Intern with CISA!

CISA welcomes interns to work and learn with us. Most of our internships are unpaid, but if you are a student we will work with your school to help you get credit, participate in a school-funded internship program, or earn work-study hours.

Internships

All positions are based in CISA’s offices located at One Sugarloaf Street, South Deerfield, MA 01373.

Program Interns

Qualifications: Skilled in conducting research, interest in local agriculture and food, comfortable talking on telephone, well-organized, ability to present data clearly, experience with Excel, and access to transportation required (sometimes a bus schedule can work, but often the buses do not work within class schedules).

Local Hero Intern:  2 openings

Our Local Hero internship is a great way to learn about CISA’s work and what it takes to run a Buy Local campaign.  It is through this program that CISA maintains direct relationships with our farms and food system businesses.  CISA works with over 275 farmers and an additional 150 plus businesses who participate in our Local Hero program. We will be planning our Local Hero open enrollment membership renewal campaign, gathering resources and coordinating one-on-one support to farms and businesses.  We are looking for someone organized and interested in these topics to:

• 1. Introductory visits to Local Hero members to drop off materials;
  2. Assist with workshop planning logistics and attendance throughout.
  3. Assist in analyzing surveys from technical assistance workshops and our year-end evaluation;
  4. Write profiles of members for our website and promotional work; and
  5. Calls and outreach to Local Hero members.

Farmers’ Market Intern: one opening

This internship is a great way to learn about Farmer’s Markets and how to support them.  CISA maintains relationships with the 30 farmers’ markets in our region and this summer will be supporting their transition to process HIP (Healthy Incentives Program), which provides SNAP (formerly Food Stamp) customers with a dollar for dollar rebate for their purchases of fruits and vegetables.  This position will attend markets to assist market managers, vendors and clients in communicating and transitioning to HIP benefits, will do outreach to farm stands and CSAs regarding HIP as necessary, and support CISA’s communications to the public regarding HIP.  We are looking for someone who is has impeccable customer service and people skills, can communicate complicated transactions to a variety of audiences, is organized, and is a good writer to:

1. Schedule and coordinate market visits;
2. Set up and staff CISA tables for public outreach at events and activities;
3. Support farmers’ markets, vendors, farm stands, and CSAs in accepting HIP;
4. Support staffer in outreach to farmers markets regarding SNAP and re Senior FarmShare; and
5. Review and make recommendations of outreach and tools to support HIP.

Outreach/Communications Intern: One opening

This internship is a great way to learn about how CISA communicates and what else is happening locally.  CISA maintains a Facebook page, has a website and publishes two monthly email newsletters – one for community members and one for Local Hero farm and business members.  In addition to outreach, this position also provides support for our staffer working on farmers markets and our Senior FarmShare program (which provides low income seniors with access to a free mini-CSA share!).  We are looking for someone who is a thorough researcher, good writer, and (ideally) has some experience with photo manipulation (Adobe Photoshop etc.) to:

1. Assist in maintaining CISA’s website;
2. Maintain CISA’s media tracking system;
3. Research and write articles for enews and website, including profiles of Local Hero members;
4. Support staffer in outreach to farmers markets regarding SNAP and re Senior FarmShare; and
5. Review and make recommendations on CISA’s social and online media outreach.

If you are interested in an internship for this coming semester please send your resume and a cover letter to: Jennifer Williams, Office Manager