Environmental Justice Intern: Community Outreach

Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Commonwealth of Massachusetts is seeking an Environmental Justice Intern to support the EJ Team within the Department of Agricultural Resources. The role focuses on farmer support, language access, and land access to ensure meaningful access to programs and services.

You will develop outreach materials, assist with multilingual resources, coordinate meetings, and contribute to diversity and environmental justice initiatives across Massachusetts.

Qualifications

• Experience in outreach support, language access, and developing public materials.
• Ability to translate concepts into multilingual resources for diverse audiences.
• Strong communication and collaboration with staff, farmers, and community stakeholders.
• Experience creating outreach materials, educational resources, presentations, or other public-facing communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop program and outreach materials, educational resources, presentations, and other public-facing content with guidance from MDAR's EJ Team.
• Support community and farmer engagement efforts through outreach activities, workshops, public meetings, and events.
• Collaborate with MDAR's Language Access Coordinator to create multilingual resources for workshops and events.
• Collaborate with MDAR's EJ Outreach Coordinator to highlight Massachusetts farmer diversity and Environmental Justice initiatives.
• Support land access research with the Division of Agricultural Conservation and Technical Assistance.
• Assist with special projects, meeting coordination, note-taking, and event logistics for EJ initiatives.

Skills

Written and verbal comms

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Collaboration skills

Public-facing communications

Outreach materials

Educational resources

Multilingual skills

Microsoft Office

Canva

Adobe Suite

Graphic design

Photography

Video production

Social media

Environmental Justice interest

Public policy interest

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Lists

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Commonwealth of Massachusetts is seeking an Environmental Justice Intern to support the EJ Team within the Department of Agricultural Resources. The role focuses on farmer support, language access, and land access to ensure meaningful access to programs and services.

You will develop outreach materials, assist with multilingual resources, coordinate meetings, and contribute to diversity and environmental justice initiatives across Massachusetts.