Conference & Tour Intern

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $37,700 - $44,500 year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What your job will be like:

Jefferson Lab is seeking a conference & tour Intern to support the planning, coordination, and execution of laboratory events, conferences, VIP visits, and tours. This role is ideal for a local college student who is available to work on-site in Newport News, Va (minimum 15 hours per week up to 40 hours per week year-round) and is interested in event management, public affairs, communications, hospitality, or organizational operations. The intern will gain hands on experience working with a dynamic team responsible for high visibility engagements across the lab.

In this job you will:

• Event & Conference Support: Assist with maintaining the lab wide strategic calendar of priority events, conferences, and VIP visits. Support event logistics including room setup, materials preparation, vendor coordination.
• VIP Visit & Tour Coordination: Support the Tour Coordinator in preparing itineraries, materials, and logistics for visiting dignitaries, scientific delegations, and other stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Experience & Customer Service: Provide excellent service to internal and external attendees, ensuring a welcoming and professional environment. Support administrative tasks such as data entry, scheduling and file organization.

Experience

• Required: none
• Preferred: 2 or more years

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Required: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in Public Relations, Hospitality or related field
• Preferred: Current overall GPA is 2.5 or above

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment and take direction from multiple staff members.
• Ability to lift and move event materials (e.g., signs, packets, supplies) as needed.
• Willing to learn and apply new skills.
• Basic mastery of Microsoft software products.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.