Non-Profit Leadership Internship
NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP
Maplewood Area Historical Society at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm
Maplewood, Minnesota – $17.60/hour, 32- 40 hours/week
The Maplewood Area Historical Society (MAHS Museum) seeks an engaged and enthusiastic candidate for a 10 week summer internship at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm in Maplewood, Minnesota.
The Maplewood Area Historical Society is a growing thought leader in the museum industry and non-profit sector. Founded in 1997, MAHS Museum in a grass-roots effort with local citizens worked to save the Bruentrup Farm, the last working farm in Ramsey County from destruction. In 1999, MAHS Museum moved six historic structures from the farm to the Prairie Farm Open-Space a mile from their original location and began the daunting task of preserving and restoring the 1890 Granary, 1890 Machine Shed, 1905 Barn, 1905 windmill, 1910 Tin Shed, and 1912 House along with reconstructing six additional Bruentrup structures including milk-house, smokehouse, outhouse, icehouse-garage-henhouse, gazebo, and new machine shed along with gardens and grounds landscaping. Today, MAHS Museum is one of a handful of “small” museums with a full-time staff, and a leading local museum in Minnesota focusing not just on early agricultural history, but indigenous, cultural, suburban, and Hmong histories to name a few. Our mission of educating, sharing, and preserving our local history guides us in welcoming over 13,000 guests to our events, programs, and exhibits annually.
INTERN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Future non-profit leaders, educators, government managers, and others are encouraged to apply to this 10-week summer internship program (June 12-August 26, excluding Independence Day week) 10-week summer internship (June 13 – August 25, excluding Independence Day Week). While this program takes place at MAHS Museum and the Bruentrup Heritage Farm, it is an ideal learning experience for many majors including history, education, communications and marketing, agriculture, horticulture, and more.
Interns report to and work heavily with Executive Director, T.J. Malaskee as well as other staff, board, and volunteers. Intern educational experiences will focus on the following core roles of a nonprofit leader: 1) PROGRAMMING (public, events, education), 2) FUNDRAISING/DEVELOPMENT, 3) CURITORIAL/COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT, 4) COMMUNICATIONS & EXHIBIT DESIGN, 5) MARKETING/PR
Interns will explore various roles in a rotational internship with individual and group projects in all five focus areas, help develop programs for and lead our elementary school aged day camps, develop a public program, work behind the scenes with MAHS Museum artifacts collections, develop an on-line fundraising campaign, plan and present to the Board of Directors a proposed pop-up exhibit, and work on an independent project of choice within one of the five focus areas.
The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and embrace the world of museums and nonprofit organizations. College and university Juniors and Seniors of any relevant major or with a personal interest in this internship are eligible to apply. MAHS Museum strives to be a workplace of choice and encourages candidates who can bring a variety of lived experiences related to race, gender, sexuality, religion, ableism, national origin, or any intersection of these to apply.
BENEFITS
$17.60 per hour, 32 – 40 hours per week, some flexible and work from home availability. MAHS Museum will work with colleges and universities for academic credit.
SCHEDULE AND DURATION
Application deadline: Friday, March 17, 2023, 11:59PM.
Applications will be received, interviewed, and hired on a rolling basis.
Selected Interns will begin the Nonprofit Leadership Internship Program at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm in Maplewood Minnesota on Monday, June 12, 2023, 9 AM.
Applicants will work set hours 9 AM – 4 PM (with 4 – 12 additional flex hours) the weeks of July 10 – 13, July 17 – 20, July 24 – 27, and August 7 – 10. The remaining 6 weeks will be open to an approved flexible schedule with some weekend days on site. Most Fridays and Saturdays and some Sundays off.
Final Day of Internship Program Friday, August 25, 2023.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates are encouraged (but not required) to set up a pre-application call with MAHS Museum Executive Director, T.J. Malaskee ([email protected] 612.384.5883) to learn more about this internship opportunity and ask questions.
Applicants should send a unique cover letter and resume to [email protected], Subject: MAHS Internship, no later than Friday, March 17, 2023.
