Community Engagement Intern

Glenstone•Potomac, MD

1d•$21•Onsite

About The Position

The goal of the internship program at Glenstone is to cultivate the next generation of the workforce by exposing interns to various professional pathways in the museum world. In collaboration with their department, interns can expect to gain professional experience by supporting specific departmental initiatives and projects. Interns are encouraged to connect with fellow team members throughout the organization to gain knowledge and build lasting relationships. The Community Engagement (CENG) Department leads organization-wide initiatives that enable Glenstone to be a community anchor to our local audiences. The department works with museum-wide partners to enrich youth engagements and community collaborations through meaningful encounters with art, architecture, and nature. The Community Engagement Intern will have the opportunity to support Glenstone’s Summer youth and community programs. These opportunities include: Shadowing the department over the last two weeks of the school visit season and taking the lead with the summer guided visit season for practical experience in managing group visits with youth in a museum environment. Supporting Montgomery County’s Summer RISE program and working with high school students who are experiencing their first job in their field of interest. This will be an opportunity to learn and design youth career-learning experiences in sustainable capacities for an organization. Participating in local community festivals including the Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, the DMV’s largest cultural celebration dedicated to honoring and uplifting historic Black communities in our region as well as Montgomery County’s Pride in the Plaza in Silver Spring to engage with communities outside of Glenstone's physical site and learn about facilitating meaningful encounters with potential first-time visitors. Throughout their time, the intern will research and compile information on art and artists on view to generate content for teacher guides and learn about developing educational resources to expand and empower self-led opportunities with their students. Woking on these projects will provide the opportunity to collaborate across many departments within the organization, especially with Visitor Experience, Communications, Collections, Grounds, Engineering and Maintenance, and People & Culture.

Requirements

A self-starter, able to take direction, run with a task, ask good questions, and enhance a project.
Experience working with Microsoft Suite.
Willingness to collaborate with peers, associates, and work successfully both as an individual and as part of a team.
Strong intercultural competence, communication, planning, and organizational skills.
Desire to learn and implement best practices, including those unique to Glenstone.
Adaptability and adherence to Glenstone’s core values.
Experience working with youth audiences and/or teachers, schools, or out-of-school programs.
Flexibility and a sense of humor to adapt to schedule changes, and unforeseeable circumstances that arise.
Ability to work outdoors in all temperatures and weather conditions.
Reliable transportation to and from Potomac, MD.

Nice To Haves

Genuine interest in art, architecture, and nature.
An ability to communicate in a second language, preferably Spanish, Amharic, French, Mandarin, or American Sign Language (ASL), to engage with the diverse communities of Montgomery County.
Experience working with Adobe Creative Cloud.

Responsibilities

Support Community Engagement team in preparing and breaking down materials from school visits.
Support guided summer youth group visits and take lead with greeting and orchestrating the guide team.
Support Community Engagement department in managing 5 Summer RISE students participating in a month-long career-learning program.
Support Glenstone's table at special weekend events (schedule will be adjusted to accommodate these days).
Complete research on art and artists on view to build a library of content for new teacher guides to launch with the school year.
Attendance at weekly check-ins with Community Engagement Manager and biweekly Community Engagement department meetings.
Attendance at all-staff meetings.
Attendance at all intern check-in meetings scheduled by the Learning & Development department.
Creation and delivery of an all-staff presentation at the end of the internship.