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Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies · 2 months ago

Ag Education and Leadership Summer Intern

Lansing, MI

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies is seeking a reliable, creative, and motivated summer intern for their Promotion & Education and Young Farmer Departments. The intern will assist in developing resources for students, supporting day-to-day operations, and gaining hands-on training in various skills related to agriculture and leadership.

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Responsibilities

Assist in developing and implementing resources that help students learn about agriculture, increase consumer awareness, and grow Young Farmers’ leadership skills

Support the day-to-day operations of the departments, which may include but are not limited to writing articles on programming or members, developing new programmatic resources, graphic design/document layout, working on outreach programs, and assisting with curriculum updates, social media, events, and data entry

Qualification

Event planningOrganizationSoftware proficiencyInterpersonal communicationAgricultural outreachLeadership development

Required

Reliable, creative, and motivated

Ability to assist in developing and implementing resources that help students learn about agriculture

Ability to increase consumer awareness

Ability to grow Young Farmers' leadership skills

Willingness to work with event planning and shadow other departments

Hands-on training and support from managers and company mentors

Ability to identify and develop personal goals and improve desired skills

Support day-to-day operations of the departments

Writing articles on programming or members

Developing new programmatic resources

Graphic design/document layout

Working on outreach programs

Assisting with curriculum updates

Social media management

Data entry

Writing skills

Interpersonal communication, both virtual and in-person

Organization and ability to multitask

Interest or experience in event planning and coordination

Familiarity with software such as Monday.com, Outlook, Word, Excel, Canva, PowerPoint, and social media platforms

Preferred

Desire to work in agricultural outreach and leadership development

Background or career interest in agriculture

Company

Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies

Michigan Farm Bureau and the following Affiliated Companies constitute the Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies: Michigan Farm Bureau, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company of Michigan, Great Lakes Ag Labor Services, LLC, MFB, Inc., Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association, Inc.

Founded in 1919