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’seconomic 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 apart-time, student employment position with no benefits. The ideal candidate will join acollaborative, relationship-focused team and have an interest in marketing, communications and/or community engagement. This is a part-time, student employment position of10-12 hours a week for 10 weeks with no benefits.

Within the division of Institutional Advancement, theMassBay Office of Development and Alumni Relations builds, strengthens, andhonors relationships with alumni, donors, and volunteers who care about Mass Bayand 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 alumniand 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 theoffice. 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 alumniand volunteers through online research and conversations with those thatknow them;
• Contact selected alumni and volunteers via phoneand/or email to request interviews and schedule conversations;
• Conduct interviews (phone, virtual, or email) togather 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 medial;
• Maintain organized records of outreach and needed follow up;
• Attend weekly 1:1 meetings with direct supervisor;and
• Other duties as assigned.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. Asupervisor 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 collegiallyand collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates the varietyof student experience.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Professional, reliable, and detail-oriented;
• Strong interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging with diverse…