feeding america
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Work. Serve. Thrive.
Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.
Feeding America is the nation's largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Learn more about Feeding America here.
This position is based out of Feeding America's Chicago office location in the heart of downtown Chicago. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Interns can be in the office an average of 2 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work from home on other days
The internship program is designed to give you an opportunity to complement your formal education with career-related experience and is open to current undergraduates, individuals starting their graduate degree in the fall and current graduate students. The internship will provide a stimulating and substantive work experience, coupled with an experience to expand your knowledge and understanding of Feeding America.
The Opportunity
The intern will support the work of the Learning and Engagement Team. Our team plans and executes in person and virtual conferences, manages a learning management system which has learning resources and assets, and we have a learning design team which focuses on the learner in designing courses and training material.
We anticipate the intern's work will focus on three primary projects. If time and capacity allows, the intern will support general meeting management tasks.
* Support Feeding America's new Sourcing, Operations and Neighbor Access Conference planning including the guidance and planned engagement for a new session format called Connect Groups.
* Support Feeding America's Excellence in Finance and Human Resources Conference planning, coordination, and enhancements. Duties may include engaging in learner persona discussions, planning and leading focus groups, synthesizing data, and taking notes.
* Lead the development and completion of the Affiliate Food Bank Playbook a comprehensive resource that will be designed to help Partner Food Banks (PFB) and Affiliate Food Banks (AFB) plan the implementation of the AFB Agreement and prepare for a Network Standards Review (NSR). The playbook will be created by working closely with the Member Engagement team to convert language from the PFB playbook to make it relevant to AFB's. This includes reviewing all AFB standards and questions that will be asked during an NSR visit and examples of ways to demonstrate the fulfillment of each standard. In addition to the AFB Playbook, an accompanying suite of resources will be compiled and housed in the Resource Library which includes a curated list of tools, templates, guidance, external websites and examples that support AFB implementation.
Internship Duration
* 6/3/25 through 08/22/25 (11 weeks total - 40 hours per week)
Hourly Salary
* $16 - Undergraduate
* $17 - Between undergrad or graduate
* $18 - Graduate
Areas of Study:
Fields related to research, data analysis, learning development, human-centered design, education, and organizational growth, with a focus on talent management and instructional design.
Requirements
* Ability to Package Information into User-Friendly Formatting/Layout
* Attention to Detail (ensuring accuracy of information and materials)
* Independent Work
* Group Facilitation and Stakeholder Alignment
* Copy Editing
* Good Communication Skills
* Project Management
* Current graduate or undergraduate student
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
Feeding America recognizes and values diversity. Our goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging and contribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage individuals from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger to apply.
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