Administrative Intern

Overview

Occupational Summary

About the Duke Campus Farm:
The Duke Campus Farm is a one-acre working farm, founded in 2010, which provides sustainably-grown produce and food systems education for Duke and its surrounding communities. In collaboration with our undergraduate and graduate student farm crew, academic courses, and research, we grow and harvest for our Community Supported Agricultural Program, and for food security efforts at Duke and in Durham.

More important than the thousands of pounds of food that we grow, however, are the opportunities the farm provides for engaging and reimagining the ways we cultivate, access, value, and think about food. Our mission is to catalyze positive change in the food system. This fellowship is named in honor of Emily Sloss, the Duke undergraduate who led the efforts to launch the Duke Campus Farm in 2010.

Position Summary:

The Duke Campus Farm seeks an energetic, engaged, and self-motivated people-person to support DCF’s co-curricular programming and outreach. As the Sloss Fellow, you will build DCF’s capacity along with your own, becoming a key player in our small but mighty mission-driven organization. This is a great opportunity to explore careers in sustainable food systems, non-profits, and education, and to gain transferable skills in communications, public programming, teaching, and facilitation.

The Fellow will facilitate programming (community workdays, campus collaborations, first-year orientation) that helps to support, connect, and extend our network/community. The Fellow will also drive our print and electronic communications, build our online community, and hold the reins on documenting Farm events in a variety of media for audiences both within and beyond Duke. The Farm will also look to the Fellow, as a recent graduate, to bring in new student audiences based on their Duke and Durham communities.

Your work and learning will inform best practice in program development and program evaluation. While this role will require some in-field agricultural work, especially in the first three months of the position, this is not a Fellowship designed to cultivate technical competencies in sustainable agriculture.

This is a two-year, 40 hour/week position compensated at $42,000 annually, and includes Duke’s health and dental benefits. The Fellow can expect to start work the third week in May.

Eligibility requirements:

• within three years of graduation (undergraduate, graduate or professional) from any school in the Triangle, with preference given for Duke graduates
• self-starting and energized to support mission-driven work
• strong in their research skills, and written and verbal communications skills
• has experience in direct stakeholder engagement and/or facilitation
• comfortable engaging a wide range of audiences and communities
• adept in basic Google and Microsoft skills (Drive, Sheets, Docs, Outlook)
• adept in basic graphic design and social media skills (Canva, InDesign, Instagram, Facebook, Emma email marketing, Duke Groups, basic website maintenance)
• enthusiastically committed to the position through June 2028

Our ideal candidate will also have:

• strong demonstrated interest in intersectional food systems work
• experience serving as an ambassador for a group or program
• prior experience with sustainable agriculture and/or campus farms
• at least one year of full-time work experience

This role will require an ability and a desire to work outdoors in a range of weather conditions, and some weekend and evening work.

As a program, we are actively seeking to identify talented candidates with a diverse range of life experiences and identities to join our team. More details about the position and its job responsibilities can be found here.

Still have questions? Email dukecampusfarm

To begin the application process, please upload a cover letter and resume via this form. We will start reviewing applications on a rolling basis with priority given to candidates who submit applications before March 15th.
Position will be open until filled.

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