The Redwoods Group Undergraduate Leadership Program

 

 

The Redwoods Group Undergraduate Leadership Program (ULP) is an opportunity for motivated, community-minded rising seniors to engage in an in-depth, 11-week paid internship program at a leading socially-responsible firm in the financial services industry.  The Redwoods Group is the largest insurance and risk management services provider for YMCAs nationally – we aim to live our mission through every transaction as we “improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.”

 

ULP participants will work primarily with our Risk Management team during this 11 week internship, focusing on YMCA Camp Safety and Aquatics Training.  Participants will learn The Redwoods Way and will come to find that a company can act as an instrument of positive social change both in its very mission and in every transaction that it pursues.

 

Every summer, we train over 30,000 summer camp counselors in aquatic safety, sexual abuse prevention, and general camp safety.  Program participants will learn about the risk management services we employ to make our YMCAs the safest YMCAs.  They will then travel to our YMCA summer camps and lead training sessions and workshops for their camp staff to make a safer camp environment.  Millions of parents trust their children to YMCA camps and hundreds of YMCA camps trust us to train their staff.  Interns will engage the 17-21 year olds who staff these camps and instill a meaningful safety message to them.

 

PROGRAM AGENDA

 

Over the course of the eleven week program, ULP Participants will:

• Complete the Property & Casualty Insurance Pictorial
• Conduct Camp Safety Training
• Conduct Aquatics Training
• Conduct Camp Audits
• Conduct Aquatics Audits
• Learn how to underwrite a new or current business file
• Learn how to work through an “active” claim
• Coordinate a Service Project for your assigned regions

 

Prior to Week 1

• Review Camp Safety DVD and course materials

 

Week 1  

• Participate in a 50 hour training course where they will:
• Learn about the Insurance industry
• Learn about our Customers (specifically YMCAs)
• Learn about The Redwoods Group, our mission, our culture, etc.
• Meet with key people across all disciplines as well as outside of our business

 

Weeks 2 through 4

• Be assigned to a specific region and work with a mentor from the Redwoods’ staff
• Work with our Risk Management team to conduct camp safety and aquatics training nationwide for our smaller Y’s (about 50 counselors and under)

 

 

Weeks 5 through 9

*Week of July 4^th is scheduled vacation

• Travel with one of our full-time Risk Managers to our larger Y camps and assist with camp audits, aquatic audits, conduct quick checks, safety training, etc.
• Work closely with Underwriting team and learn how to underwrite/audit YMCA files
• Work closely with Claims team and work a “live” claim

 

Weeks 10 through 11   

• Write one of the following:
• a risk management assessment and/or alert evaluating safety at YMCA camps and/or;
• a paper on a public policy issue and send it to the editor of a national newspaper (i.e. NY Times, Wall Street Journal) and/or;
• an internal assessment on how to better engage and motive people on service in their communities
• Complete research and write a report based on the experiences, training, etc. over the course of the program
• Arrange an offsite community service event for the respective region

(For example: lead your fellow employees in building houses for Habitat for Humanity)

• Present findings and experiences to the YMCA Program Leadership Team

                         

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROJECT

 

The culminating experience of the Undergraduate Leadership Program is a Community Leadership Project.  Community Leadership is the core of The Redwoods Group social mission.  All of our employees are expected to complete 40 hours of on-the-clock volunteer service every year.  Over the course of the summer, the ULP participants will collaborate and come up with a community service project for their respective regions.  This offsite event will take place the last two weeks of their internship in August.

 

SUMMARY

 

Who we are looking for:  Dynamic, smart, motivated, socially-conscious, rising seniors who are excited to make a real impact in our and our partners’ organizations, learn multiple business disciplines, and serve their community.

 

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Access to multiple business disciplines
• Engagement in real-world, meaningful work
• Paid community service experience
• Competitive pay
• A dynamic, fun work environment
• Housing assistance (if needed)

 

To apply for the Program, please submit a resume and cover letter NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 10, 2009 TO:  Careers@redwoodsgroup.com

 

OR

 

Erin Garney

Director, Human Resources

The Redwoods Group

egarney@redwoodsgroup.com