**Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.** We seek self-motivated individuals earning a degree in Emergency Management, Information Technology (IT), and/or Business Continuity. You should be passionate about business continuity and/or IT Disaster Recovery. You will assist our small but mighty Staples Business Resilience team with the development of business continuity and IT Disaster recovery plans to support varying business operations. This role will require an outgoing personality, the ability to communicate with others, and be able to work independently at times. You will quickly learn and use our business continuity planning software. If this describes you and you like the details in the “What you’ll be doing” section, I highly encourage you to apply. **_This intern position requires you to be in a hybrid working model (at least 3 days in the office, and 2 days remote) based at the Staples, Inc. Corporate Headquarters in Framingham, MA._** **Target Start Date:** June 2, 2025 - August 15, 2025 (11-week program) **What you bring to the table:** + Collaborative – able to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives + Customer Focused – able to identify and understand internal or external customer needs and interests and deliver customer-centric solutions + Inclusive – dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment consisting of diverse individuals from varying backgrounds and cultures + Innovative – develop new insights; question conventional approaches; encourage new ideas; design and implement new solutions + Self-Developer – actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels **What you’ll be doing:** + Work with our Business Continuity Manager and Staples’ business units, to document their business continuity strategies and plans, to minimize impacts caused by a variety of business interruptions, which could cause a loss of building, people, technology, and dependent 3rd party vendors. + Work with our IT Disaster Recovery Manager to create new IT disaster Recovery Plans to support the failover of our varying IT technologies. + If there is a real crisis event, that impacts Staples operations, you will assist the Business Resiliency Team with the crisis management and recovery of our operations; This will be Hurricane Season after all. **What’s needed - Basic Qualifications:** + Actively pursuing a bachelor's in Information Technology (IT), Emergency Management, Business Continuity, or a related field + Strong Microsoft Office skills + Ability to learn to use our Business Continuity planning software **What's needed - Preferred Qualifications:** + Enjoy working in teams and being highly communicative + Able to multi-task and be flexible to new initiatives Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender idenity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the process, please call 1-888-490-4747 for more information.