Summer Food Service Program Intern

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Our vision: No one goes hungry, our Mission: Nourish people. Build solutions. Empower communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and are known for our core values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Dedication, Teamwork, and Fun!

The Food Bank CENC is a sponsor of the USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Through this program, the Food Bank has multiple sites to provide free food for children during the summer months.  The program is offered in community locations such as parks, schools, playgrounds, housing communities, day camps, churches, and community centers from June to August.  The Summer Food Service Program is often combined with learning and recreational activities for the children. 

This position will support the Food Bank’s sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Support includes ensuring compliance with Food Bank and state regulatory agencies, conducting required site visits and trainings, enforcement of recordkeeping and program attendance, inventory management at the site level, and communicating program progress to appropriate Food Bank personnel.

Typical Work Schedule: 8:30am - 5:00pm | Monday - Friday
*The intern position is a seasonal position from May 19th, 2025 through on August 8th, 2025 (5/19/25 - 8/8/25).*

Job Responsibilities:
•    Provide operational and administrative support to program sites.
•    Implement and support organizational and site level outreach efforts to ensure target participation numbers are achieved at each sponsored site.
•    Conduct required sponsor monitoring visits with the team
•    Ensure site compliance with record keeping – daily and weekly meal count records, signed required program documents, etc.
•    Conduct administrative review of program at conclusion of program participation.
•    Other assignments related to the management of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), up to and including recruitment of additional SFSP sites.
•    Engage with summer sites for program enhancement
•    Utilize the Food Bank’s social media platforms to promote SFSP

Perform other duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Objectives:
 

Increase participant engagement focus by encouraging summer sites to offer age-appropriate activities to the children

·        Keep data of how many sites receive engagement rich activities for the children.

·        Keep track of how many of our sites are closed enrollment.

·        Request success stories from each site on how age-appropriate activities have influenced the child’s learning and/or educational experience.

 

Report and monitor activities alongside the SFSP team to ensure compliance with the Food Bank and state regulatory agencies. To include:

·        Conducting required monitoring visits.

·        Visiting sites to assist with regulation, rules, or compliance.

·        Ensuring site compliance with recordkeeping such as daily and weekly meal counts.

Ensure that SFSP is contributing data driven insights to the Food Bank through:

·        Ensure children are enjoying the meals through pre and post survey

·        Ensure site supervisors are receptive to instruction on rules and regulations through pre and post survey

·        Provide results of the surveys to the Director of Child Nutrition Programs

Qualifications: 

•    High school diploma or GED required, college experience preferred in Public Health, Social Work, Business administration, or similar degree.
•    Proficient in using Microsoft Suite (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
•    Advanced skills in electronic counting systems or similar software to be able to read, understand, interpret and enter data
•    High degree of organization
•    Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate the ability to perform in a fast-paced work environment
•    Ability to work with diverse groups of people and a commitment to social justice
•    Demonstrated initiative and performance with little limited supervision
•    Strong interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
•    Valid NC driver’s license, with good driving record for travel with the SFSP team throughout the Food Bank’s 34 county service area is required.
•    An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for these requirements
•    Exhibit creative thinking as it relates to our social media outreach to promote and share SFSP content 
•    Professionalism and customer service experience is required.
•    Demonstrated knowledge of Summer Food Service Programs with the US Department of Agriculture is preferred 
 

•    Must believe in the mission of the organization.

 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation.

The employee is often required to:
•    Sit and must occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch.
•    Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
•    Talk, hear, and interact without deliberate impediment (e.g. wearing or listening to headphones, etc.);
•    Stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Occasionally required to operate a Food Bank motor vehicle.

 

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Work Environment:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to work in an office setting or out in the field. Occasionally, the employee will be required to drive an automobile. The employee will be required to interact with Food Bank personnel in the warehouse(s). In doing so, the employee will occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The warehouse can be extremely cold at times and extremely hot during the summer months.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We do not regard race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, marital status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or any protected class characteristic when seeking to hire.  This practice, in addition to hiring, applies to our recruiting, training, transfers, promotions, job benefits, pay, dismissal practices, social and recreational activities, and any other term or condition of employment.

We care about our employees, our candidates, and our community.

As such, please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.