Employment Opportunities

United Way of Southeast Minnesota is a community change organization that fights for a healthy community, youth opportunity, financial security, and community resiliency. United Way fights to erase divisions, bridge divides, and right inequities. We connect people with resources that change lives and transform our community. Please see our opportunities below if you are interested in working or volunteering with us.

United Way is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals who share lived experiences with the people and communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply. We intentionally do our best to eliminate bias and remove barriers that may limit other applicant pools. United Way encourages applications from individuals of all races, genders, ages, and abilities.

For any questions please contact Mathew Bjorngaard at mathewb@uwsemn.org.

Thank you for your interest in joining United Way of Southeast Minnesota's Board of Directors. We are now accepting nominations for board service for terms beginning April 1, and ending March 31, 2028. 

To submit a self-nomination, please first read the Board of Directors Job Description and consider whether you can commit to the responsibilities and time commitment required of a board member. These include supporting the organization in developing resources, meeting the ethical and fiduciary duties of a director, and participating in required board and committee activities. 

After you have read the Board of Directors Job Description, you may complete the interest form below to self-nominate. Nominations will be accepted January 23-February 10, 2025. After submission, you can expect to hear back from us sometime in February; candidates may be invited to meet with United Way board and staff representatives for na informal interview. Final invitations to join the Board of Directors will be issued in March.

United Way of Southeast Minnesota is committed to recruiting candidates who represent the diversity of our region, contributing a variety of personal and professional expertise to support our mission. 

Please contact Mathew Bjorngaard with any questions: mathewb@uwsemn.org or 507-287-2002.

Interest Form

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  1. Attend board meetings, which take place the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 11:30-1
  2. Understand the mission and values of UWOC and use them in decision-making
  3. Support UWOC with an annual financial contribution within the level of your ability
  4. Participate on one additional board or staff committee annually
  5. Advocate for the organization within your spheres of influence
Select any personal or professional expertise you can contribute to support United Way's success:
Select any spheres of influence in which you are able and willing to activate your personal or professional networks to support United Way's work:

Volunteer

If you'd like to get more involved with our work, please visit our volunteer opportunities page.

If you are interested in volunteering your time and talents to United Way of Olmsted County while pursuing educational credit, we respond to inquiries received three months before typical semester start dates. Please send a resume, a description outlining what type of experience you’re hoping to gain, and scheduling considerations to impact@uwolmsted.org by the following dates:  

  • Fall semester volunteer placement: June 1st 
  • Spring semester volunteer placement: October 1st 
  • Summer semester volunteer placement: February 1st  

Our ability to provide a meaningful volunteer experience depends on staff capacity, project availability, and mission alignment. If you submit an inquiry, you can expect to hear from staff within two weeks of the dates listed above to coincide with typical semester schedules. 

Community Research and Learning Intern

Title: Community Research and Learning Intern 

Department: Community Impact 

Reports to: Vice President of Community Impact 

Duration: Late May-Mid August 2025  

 

This internship is a volunteer, unpaid position. An ideal candidate is receiving academic credit through this internship. 

WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO: 

United Way of Southeast Minnesota (UWSEMN) responds to the greatest needs across our region by inspiring people to get involved, give back, and take action. We envision a resilient region defined by care and collective action where residents are healthy, households are financially secure, and young people succeed in school and life. 

You can learn more about our organization, our impact, and our values at www.uwsemn.org  

 

HOW YOU’D FIT IN & STAND OUT: 

  • This intern position will be guided and assigned projects by the Vice President of Community Impact, who will also work with the Intern to fulfill the necessary Internship requirements to secure academic credit.  This Internship will be part of the United Way’s Community Impact team, which is a team of four. Our team has a strengths-based culture and finds value in diverse skills and strengths. 

  • Our team is a group of strong, social justice-oriented individuals who believe in high quality work to achieve community-level change. We are interested in continuous growth and improvement, as well as having hard conversations. We know that the best strategies aren’t always the easiest ones. We welcome dissenting views and would like a team member who doesn’t shy away from disagreements.  

  • We are looking for a summer intern to support us in our community learning and research efforts. This person will work alongside staff’s current research agenda to help us develop an emerging community navigation program. This includes reviewing available research and data sets, meeting with non-profits across the community and beyond, and distilling key information for our team to use.  

  • This person will also support a community learning activity in Winona County as they are interested and able. That project would include conducting a review of publicly available reports and data sets, building relationships with community experts, and support in facilitating meetings. 

TO APPLY:

To apply, please email Zeni Aly (zenia@uwolmsted.org). In the email we ask for: 

 

  1. 2-3 paragraphs in the email (not attached, write in the body of the email) telling us why you are interested in this position, how you believe you meet the qualifications, and if you are interested in supporting work solely in Olmsted County or work in both Olmsted and Winona Counties. 

  • By paragraph we mean a set of 3-7 sentences, meaning your email should be approximately 6- 21 sentences long. 

  • You will not receive more or less consideration because of a shorter or longer email. 

  • DO NOT send us a traditional cover letter. In this process we are seeking someone who pays attention to detail and follows direction. If you send a cover letter, this will be considered not following directions. 

A summary of your work/skills/training/educational history as an attachment OR a link to your LinkedIn profile 

  • We do not have a preference on which one. 

  • You will not receive special consideration for sending both. 

  • Our aim is to understand where you have worked/volunteered before and the types of roles you have had. Maybe you have led research projects in the nonprofit sector, maybe you have incredible relational and organizational skills from the education sector, maybe you have experience collecting data to evaluate programs—we are open and interested in learning from folks across the spectrum of experience and industry. 

 

Our timeline is as follows for interviews:  

  • Applications ideally are due by Thursday March 20th 

  • First round interviews with the VP of Community Impact will be done Monday March 24th – Friday March 28th 

  • Second round interviews with the Community Impact team will be done Monday March 31st – Friday April 4th 

  • An offer will be extended by Friday April 4th ahead of Summer session registration 

 

Start date is flexible—ideally someone will begin full time by May 27th, but we are open to a June start date if you are in a Summer Session.  

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