IT Intern - 2026/2027
IT Intern
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About Decision Point
We are an evangelical non-profit that exists to proclaim the gospel to the next generation. We focus on equipping, sending and reaching students on their school campus and online. Browse through our website at DecisionPoint.org to learn more about the organization.
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About Our Next IT Intern
Our next IT Intern will work on a focused, high-impact project that directly supports Decision Point’s ministry effectiveness. This role centers on organizing and stewarding our campus records—the ministry data related to schools, churches, and key partnership relationships that fuel student-led gospel movements. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys systems thinking, data organization, and bringing clarity to complex information.
Key Functions
- Lead a large-scale project to organize, clean, and structure Decision Point’s campus records data
- Work with ministry data related to schools, churches, and partners, ensuring it supports current and future ministry efforts (excluding donation or financial data)
- Audit existing records to identify duplicates, gaps, inconsistencies, and outdated information
- Collaborate with staff to identify what data is most meaningful to track for active campus ministry and partnerships
- Help define which current data points are necessary, which are optional, and which are no longer useful
- Create and implement clear data structures, naming conventions, and documentation
- Recommend improvements to systems, workflows, and long-term data stewardship practices
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, confidentiality, and accuracy
- Document processes so future staff and interns can easily understand and maintain the system
- Complete projects with an emphasis on clarity, sustainability, and ministry usefulness
SLC
- Required to attend the Student Leader Conference and intern training days from June 16 - June 27, 2026.
Mission Trip
- Required to go on a mission trip to another Decision Point area of ministry. Date and location determined by supervisor.
Key Qualifications
- Strong SQL fundamentals
- Writing SELECTs, joins, aggregations, window functions
- Experience with either pandas or Apache Spark DataFrames
- Python proficiency
- Data manipulation with pandas
- Writing clean, readable functions
- Basic understanding of data concepts
- Tables vs. Views
- ETL / ELT
- Structured vs. Semi-Structured data
- Familiarity with Notebooks
- Jupyter or Databricks Notebooks
Other Key Qualifications
Personal Health: Decision Point leadership roles require leaders who are personally, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. Thus, Decision Point staff will conduct a personal and spiritual health check-in prior to the commencement of this leadership role. The results of that check-in may lead to changes in your placement or responsibility.
Beliefs: At Decision Point, we value God’s leading and providing for our team as we work together toward a common purpose in harmony. To maintain harmony, unity, and effective work for His kingdom, we have put in place policies, rules, and guidelines to keep us moving together. Please read and affirm our statement of faith.
Key Relationships
Managing supervisor, IT Coordinator. Collaborate within the Marketing team.
Attitudes and Aptitudes
- Leadership skills
- Clear and prompt communicator. Takes initiative to report to their direct supervisor, community members as appropriate, and their students within appropriate hours of the day
- Teachable, humble and a team player
- Flexibility and ability to pivot
- A growing love for and relationship with Jesus expressed in prayer, study of the Bible and love of others
- Proactive leader that takes initiative
- Faithful and responsible
Fundraising and Pay-Scale
This role is a part-time, hourly paid position.
At Decision Point, our ministry is funded by God’s people stewarding their finances to support God’s work. Every level of our team participates in support raising to the appropriate degree, including Decision Point Interns. As a campus ministry intern, you will form a personal support team who you will ask to support you through prayers and finances. You will also maintain that relationship by sending out newsletters and tracking donations through your own support tracker.
Hours and Required Dates
Participation in the following events is required:
- Fundraising Sprint 1: May 18 – June 12, 2026
- May 18, 2026: Full day launch training
- Twice-weekly sprint meetings
- 40 hours of work and full participation in fundraising during Sprint 1 is required.
- Sprint 2 will be required for those who need additional fundraising time.
- Sprint 2- July 6 - July 31
- Student Leader Conference - June 2026
- June 16-21 | CM Intern Days near Colorado Christian University
- June 22-27 | Student Leader Conference @ Colorado Christian University
- Fall & Spring Semesters
- 10 and 15 hours/week options available, though some weeks may be more due to special events, will include multiple Saturdays/weekend meetings.
- Christmas Break is off
- Spring 2027 - Mission Trip to another Decision Point Ministry Area
- Trip costs are accounted for in your personal MPD goal. Your trip involvement will be determined later in the year based on our trip options and where people in your area end up going.
- Other Events - Varies by Area
Application Deadline and Requirements
This application is due on April 1, 2026
Please complete the entire application in one sitting as you will not be able to save and revisit your questions. We suggest you prepare your answers on a separate document before transferring them into the application.
- Please download and complete the Name-Storm Worksheet (click for file) and upload as part of your application.
- Read carefully: What is required for your Namestorm Worksheet?
- For Application Completion: List at least 70 individuals and/or families that you could ask to help send you into your work as a new CM Intern with their prayers and/or financial support.
- Upon Hire: You will have until Orientation (May 18, 2026) to complete your name-storm information with phone number and email. Mailing address is optional. This list will not be used for Decision Point purposes. It will only be used for your personal support raising.
- Read carefully: What is required for your Namestorm Worksheet?