Ag Education and Leadership School-Year Internship

About the role

The Michigan Farm Bureau’s Promotion & Education and Young Farmer Departments are seeking a school-year intern to assist in developing and implementing resources that help students learn about agriculture, increase consumer awareness, and grow Young Farmers' leadership skills. Opportunities exist to work with event planning and shadow other departments.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operations of their departments, which may include writing articles on programming or members, developing new programmatic resources, graphic design/document layout, working on outreach programs, and assisting with curriculum updates, social media, events, and data entry.
• Write articles on programming or members
• Develop new programmatic resources
• Graphic design/document layout
• Work on outreach programs
• Assist with curriculum updates
• Manage social media
• Organize and coordinate events
• Data entry

Requirements

• Writing
• Interpersonal communication, both virtual and in-person
• Organization and ability to multitask
• Interest or experience in event planning and coordination
• Familiarity with software such as Monday.com, Outlook, Word, Excel, Canva, PowerPoint, and social media platforms

Qualifications

• Desire to work in agricultural outreach and leadership development
• Background or career interest in agriculture