Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Philadelphia, PA 19122Position Type: InternshipEducation Level: High School / GEDSalary Range: $15.00 - $15.00 HourlyTravel Percentage: NonePosition Summary
Philabundance provides food to thousands of people each week through a network of over 350 Agency Partners – food pantries, cupboards, and emergency kitchens – over a nine-county service area in southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Our mission is to drive hunger from our communities today and to end hunger for good, and we believe policy and advocacy are powerful tools in the fight against hunger.
The Philabundance Community Partnerships team manages the relationships with our network of over 300 agency partners, such as food pantries, houses of worship, schools, and long-term care facilities. The Partnerships oversees distribution programs and collaborates cross-sector with other organizations providing housing, healthcare services, financial literacy, and job training to help our neighbors in need achieve food security.
The Community Partnerships Intern will support the Community Partnerships team with research, data analysis, and agency engagement related to pantry services. This internship offers hands-on experience working with community-based organizations, analyzing service data, and improving systems that support food access across the region.
Competencies:
Accountability: reliable, honest, and transparent; regularly makes commitments and takes ownership of responsibilities.
Effective Communication: conveys information clearly, with respect and integrity, using a professional manner and the appropriate means and channels for audience and subject matter.
Agility: maintains efficiency in a changing work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Quality: Work is organized, accurate, and neat. The employee displays a commitment to excellence, checks work and learns from mistakes and seeks feedback to improve quality as needed.
Engagement: contributes to the success of the organization by embracing teamwork, taking initiative on tasks and problem-resolution, and seeking out learning opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Service Insights – Pantry Intake Program
Promote and support food pantry engagement with Philabundance’s intake software system
Serve as a point of contact for pantry partners, responding to software-related inquiries
Troubleshoot and resolve basic technical issues experienced by pantry staff
Analyze pantry service data and develop reports based on collected information
Integrate publicly available data sources into service and performance reports
Identify opportunities to enhance the Service Insights user experience
Develop supplemental training and resource materials for pantry partners
General Administrative Support
Attend Community Partner Council meetings and document discussion highlights
Assist with special projects and cross-team initiatives, as needed
QualificationsLearning Objectives
By the end of the internship, the Community Partnership- Service Insights Intern will be able to:
Develop practical experience in nonprofit data analysis and reporting
Gain exposure to community-based food access systems and partner engagement
Build skills in technical support, training development, and program evaluation
Strengthen professional communication and customer service competencies
Qualifications and Experience:
Strong data analysis and reporting skills (experience with R statistical computing preferred)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint)
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
Experience working with—or a strong interest in—diverse communities
Philabundance seeks to drive hunger from our communities today and end hunger forever. It serves approximately 90,000 people per week, a third of whom are children and 15% of whom are seniors. In 2016, Philabundance distributed approximately 24 million pounds of food through its own neighborhood distribution programs and through a network of 350 member agencies in 9 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Three quarters of a million people in our service area face hunger every day. Their stories are as diverse as the nine counties we serve: working families hit hard by the recession, women, children, seniors trying to make ends meet. The one thing they have in common is being part of a food system that desperately needs additional support.
Philabundance was founded in 1984 with the simple belief that no man, woman or child should go hungry. Join us.