Urban Agriculture Intern

About the role

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a National Historic Landmark and accredited museum in Miami, Florida. The Urban Agriculture Intern supports the engagement and education of visitors through hands-on involvement in growing spaces, crop care, and public programming.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine data collection across growing areas, documenting operations, crop performance, harvests, and seasonal field conditions.
• Support plant propagation, crop care, harvesting, and post-harvest processing, including documenting yields and plant development.
• Use landscape hand tools, power equipment, and post-harvest tools safely and effectively.
• Afford assistance with volunteer coordination, nursery management, and general plant care tasks.
• Track crop schedules, harvest timing, seasonal growing patterns, and field observations through consistent recordkeeping.
• Help identify and document edible crops suited to South Florida conditions and diversified planting strategies.
• Support educational and public programming by tracking crop availability and maintaining records aligned with tours, workshops, and Farmers Market demonstrations.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent with an interest in urban agriculture, food systems, sustainability, or environmental work.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and safely traverse uneven surfaces.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 40 lbs.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to maintain clear, organized records.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Comfort with documenting observations, maintaining consistent field notes, and supporting basic agricultural recordkeeping is required.
• English fluency.

Qualifications

• None specified.

Skills

• Hands-on skills with food-processing equipment.
• Skills in post-harvest handling and product preparation.
• Experience taking field notes that are detailed, structured records of observations, activities, and decisions made on a farm.
• Understanding of how crop cycles connect to educational experiences, including K-8 school tours and adult workshops.

Benefits

• Part-time internship averaging 24 hours per week for 50 consecutive weeks, beginning on a rolling basis in the fall and aligned with Vizcaya's primary growing seasons.
• Work three days per week, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend shifts as needed.
• Daily hours will vary based on field operations, program activities, and seasonal priorities.

Pay

The salary for this internship is $20/hour.

Schedule

This is a part-time internship averaging 24 hours per week for 50 consecutive weeks, beginning on a rolling basis in the fall and aligned with Vizcaya's primary growing seasons. The intern will work three days per week, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend shifts as needed. Daily hours will vary based on field operations, program activities, and seasonal priorities.

Application

Please submit a resume and a cover letter expressing your interest in this position to: https://vizcaya.org/about/careers/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is committed to equity and inclusion and is engaged in a strategic process to ensure that our staff, Board, and volunteers reflect our community's diversity. Vizcaya welcomes applicants from groups that are underrepresented in cultural organizations and seeks to recruit, develop and retain a diverse workforce. Vizcaya respects people of all backgrounds and does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, familial status, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, or other applicable legally protected characteristics protected by law.