First Presbyterian Church, PortlandIntern for Youth and Children’s Ministry Title: Intern for Youth and Children      

Position type: Hourly  FLSA: Non-Exempt                                                                 Reports to: Director of Child/Youth Faith Development and Pastoral Staff  Originated: June 2010                                            Reviewed by: HR Committee  

Vision Statement: In 2015, we envision First Presbyterian Church as a Christ-centered community, serving the spiritual needs of an intergenerational congregation, welcoming all. We will integrate new and creative ways to worship and serve Christ. We will be aware of and responsive to the needs of our neighbors, near and far. Through worship, education, fellowship, and outreach, we will develop and sustain disciples for Christ.  

Primary Mission:

1.  To participate in a program of spiritual and personal growth and ministry skill development through the Internship Program of First Presbyterian Church Portland.

2.  To primarily support the ministry of the congregation to youth in 6th-12th grades by assisting the Director of Children/Youth Faith Development, Pastoral Staff, and Lay Leadership teams in developing and implementing ministry programs for youth.

3.  To additionally support the development of intergenerational ministry in the congregation, including ministry to children.  

Position Summary:

1. Pursue active and deep relationship with Jesus Christ in order to lead youth/children and volunteers in their faith by example.

2. Regular participation in worship and in ‘the life of the church’ at FPC.

3. Pray regularly for children, youth, parents, and families of FPC, and for the Youth/Children ministry teams.

4. Provide assistance to the Director of Child/Youth Faith Development (DCYFD), the Youth or Children’s ministry committees, volunteer ministry teams, and pastoral staff in the following ways:  a. Participate in program events on Sundays to shepherd people, coordinate activities, and respond to various situations that arise. b. Help coordinate and support events, programs and activities in ministries to youth or children as directed by the DCYFD. c.Being in regular contact with youth within identified program areas.

5. Participate as needed in regular meetings of the Youth and/or Children’s Ministry Teams.

6. Participate in opportunities for personal spiritual growth as structured by the pastoral staff, DCYFD, and internship committee.  

Qualifications:

· Genuine personal faith in Jesus Christ

·  Desire to learn and grow through a hands-on ministry experience

·  Positive and encouraging attitude

· Open to relating to and learning from people of all ages

· Successful completion of background check.

·  Valid driver’s license, preferred.  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

·  High school diploma/GED required, some college strongly preferred.

·  Experience in ministry to children and/or youth strongly preferred.

·  Experience serving in a church preferred.

·  Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team member.

·  Demonstrated ability to organize time and keep commitments

·  Computer word processing and database skills

·  Effective communication skills, both written and oral.  

Benefits to Intern

1.  Opportunity to share in Christ’s ministry to youth and children as a member of the larger FPC congregation and ministry team.

2. Opportunity to be with others who will actively support you as you seek, in community, to sort through and discern God’s call on you and your life.

3. Opportunity to be mentored and encouraged by others, including the Pastors, the Dir. of Child/Youth Faith Development, and lay leaders in the congregation.

4.  Opportunity to serve in a concrete, tangible way in ministry – to experience the breadth and depth of this ministry in the life of the Church.  

Standards of performance: (Each is considered essential to work at FPC)

1.   Support of the Mission: Actively supports and incorporates mission into daily activities. Treats all others with respect and demonstrates excellence, justice and compassion in daily work and relationships with others.

2.   Attendance and punctuality: Reports to work as scheduled and on time per policy. Time away from work is approved and taken in accordance with established system policies.

3.   Confidentiality: Maintains confidentiality of all information.

4.  Service Excellence/Teamwork: Demonstrates service excellence and positive interpersonal relationships in dealing with others so that productivity and positive relations are maximized.

5.  Environment of Safety: Consistently demonstrates and incorporates principles of safety.

6.  Technical Skills and abilities: consistent with needs of the position.

 7.  Initiative: Willing to do extra work when necessary. Offers assistance to help others or to improve work situation

8.  Adaptability: Ability to learn new duties, processes, and functions.

9.  Problem Solving/Decision Making: Ability to use discretion to resolve issues/problems and/or make referrals as appropriate.

10. Communication Skills: Consistently demonstrates communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) that support an inclusive work environment.  

Positions open in late August, early September, and there are 2 of the Youth internships available (identical job descriptions.)

Resumes can be sent to internsearch@firstpresportland.org 

The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland is seeking candidates for the position of Shows Operation and Marketing Intern.  The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland, NW Natural and Standard TV & Appliance, are pleased to present the 2012 NW Natural Street of Dreams from July 28 through August 26. The show will be held at The Vineyard in West Linn, Oregon.  

The Show Operations and Marketing Internship is a unique opportunity which presents exceptional learning opportunities in the fields of home construction, event management, and show marketing. 

I have attached the job description in pdf format and have provided a link to the posting below.  If possible, we would like to make this opportunity available to students in the Portland Metro area.  Please let me know if this is a possibility or if you need any further information in order to process this request. 

2012  NW Natural Street of Dreams internship posting: http://hbapdx.org/2012/04/work-at-the-nw-natural-street-of-dreams  

The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland has promoted, protected and advanced the building industry since 1942.  The HBA produces several consumer shows each year including the Portland Home & Garden Shows, NW Natural Street of Dreams, Tour of Remodeled Homes, and Ultimate Open House.  We provide benefits, networking opportunities, educational opportunities and government representation to builders, developers, remodelers, sub-contractors, suppliers and other industry service professionals in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Columbia and Yamhill counties. 

Hallie GentryHome Builders Association15555 S.W. Bangy Road, Suite 301Lake Oswego, Oregon  97035Phone:  (503) 684-1880Fax:      (503) 684-0588 Your HBA membership could be worth thousands! Being an HBA member means getting huge discounts on employee health insurance, fuel, cell phones and more. Your membership doesn’t just pay for itself. It can pay you back. Click here to find out how to get the most from your HBA membership.  Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn

Community Harvest Internships

Click here for more detailed position descriptions.

To apply, please email a cover letter and one-page resume to Bob Hatton: bob[at]portlandfruit.org In your cover letter, please note whether you are most interested in the Food Preservation or Tree Scouting focus. 
Application deadline is Tuesday May 29th, 2012. 

Communications and Development Internship

Time commitment: 12-20 hours per week, for 6 months (schedule is somewhat flexible, 312 total hours minimum).Start Date: June 12th, 2012. End Date: December 11th, 2012.
Location: You would be working primarily out of PFTP headquarters in NE Portland.
Click here for a more detailed position description. 

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Katy Kolker at: katy[at]portlandfruit.org
Application deadline is Tuesday May 29th, 2012.

Confluence Project: “Gifts from Our Ancestor’s” Traveling Art Exhibit Internship Opportunity

The Confluence Project is pleased to offer a summer Traveling Art and Exhibit Design Internship, beginning late May or early June 2012. Over the course of 3 months (or through August 31, 2012), the “Gifts from Our Ancestors” Exhibit Intern (GOA Intern) will assist in the creation of a multi-media, traveling art exhibit featuring the work of Native American artists and students (grades 4-10) who participated in the 2011-2012 “Gifts from Our Ancestors” art education program. The traveling exhibit will open the second week of July at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and will later travel to the Maryhill Museum of Art and the Columbia Gorge Center for the Arts. The Intern will assist with the creation and installation of the exhibit, help with creative outreach efforts, and participate in associated art demonstrations, receptions, traditional storytelling, and/or student and artist presentations. Duties of the Student Art and Exhibit Design Internship include but are not limited to:

 Working closely with Confluence Project staff, Artistic Director and artist Lillian Pitt, and project participants to select and curate examples of Native American artists’ and student work

 Assisting in the creation and installation of a multi-media traveling art exhibit, opening the second week of July at the Discovery Center in The Dalles, OR.

 Assisting with outreach efforts and event coordination for the exhibit opening

 May provide guided tours of the exhibit and assist with associated art demonstrations, receptions, and/or student and artist presentations.

 Assisting with taking down and re-installation of the exhibit mid-August to Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, WA. A typical weekly time commitment is 16 to 20 hours, with possible weekend work. This internship is available for college credit as appropriate with accredited educational institution. This is a paid internship with an hourly rate of $15 and limited travel stipends.

The internship will be awarded to a candidate who possesses:

 a background in art and exhibit design

 an interest in Native American art and Art Education

 a desire to work directly with teachers, Native American artists, galleries, and museums

 strong written and verbal communication skills

 strong inter-personal skills and a professional attitude

 the ability to work independently and set and meet goals and timelines

 the ability to commit a minimum 16 -20 hours per week June-August, 2012

 access to transportation to reach Confluence’s office

 a passion for connecting and engaging the public with art and its processes

 a positive and enthusiastic attitude to innovative approaches to exploring art, culture, and place

Prior volunteer or student experience with art exhibit design and installation required. Experience with educational institutions, multi-media platforms, and Native American art is preferred.

To receive credit: The successful intern will be asked to provide a weekly 2-3 page report summarizing that week’s work experience and their insights into the project. The intern will be encouraged to include multi- -media examples with their report (photos, sketches, videos). At the end of their internship the student will be required to draft a 5-7 page report, accompanied by a work portfolio, on their experience with the project (detailing what skills, insights, and perspectives they gained). A project supervisor will draft a 1 page report on the relative success of the internship to be sent, along with the intern’s report, to the designated contact at his/her institution. This internship can repeated for credit and will be available as a future volunteer opportunity with Confluence Project.

How to Apply

Interested students may email one (1) page letters of interest, along with a resume, to Aili Schreiner (aili.schreiner@confluenceproject.org) by May 11th, 2012. Interviews will be scheduled the week of May 14, 2012. The internship will begin in May or early June as student schedules allow. Questions? Please call Aili at the Confluence Project at (360) 693-0123. Also visit www.confluenceproject.org/education.

About the Confluence Project and “Gifts from Our Ancestors”

The Confluence Project is a collaboration of Pacific Northwest tribes, the artist Maya Lin, and civic groups from Washington and Oregon to create interpretative public art, perform environmental restoration on public lands, and provide community educational programming. Confluence enables community-directed investment along the Columbia River and its tributaries to preserve its cultural and natural resources.

Gifts from Our Ancestors, a two year program, is being led by the Confluence Project, local artists, Celilo tribal leaders and educators to engage tribal and non-tribal students in a multi-media arts program. This program recognizes and embraces traditional art as practiced by Native Americans and builds a solid foundation for arts education within the Celilo community, where arts education is severely limited, or non-existent. Our goals are to educate local students about the rich heritage practiced among the indigenous people along Columbia River and at Celilo Falls, and initiate art lessons that will emphasize abilities such as critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, respect and collaboration. We will do this by introducing young students to indigenous ways of knowing while developing their skills in critical thinking, preserving natural resources such as the salmon, oral history gathering, and fabrication of art pieces. To learn more visit:

www.confluenceproject.org/education

Job Title: Software Development Intern
Location: Hillsboro, Ore.  
Compensation: $15/hr  
Join a very dynamic and technically advanced Engineering Services team. You will be working with some of the industry’s leading Configuration Management software applications such as Dimensions CM and PVCS Version Manager. You will become a member of our talented organization and be expected to contribute immediately to ensure that we achieve aggressive development schedules through product builds, installer testing and automation.

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Courses taken and/or skills in any of the following: Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Shell scripting
• Proficiency in Windows environments; experience with UNIX is a plus
• Proficiency in Web Services is desired
• Understanding of process applications and the SDLC a plus
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and organize work assignments
• Results-oriented with ability to work independently with minimum supervision as well as with other members of a team in a fast paced environment

Look forward to these challenges:

• Participating in many aspects of the development life cycle
• Creating automation
• Creating Process Workflows
• Documenting processes
• Learning new technologies

If you believe that this is the right opportunity for you, then wait no longer. Apply today!
To Apply:

1. Send your resume to pdxrecruiting@campuspoint.com with the position title in the subject line and education listed on your resume AND/OR
2. Go to www.CampusPoint.com
3. Click on the Portland
4. Click on “Register Now” to register
5. Create your CampusPoint Resume
6. Read through our jobs and hit the APPLY button

What is CampusPoint?

We help college students and recent graduates find local employers, jobs, and internships.

• A 100% FREE Resource
• Largest known private employer and recruiter of recent graduates in Washington & Oregon
• Hiring more than 1,000 students and recent graduates every year
• Typically recruiting for 50+ local jobs and internships typically not found anywhere else!
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As an organization committed to helping college students and recent college graduates find jobs, CampusPoint generally seeks applicants of diverse backgrounds who are working towards a college degree or have graduated with a new degree within the past six years. For more information please visit our website at www.CampusPoint.com.

Click on the following attachment for more information:  exhibit-internship_confluence-project_.pdf

The Confluence Project is pleased to offer a summer Traveling Art and Exhibit Design Internship, beginning late May or early June 2012. Over the course of 3 months (or through August 31, 2012), the “Gifts from Our Ancestors” Exhibit Intern (GOA Intern) will assist in the creation of a multi-media, traveling art exhibit featuring the work of Native American artists and students (grades 4-10) who participated in the 2011-2012 “Gifts from Our Ancestors” art education program. The traveling exhibit will open the second week of July at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and will later travel to the Maryhill Museum of Art and the Columbia Gorge Center for the Arts. The Intern will assist with the creation and installation of the exhibit, help with creative outreach efforts, and participate in associated art demonstrations, receptions, traditional storytelling, and/or student and artist presentations.  Duties of the Traveling Art and Exhibit Design Internship include but are not limited to: Ø  Working closely with Confluence Project staff, Artistic Director and artist Lillian Pitt, and project participants to select and curate examples of Native American artists’ and student workØ  Assisting in the creation and installation of a multi-media traveling art exhibit, opening the second week of July at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, OR.

Ø  Assisting with outreach efforts and event coordination for the exhibit opening

Ø  May provide guided tours of the exhibit and assist with associated art demonstrations, receptions, and/or student and artist presentations.

Ø  Assisting with taking down and re-installation of the exhibit mid-August to Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, WA. 

A typical weekly time commitment is 16 to 20 hours, with possible weekend work. This internship is available for college credit as appropriate with accredited educational institution. This is a paid internship with an hourly rate of $15 and limited travel stipends. The internship will be awarded to a candidate who possesses: ü  a background in art and exhibit designü  an interest in Native American art and Art Education

ü  a desire to work directly with teachers, Native American artists, galleries, and museums

ü  excellent written and verbal communication skills

ü  strong inter-personal skills and a professional attitude

ü  the ability to work independently and set and meet goals and timelines

ü  the ability to commit a minimum 16 -20 hours per week June-August, 2012

ü  access to transportation to reach Confluence’s office

ü  a passion for connecting and engaging the public with art and its processes

ü  a positive and enthusiastic attitude to innovative approaches to exploring art, culture, and place 

Prior volunteer or student experience with art exhibit design and installation required. Experience with educational institutions, multi-media platforms, and Native American art is preferred.  To receive credit: The successful intern will be asked to provide a weekly 2-3 page report summarizing that week’s work experience and their insights into the project. The intern will be encouraged to include multi-media examples with their report (photos, sketches, videos). At the end of their internship the student will be required to draft a 5-7 page report, accompanied by a work portfolio, on their experience with the project (detailing what skills, insights, and perspectives they gained). A project supervisor will draft a 1 page report on the relative success of the internship to be sent, along with the intern’s report, to the designated contact at his/her institution. This internship can repeated for credit and will be available as a future volunteer opportunity with Confluence Project. How to Apply

Interested students may email one (1) page letters of interest, along with a resume, to Aili Schreiner (aili.schreiner@confluenceproject.org) by May 11th, 2012. Interviews will be scheduled the week of May 14, 2012. The internship will begin in May or early June as student schedules allow. Questions? Please call Aili at the Confluence Project at (360) 693-0123. Also visit www.confluenceproject.org/education. About the Confluence Project and “Gifts from Our Ancestors”

The Confluence Project is a collaboration of Pacific Northwest tribes, the artist Maya Lin, and civic groups from Washington and Oregon to create interpretative public art, perform environmental restoration on public lands, and provide community educational programming. Confluence enables community-directed investment along the Columbia River and its tributaries to preserve its cultural and natural resources.  Gifts from Our Ancestors, a two year program, is being led by the Confluence Project, local artists, Celilo tribal leaders and educators to engage tribal and non-tribal students in a multi-media arts program. This program recognizes and embraces traditional art as practiced by Native Americans and builds a solid foundation for arts education within the Celilo community, where arts education is severely limited, or non-existent. Our goals are to educate local students about the rich heritage practiced among the indigenous people along Columbia River and at Celilo Falls, and initiate art lessons that will emphasize abilities such as critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, respect and collaboration. We will do this by introducing young students to indigenous ways of knowing while developing their skills in critical thinking, preserving natural resources such as the salmon, oral history gathering, and fabrication of art pieces.  

To learn more visit: www.confluenceproject.org/educationhttp://www.opb.org/artsandlife/arts/article/lillian-pitt-shares-native-american-art-celilo-village-children/

Teach English in China

 Paid Summer Internships in China also Available

All Majors Welcome

www.ChineseCultureCenter.org

(803) 252-9086

Basic Requirements for Teaching English in China:

 a)      Standard English speakers;

 b)      Age 18-65;

c)   Leadership, social, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

Benefits for you:

1. Free Round-trip international airfare paid by your host school if you teach at the same school for two semesters.

2. Free furnished-apartment usually on school campus.

3. Well-paid positions with free Chinese lessons.

4. Paid three-week Winter Vacation

5. Travel stipends of 2200 RMB Yuan

6. Deferment of Student’s Loan

Required Application documents

a)      Online registration on our website: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org

b)      One-page resume emphasizing your teaching related experiences if any.

Chinese Culture Center certified by the China State Administration of Foreign Experts Afairs (SAFEA) will take care of the tedious and complicated application procedures for you. Please register online: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org

 If you don’t have a passport yet, please call your local main post office to apply for one ASAP. 

Marketing intern would learn about online marketing campaigns, including social media, blogging, and general website SEO as it relates to the fashion industry.  It’s a great opportunity to learn how to react in real time to what’s happening.  Wide range of products covered, allowing greater growth potential.

Requirements:         

Must have an interest in online and social media        

Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office, facebook, twitter, and similar platforms         

Have access to a computer with internet connection         

Strong research skills and ability to articulate findings        

Ability to take direction and work independently when needed (occasional research projects)         

10 hours a week broken into 2, 5 hour days. On site for 3 months.

Please contact Jennifer Diana with any questions or interest in this position.

JLD-Studios

jenn@jld-studios.com347-724-9698