Overview
The St. Jude Children’s Research Healthcare Administration Graduate Internship is a cohort model internship designed to offer motivated individuals the opportunity to spend a summer placement with the Strategic Planning & Decision Support Office and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. During the internship, the selected students will gain an in-depth understanding of pediatric hospital and clinical operations, research operations at an academic medical center, and administrative operations, with a focus on strategy, finance, facility planning, campus operations, and other functions.
Internship Description
The student intern will participate in financial, strategic, and operational projects that support the organization. Some responsibilities will include assistance with project management, data analysis and forecasting, and participation in initiatives of the organization. The student intern will have exposure to financial management, strategy, clinical operations, basic science operations, and clinical trials administration.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in various strategic and operational priority initiatives
- Conduct market research for trend identification, strategy development, and planning
- Draft reports and executive summaries based on research, data analysis, and financial projections
- Learn strategic planning processes and organizational perspective to support the FY22-27 institutional strategic plan
- Assist with developing strategic and business plans
- Analyze key financial and non-financial metrics
- Collect, understand, process, verify, and report financial related information to finance leaders
Please view the attached booklet for more information.
Qualifications and Application Process
To be considered, applicants must electronically submit the following items by Monday, October 20, 2025, midnight CST, to the application portal linked on the informational site on stjude.org.
- Cover letter in PDF format addressing interest in healthcare administration and what the student is seeking from the internship experience
- Current, updated resume in PDF format
- Graduate transcript
- Electronic unofficial copies are accepted
- Download links are not accepted
- First-year students: Submit your transcripts even though no grades will be available. The transcript must show that you are currently enrolled and list all in-progress classes
Candidates enrolled in a dual undergrad-graduate program are eligible but must have earned the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree by May 2026 and be currently enrolled in some graduate-level courses.
Candidates who move to the next round will complete a phone screen. Candidates remaining in consideration after the phone screen will complete a virtual panel interview.
Offers will be extended by mid-January 2026. All other applicants will then be notified of their status.
Unsolicited resumes are not accepted. Applicants will be considered through a variety of factors including education experience, leadership experience, and past work or internship experience.
Access the application portal.
- The portal above is managed by CollegeNET. This is the only job application portal to apply for the graduate internship.
- Students wishing to check the status of their application after submission can log into CollegeNET.
- The application portal will be posted via Handshake and other job platforms, but job applications are only accepted through CollegeNET.
Expectations
Students most likely to succeed as an intern will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills; the ability to manage priorities and work in teams and autonomously as appropriate; proven ability to meet deadlines and a willingness to learn.
Projects are designed and assigned depending on students’ specific requests and after an evaluation of their goals and areas for development.
All projects are subject to change as the needs of St. Jude pivot to accommodate internal and external changes.
Students are able to create their own projects upon their start and pursue both those and others that have not been assigned if they have the bandwidth to do so.
In addition to their project work, students will complete the following:
- Intern Orientation
- St. Jude Global Introduction
- Year-end presentation to the senior leadership team
- Regular attendance at senior leadership meetings
- Workshops and classes as assigned
- Patient-facing volunteer activities
- Regular preceptor and project leader meetings
- Tours of campus facilities
- Meetings with campus leaders
- Shadowing opportunities as assigned
- Professional development opportunities as assigned
- Professional head shots
Time Commitment
Candidates should note that our internship is a full-time learning experience. You should expect to be available Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm starting May 18, 2026 through August 7, 2026. Specific dates depend on the successful candidate’s academic schedule. The internship is located in Memphis, TN, and requires relocation the Memphis area.
Compensation, Housing, and Parking
Compensation will be provided in a stipend format paid monthly. For non-local interns, St. Jude will provide housing through the guest housing program. Housing will be paid for by St. Jude. Parking is free on campus for all employees and free at guest housing units. Shuttle service is available from guest housing to the St. Jude campus. Other perks and benefits may apply.
More Information
Two webinars are scheduled for students who want more information and the opportunity to meet with past interns and ask questions about the experience.
- Friday, September 26, 2025, 1:00 – 1:45 pm CST. Register here.
- Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 2:30 – 3:15 pm CST. Register here.