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Summer Internship with Toxic Free NC - Outreach Coordinator!

Outreach Coordinator
Ongoing, Unpaid, 5 - 10 hours per week
Location: Raleigh, NC, or telecommute

Background: Toxic Free NC is a private, non-profit organization that has been working for health, justice, and sustainability in NC for over 20 years. Toxic Free NC staff and volunteers attend community meetings, festivals, and other special events throughout the year to distribute information about safer alternatives to pesticides and to meet new people who are interested in subscribing to our publications, volunteering, supporting our work, and otherwise getting involved.

Function: The Outreach Coordinator will work under the supervision of our Associate Director and will also work with other volunteers and interns at Toxic Free NC. The primary goals of this internship are to represent Toxic Free NC’s work to the public at a variety of outreach events and to ensure that our booths and events are fun, educational, and engaging for everyone involved.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
1) Prepare educational materials, activities, and displays in advance of outreach events and make arrangements for any needed equipment and travel.
2) Assist in training and oversight of outreach volunteers and follow up with those volunteers after events to thank them and request their feedback.
3) Staff Toxic Free NC’s booth or table at a variety of events around the state. Greet passers-by, introduce people to Toxic Free NC’s mission and work, answer questions, direct people to our resources, and administer children’s activities such as coloring and making seed bombs.
4) Follow up with new people who sign up at our booths by entering them into our contacts database, sending them a note to say thank you, and following up on specific questions they asked you.

Qualifications:
1) The intern should be a university student with a background in education, communications, environmental science, social work, public health, sociology, grassroots organizing, or a closely related field. She or he should have a strong interest in environmental health, sustainable agriculture, and/or nonprofit communications.
2) Excellent verbal communication skills are required. Ability to speak Spanish is a plus. The intern should be friendly and outgoing, be comfortable and confident talking with strangers, and be able to communicate easily and effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
3) The intern should be able to demonstrate that she or he can convey complex ideas in a way that is easy for the general public to understand. Experience as an educator and/or a fondness for working with pre-school and elementary-aged children are a plus.
4) The intern should be a highly organized person who enjoys coordinating details and having several things to work on at a time.
5) The intern must have a car and a driver’s license valid in NC.