLED- Wage: $12.00-$14.00/hour
University Christian Ministries (UCM)
- Social Media Specialist
- Wage: $14.50/hour