New Roots Garden Intern

Overview

Assist with ongoing garden projects and community programming.

You have:

• Experience or demonstrated interest in food issues, gardening, garden design, or food security issues, preferably in a multicultural context.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively as a team member in a multicultural environment.
• Willingness to work outside in variable weather conditions.
• Ability to meet at garden sites, primarily in central Tucson.
• Required to use personal technology tools for virtual opportunities, including meeting security requirements for devices.
• Commitment of at least 20 hrs/week for summer for 3 months or 10 hrs/week for 14 weeks during fall/spring.
• Cleared from background and criminal checks as required by federal and state law.

- Help staff with ongoing garden projects at 4 garden sites outside of the office (e.g. planting, cleaning, weeding, general site maintenance and upkeep) - Develop new infrastructure projects to benefit the refugee garden sites (permaculture infrastructures, murals, accessible infrastructure, etc) - Assist with preparation and presentation of virtual farm and garden workshops. - Evaluate effectiveness of community programming on increasing healthy food access, engaging neighborhood residents, and changing food consumption behavior. - Assist in securing donations of materials and technical advice to support community gardeners. - Track inventory of seeds, tools and materials for the program.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:

- Practice communicating with limited English speakers - Practice languages you may be learning (Swahili, Arabic, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, French) - Gain a better understanding of the challenges associated with food access - Sustainable agriculture methods in urban environments - Monitoring and evaluation

Qualifications - Experience or demonstrated interest in food issues, gardening, garden design, or food security issues, preferably in a multicultural context. - Ability to communicate and work effectively as a team member in a multicultural environment. - Willingness to work outside in variable weather conditions. - Ability to meet at garden sites, primarily in central Tucson. - TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: Interns will be required to use their own technology tools to work on virtual opportunities. IRC is not responsible for any personal device expenses such as personal smartphones, tablets, hotspots, data charges, etc. All personal devices must: 1) Be kept current with all operating system updates and security patches, 2) Use a password or PIN with a minimum of 4 characters to log onto smartphones and tablets and 8 alpha and numeric characters for a Laptop. 3) Have lock screen set to 10 minutes or less with a password required to unlock the device 4) Configurations must be set to delete all data or lock after 10 unsuccessful attempts to enter a password or PIN. Lockout period must be no less than 30 minutes. Additional policy details will be discussed during orientation and training.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

All offers are contingent on successfully passing background and criminal history checks as required by federal and state law or by IRC policy.

COMMITMENT:

- SUMMER: Minimum 20 hrs/wk for 3 months - FALL/SPRING: Minimum 10 hrs/wk for 14 weeks - Primary availability during IRC business hours (M-F; 8:30am-5:00pm) - Preference given to applicants able to make multi-term commitment

Reports To: Julia Munson

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