Office of Transforming Leaders
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
Year-Long: Fall 2025-Spring 2026
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale’s Office of Transforming Leaders is excited to offer a year-long Innovation Internship opportunity open to any YDS student. This internship will provide hands-on experience and the chance to contribute to vital projects supporting clergy well-being, resilience, and lifelong learning. Innovation Interns will work in the following areas:
1. The Leader’s Way Podcast Support
- Development of potential guest invitation lists
- Preparation for interviews and creation of guest questions
- Administration, recording, and tech support
- Guest communications
- Editing transcripts
- Creation of Instagram quote posts from the transcripts
- Webpage creation for each episode
- Creation of short, vertical videos of clips from the show to use as Instagram reels and YouTube shorts
2. Development of Online Courses and Workshops
- Support the creation and implementation of over 15 online courses and workshops focusing on innovation in ministry, clergy wellness, ongoing theological education, and clergy resilience
- Marketing courses, writing press releases
- Faculty communications
3. Support for the Leader’s Way Certificate Program
- Assisting with Berkeley’s flagship offering: the Leader’s Way Certificate program in innovative ministry
- The opportunity to attend the summer residential program while offering program support, coordination with partners, vendors, and hospitality services
- Swag bag preparation and packing
- Assisting in the coordination and curation of a clergy visit to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
4. Development and Launch of Virtual Curacy Program
- Helping develop and launch Berkeley’s new Virtual Curacy Certificate program, designed to support practical ministry education in the critical first two years of ministry after divinity school
For more information, contact Executive Director of Leadership Programs, Brandon Nappi, DMin at brandon.nappi@yale.edu
Through the Office of Vocation and Leadership, YDS offers a stipend to its student interns of $5000 for the year which is paid in semi-monthly installments during the semester. For specific information about this internship, email Brandon Nappi.