Role: Education Department Intern

Reports To: Director of Education

FLSA: PT Seasonal, Hourly, Non-Exempt

Role Status: On-site (Availability April through August)

Duties:

• Support the Education Team with Pop-Up Engagements, Imagination Playground, Bunny Book Group, and other public programs
• Assist in the set up and clean-up of the daily programming, starting and ending each program on time in the proper location, and communicating any necessary changes in schedule to the supervisor on duty in a timely manner during regular Operational hours
• Organize and maintain the live demonstration materials
• Manage and communicate the need for inventory to the Manager.
• Partner with the Events & Visitor Experience Team in various visitor experience capacities to extend hospitality to guests at public and private events at Grace Farms including, but not limited to: greeting, registration check-in, wayfinding, and providing necessary information to guests to ensure a welcoming and meaningful event and experience for all
• Provide assistance and support of the GFF Educators as they facilitate School Group Programs
• Observe and collect data that will support ongoing analysis of the program
• Other duties as assigned

Skills/Abilities:

• An interest in Education, English/Communication, Performing Arts, Nature, Science, History, or related field. Working towards a B.A. or B.S. in one of these areas of study is a plus.
• Prior experience teaching students of all ages in a formal or informal setting, serving as tour guide, docent, museum guide, interpreter, visitor experience professional highly desired.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills as well as the ability to work comfortably and effectively with diverse audiences including both children and adults.
• Must love continuous learning and have the ability to pro-actively seek out additional information about a wide variety of topics and disciplines.
• Proven experience as a team player with a "can-do" attitude. Must be able to maintain a calm exterior presence during periods of high volume, high stress or unusual events.
• Proven ability to work comfortably and efficiently with computers, electronic communications, and other technology.
• Punctuality is key.
• Some evening and weekend hours will be required.
• This position must work on site at Grace Farms in New Canaan, CT.
• Grace Farms Foundation has a mandatory vaccination policy for COVID-19 for all employees.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk or stand, sit, see, read and speak English clearly, hear and use hands to reach, handle or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel or crouch.
• The employee must occasionally lift, push and/ or move up to 25 pounds.

Compensation:

• Hourly pay rate: $15.00 or school credit

Grace Farms is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

About Grace Farms

Grace Farms Foundation's interdisciplinary humanitarian mission is to pursue peace through five initiatives ' nature, arts, justice, community, and faith ' and Grace Farms, a SANAA-designed site for convening people across sectors. Our stake in the ground is to end modern slavery and gender-based violence, and create more grace and peace in our local and global communities. As a part of this work, Grace Farms recently launched Design for Freedom, a new movement to eradicate forced labor in the building materials supply chain.

The Foundation carries out its work through the publicly available facilities and integrated programs of Grace Farms, an 80-acre property owned and operated by the Foundation. Grace Farms was established as an essential platform for the Foundation, serving as a welcoming place where individuals, not-for-profit organizations, and government entities come together to collaborate for the common good.

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