Institutional Advancement Student Intern

Institutional Advancement Student Intern

Institutional Advancement Student Intern

Department: Institutional Advancement

Location: Wellesley Hills

Mass Bay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students forlocal and global citizenship, to promote their personal growth, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development. Massachusetts Bay Community College isserved by a cadre of employees of varied backgrounds and experiences. We invite all individuals to consider joining our community. Locatedin Greater Boston, Mass Bay is a comprehensive, open-access community college,offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.

The ideal candidate will join a vibrant educational community and have a desire and ability to serve a population of students with various needs and backgrounds. This is a apart-time, student employment position with no benefits. The ideal candidate will join a collaborative, relationship-focused team and have an interest in marketing, communications and/or community engagement. This is a part-time, student employment position of 10-12 hours a week for 10 weeks with no benefits.

Within the division of Institutional Advancement, the Mass Bay Office of Development and Alumni Relations builds, strengthens, and honors relationships with alumni, donors, and volunteers who care about Mass Bay and want to stay connected to the College. These relationships help create opportunities and provide resources for current and future students. The Institutional Advancement Student Intern will support this work by helping identify, connecting with, and sharing stories of alumni and volunteers.

Through research, outreach, and writing, the intern will create profiles for the Mass Bay website, newsletters, and social media, while assisting with communication and relationship-building efforts across the office. Individualized learning outcomes will be developed collaboratively between the intern and supervisor. This internship provides hands-on, professional communications experience and the chance to explore careers in advancement and nonprofit fundraising, which are essential functions at most colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations.

• Work with staff across the department and the College, including faculty and campus partners, to
  1) identify alumni who were actively engaged as students and
  2) individuals who currently volunteer their time to support Mass Bay;
• Collect background information about selected alumni and volunteers through online research and conversations with those that know them;
• Contact selected alumni and volunteers via phone and/or email to request interviews and schedule conversations;
• Conduct interviews (phone, virtual, or email) to gather updates and personal stories;
• Write clear, engaging profiles for use on the Mass Bay website, newsletters, and social media;
• Collect or coordinate photographs of interviewees for use on the Mass Bay website, newsletter, and social media;
• Maintain organized records of outreach and needed follow up;
• Attend weekly 1:1 meetings with direct supervisor;
• Other duties as assigned.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assign other duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College. All employees of Mass Bay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates the variety of student experience.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Professional, reliable, and detail-oriented;
• Strong interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging with diverse audiences;
• Customer service mindset; friendly, responsive, and courteous;
• Organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks;
• Consistent and reliable work habits;
• Problem-solving skills.

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affinitive Action;
• Experience working in a community college or similar environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with students in need;
• Interes…