Internship Announcement!
The Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative (ISFC) is a non-profit organization seeking an intern to assist with advancing our mission: to advance the production of and access to healthy food produced in a sustainable, socially just manner by empowering faith communities with models and resources to impact local food systems and advance public policy.
The Internship:
The Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative offers an intern the opportunity to help create sustainable food systems by working with the faith community. Projects will focus on outreach and coordinating our annual conference and workshops. Based on an individual’s interests and skills, our intern’s work is expected to include the following projects:
- Facilitate advocacy at the state and federal levels to facilitate a healthy local food system during the COVID Pandemic. This will include working to facilitate grassroots advocacy for state and federal legislation and state budget tasks.
- Develop web-site content
- Organize and implement social media outreach campaigns to facilitate advocacy.
- Develop contact list of faith community groups, farmers, and secular food system farmers and update CRM (Client Relationship Management) system
Qualifications:
The best candidates will have a familiarity with faith community work, sustainable food systems and/or public policy. Experience with social networking platforms is a plus. Strong communication skills are key. We are seeking a college student or recent graduate.
Terms/Stipend:
Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative offers a supervised yet casual atmosphere. Interns will commit to 20-30 hours a week, for a 10-12 week internship. Interns will be paid $15 per hour. Travel within the Bay area may be required. Travel expenses will be reimbursed. The internship will be based in Sebastopol (Sonoma County), and is expected to include some ‘telework’ in response to the COVID-Pandemic.
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter describing your interest and resume as soon as possible. Interviews will be scheduled beginning May 20. The position will remain open until filled. Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Steve Schwartz at [email protected]. For questions regarding this position, call (707) 634-4672.
Thank you!