Blue Zones Project Monterey County

Community Engagement and Outreach Intern

Job Description

Be part of a team that's bringing innovative leaders together from across the community to lead and ignite a movement to improve well-being on a significant scale -- a movement that promises to help your friends, family, and neighbors in Monterey County live longer, better.

Blue Zones Project (BZP) is rooted in lessons learned from the world's longest-lived cultures. We translate these lessons into sustainable environmental changes that strengthen social ties, reshape the places where people spend their time, and sharpen policies to support healthy choices.

By engaging a critical mass of individuals and organizations to participate -- from worksites and schools to restaurants and grocery stores -- the small changes contribute to huge benefits: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. For more information regarding Blue Zones Project please visit bluezonesproject.com.

Job Summary

The Community Engagement and Outreach Intern will gain skills in leadership, administration, management, and marketing with Blue Zones Project Monterey County. This includes community outreach and marketing at various events in the Monterey County community. They will assist in data collection and analysis of community participation and evaluations of events & experiences from volunteers. They will assist staff leads in engaging organizations to meet pledge requirements to become a Blue Zones Project approved organization. There is an opportunity for curating volunteer experiences for community members and spearhead social media strategies to promote events.

Essential Functions:

· Responsible for entering engagement and volunteer data weekly and saving to central locations for team to easily access

· Assist in the coordination of all aspects of event planning and execution for any engagement events, such as community outreach tabling, purpose workshops, Walking Moai launches, cooking classes, and more. This may include event set up and tear down, volunteer recruitment, and leading tabling efforts

· Updating supply and office inventory as needed

· Contribute content to Instagram and Facebook by taking photos and videos at community events, editing photos and videos as needed, and contributing to new collateral design

· Submit BZP events to community boards, newspaper, and social media channels for promotion

· Participate in professional meetings involving committee members, staff, and community organizations

· Research best practices as requested

· Create and distribute marketing materials such as flyers, posters, and business cards

· Support the team in daily administrative tasks

Qualifications:

· Strong academic interest in community health, social sciences and/or related field

· Ability to work independently

· Organizational skills

· Excellent customer services skills

· Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)

· Strong desire to learn along with professional drive

· Verbal and written communication skills

· Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Interprofessional opportunities available for the student: Interns will have the opportunity to assist Blue Zones Project staff with various sector work among worksites, schools, restaurants, faith-based communities, grocery stores, community policy, and policy.

The student will have the opportunity to achieve the following professional learning outcomes:

Ø Collaboration

Ø Cross Cultural Competency

Ø Information Management

Ø Leadership

Ø Personal & Professional Communication

Ø Professional Development

Location(s):

The student will be expected to complete their work in-person at either of the agreed-upon locations, with the opportunity of some remote work:

BZP Salinas Office 252 Main Street Salinas, CA 93901

BZP Monterey Office 451 Washington Street Monterey, CA 93940