Careers
Join Our Team!
Join Our Team!
A child’s foundations in life and learning are essential to lifelong success.
We invite you to bring your expertise and passion as we advocate, lead, and convene organizations working across the age spectrum and programs that support young children and their families.
Current Opportunities
Though intern applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we hire for the following terms:
Summer (June - July/August)
Fall (August/September - December)
Spring (Jan/February - May)
Benefits
First 8 Memphis recognizes the value of benefits to employees and their families. Our organization supports employees by offering a comprehensive and competitive benefits program. *Please note: Some benefits may not pertain to part-time employees.
Health and Wellness
We recognize the value of benefits to employees and their families. First 8 Memphis offers medical, dental, and vision insurance in addition to an array of voluntary insurance options, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
401(K) Eligibility
We offer 401(k) eligibility with a percentage match after the first six months of service. 401(k) eligibility, vesting, and all other matters relating to these plans are available upon hiring.
Paid Parental Leave
F8M will provide 12 weeks paid parental leave to employees following the birth of an employee’s child or the placement of a child with an employee due to adoption, foster care, and/or informal care. The purpose of paid parental leave is to enable the employee to care for and bond with a newborn or a newly adopted or newly placed child.
Workplace Committment
Time
Although we value service, we’re proud to offer a hybrid work schedule, 14 paid holidays, 10 sick/wellness days, 3 weeks (15 days) of paid vacation time, paid parental leave, and more.
Professional Development
Full-time staff members have a budget for self-selected professional development that will assist with performance enhancement and/or improvement in their current position and/or prepare them for a leadership role in the organization.
Community Engagement
Each full-time F8M staff member will be provided up to 32 hours (4 days) per calendar year of paid time off to volunteer, protest, or participate in other activities to support the civic life of their communities.
We are committed to an inclusive, fair, and equitable workplace where everyone is respected and valued as a member of the team. We strive to attract, develop, and retain exceptional people that reflect the diversity of the children and families we serve; and to create a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding, and enables each of us to realize our potential. Our work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of races, ethnicities, national origins, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, beliefs, religions, faiths and ideologies, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and levels of physical ability.
