New Roots Community Outreach Intern (Unpaid)
Assist with community outreach and education for New Roots program
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Overview
Assist with community outreach and education for New Roots program
You have:
- A strong passion for and knowledge of food and farming issues
- Outgoing personality that is comfortable talking with the public
- Web design, Social Media, Advertising/Marketing experience
- Course work or volunteer equivalent in non-profit management preferred
- Prior experience working with refugees, immigrant or pre-literate populations in non-traditional setting preferred
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills required
- A flexible schedule and ability to travel to CamelBackyard site
- Ability to work events that include some weekends and nights
In this role, the New Roots Community Outreach intern will assist the New Roots Community Development Coordinator in creating and managing a multi-faceted community outreach plan. This includes marketing of produce, recruiting gardeners/farmers, developing content for all New Roots social media channels, networking both virtually and in person. The intern will also support events onsite at New Roots urban farm locations. Finally, the intern will support outreach and education of New Roots to the refugee community and greater Phoenix community.
Qualifications RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gathering content, photo and video as well as testimonials from farmers - Regular posts on IG and FB - Contributing to educational programming and marketing around our aquaponics greenhouse - Assisting with group volunteer days - Passing out flyers at community events - Joining discussions with staff about outreach plans - Alerting New Roots Staff of any issues that may come up at the garden - Assisting growers as needed with personal farm business outreach plans
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The intern will learn the following skills:
- Develop a working knowledge of the New Roots Program and how it operates - Create, plan and execute an outreach strategy for non-profit program development - Conduct targeted outreach for refugee farmers/gardeners - Build outreach skills with residents as well as many non-English speaking farmers.
REQUIREMENTS:
- A strong passion for and knowledge of food and farming issues - Outgoing personality that is comfortable talking with the public - Web design, Social Media, Advertising/Marketing experience - Course work or volunteer equivalent in non-profit management preferred - Prior experience working with refugees, immigrant or pre-literate populations in non-traditional setting preferred - Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills required - A flexible schedule and ability to travel to CamelBackyard site - Ability to work events that include some weekends and nights
This position reports to the New Roots Community Development Coordinator
Potential interview questions
| Can you tell us about a time when you successfully engaged a community in a project? | We want to assess your experience in community engagement and outreach. | Discuss a specific project where you played an active role in engaging the community, highlighting your strategies and the outcomes. |
| How do you handle working with diverse populations? | This question assesses your ability to connect with people from various backgrounds. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use to promote a community event? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a challenge you faced while volunteering or working in a team environment. How did you overcome it? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What interests you about working with refugee communities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
Added 1 year ago
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Updated 1 year ago
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