City of Santa Monica Farmers Markets

INTERNSHIP

City of Santa Monica Farmers Markets

The Santa Monica Farmers Markets are committed to promoting healthy eating and sustainable agriculture in California by providing fresh agricultural products from small farms to urban customers, thereby building community and preserving California farmland.

The City of Santa Monica oversees the operation and management of four Certified Farmers’ Markets (CFMs). An estimated 900,000 shoppers visit the markets every year. Collectively, they provide customers year-round with a selection of fresh, seasonal produce, flowers, meats and eggs that are pre-eminent among farmers' market programs in the nation.

Join our dynamic fast-paced team as a Farmers Market Volunteer Intern. We are looking for responsible, dedicated, outgoing students to assist with on-site Farmers Market operations and in our administrative office. Interns have the opportunity to apply for this internship and select a focus in social media/marketing, education, statistics, or a proposed an area of focus and work with Farmers Market staff to develop goals and projects in that area.

Time Commitment: Minimum ten hours per week for ten weeks or more. If applying for the education internship, the candidate must be available Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 11:30 am.

Social Media/MarketingIntern responsibilities include:

Researching and writing relevant weekly social media posts
Utilizing Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to further the goals of the SMFMs
Research and propose ways to strengthen the SMFMs brand recognition in the community

Education Intern responsibilities include:

Assisting Education Coordinator in teaching market field trip classes
Designing lesson plans and materials
Must be available Wednesdays from 9:00am – 11:30am

Statistics Intern responsibilities include:

Assisting Farmers Market management team in planning, collecting, analyzing, interpretingand presenting data

Other potential areas of focus

Public Administration
Business Administration
Accounting

Qualifications:

College age or above
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Responsible and reliable
Excellent computer skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or Publisher
Ability to work independently as well as with a team
Enthusiasm for Farmers Markets, small farmers and locally grown produce, social media, marketing, education and environmental sustainability

This is an unpaid volunteer internship. This internship requires a minimum time commitment of ten hours per week for a period of ten weeks or more.

Please mail, e-mail, or fax resume, cover letter, volunteer application supplemental questions and references to Jodi Low (Re: Internships).

Supplemental Questions

If applying for the education internship:

Please explain your experience teaching. In your answer, please include:
The name, location and dates of the organization you taught for.
The age and sizes of groups have you have taught.
The type of setting you have taught in a (classroom setting, non-traditional, other).
The level of autonomy and oversight you had.
Any program or lesson plan development experience
Please explain why you want to intern/volunteer with the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and what you hope to learn, gain, accomplish during this internship.
Please provide the dates, days and times you are available.
Please provide 3 professional references names and phone numbers.

If applying for the marketing internship:

Please explain your computer skills. In your answer, please include:
A list of the types of computer software you are familiar with and your level of proficiency.
Please list any social media sites, websites, blogs etc. you manage regularly. In your answer please note if the site is for personal or business and the length of time you have been managing the site.
Please provide information on your research skills.
Please provide three different social media post examples. One for Facebook, one for Twitter and one for Instagram. On a farmers market or related topic.
Please explain why you want to intern/volunteer with the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and what you hope to learn, gain, accomplish during this internship.
Please provide the dates, days and times you are available.
Please provide 3 professional references names and phone numbers.

If applying for the statistics internship:

Please explain your computer skills. In your answer, please include:
A list of the types of computer software you are familiar with and your level of proficiency.
Please provide a detailed description of at least two applied statistics projects you have worked on. In your answer please include:
Your role in the project and the number of other people working on the project
The type of data collected
How the data was analyzed and utilized
Please explain why you want to intern/volunteer with the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and what you hope to learn, gain, accomplish during this internship.
Please provide the dates, days, and times you are available.
Please provide 3 professional references names and phone numbers.

If applying for a custom internship:

Please explain the area you are interested in focusing, the skill set you bring to support the focus and your goals.
Please explain your computer skills. In your answer, please include:
A list of the types of computer software you are familiar with and your level of proficiency.
Please explain why you want to intern/volunteer with the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and what you hope to learn, gain, accomplish during this internship.
Please provide the dates, days, and times you are available.
Please provide 3 professional references names and phone numbers.

City of Santa Monica

1901 Main Street, Ste F. | Santa Monica, CA 90405

310-458-8712 x 5 | 310-391-9996 fax |