Social Media Communications & Fundraising Coordinator

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Position Summary

Roots of Change (ROC)’s 2025 Internship is an opportunity for a 3^rd year bachelor’s degree student in an environmental justice, environmental science, sustainability, or agriculture and food system related program to gain insights into ROC’s efforts to make the food system more climate-smart, equitable, and accessible for all. The intern will assist in increasing social media engagement, in particular for the 18–24-year-old demographic, assisting with podcast production coordination as well as supporting fundraising efforts that include event preparation and execution.

Through this internship, the intern will gain an understanding of ROC’s food system related policy efforts, practical applications and impacts of the various ROC demonstration projects in the areas of environmental, farmworker and public health. The intern will receive training in social media engagement, podcast production, fundraising and event production.

This is a remote, temporary position that is based in California and expected to start in March 2025 and last no more than 89 days. Due to the nature of the work, the intern is required to be familiar with environmental justice and sustainability in California. Candidates who are based in California are strongly preferred. The incumbent is required to work during core business hours for the Pacific Time zone.

This is a part-time 45% FTE (18 hours/week) position, with the possibility of increasing FTE dependent on funding availability.

Full pay range for this position: $18.02 to $24.38. The starting wage is determined based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Help identify social media strategies to increase followers, especially the 18- to 24-year-old demographic.
• Research engaging topics, events, podcasts for this demographic. Create social media posts and evaluate analytics with little supervision.

PODCAST

• Podcast interviews for ROC’s Flipping the Table: Research potential podcast guest interview opportunities including topics that involve regenerative agriculture, food systems, food policy, farmworker heat illness/protection related, farmworkers, and climate change issues.
• Help identify ways to increase listenership for Flipping the Table, including attracting 18- to 24-year-old social media demographic.

FUNDRAISING

• Engage in implementing fundraising strategies that include activating various networks and previous fellowship programs and support event preparation efforts as well as event execution.
• Review, edit, update ROC contact list, listservs to facilitate fundraising campaigns and partner engagement.

GENERAL TASKS

• General tasks may include research for policy or project related topics.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in the 3rd year of a bachelor’s degree in an environmental justice, environmental science, sustainability, or agriculture and food system related program.

Other Qualifications

• Passion for food systems, food policy and/or regenerative agriculture and the ability to perform research on these topics.
• A good understanding of social media, especially for the 18 – 24-year-old demographic.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, managing multiple projects and deadlines concurrently.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Interested applicants please apply to this posting and submit a copy of your current résumé and a cover letter that highlights your relevant skills and experience and explain why you are the best candidate for this position.

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