What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Media Communications & Fundraising Coordinator position at Public Health Institute?
Position Summary
Roots of Change (ROC)’s 2025 Internship is an opportunity for a 2nd 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 : $17.89 to $22.11 per hour. 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.
PODCAST
FUNDRAISING
GENERAL TASKS
Minimum Qualifications
Other Qualifications
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.
EEO Statement
The Public Health Institute is committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and to make all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity. To this end, the PHI will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are offered employment and employees are treated during employment without regard to these characteristics.
Salary : $18 - $22
