Experience Work/Martha O'Bryan Center/Mass Media Team Member
Nashville, TN (On-site)
Posted 2 months ago
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Job Description
| POWER Youth Summer Employment Program Job Description |
Company Information:
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Company Name: |
Martha O’Bryan Center |
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Company Address: |
711 S 7th St, Nashville, TN, 37206 |
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Site Address: |
Stratford High School 1800 Stratford Ave, Nashville, TN 37216 |
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Company Website: |
www.marthaobryan.org |
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Company Description: |
Martha O’Bryan Center is an anti-poverty non-profit organization with longstanding history and deep community roots, grounded in tradition and strengthened by innovation. |
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Nearest MTA Bus Stop: |
Riverside Dr and Stratford Ave |
Internship Information:
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Format: (In-Person Only) |
In-Person |
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Positions Available: |
12 |
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Technology Used: |
N/A |
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Internship Title: |
Mass Media Team Member |
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Internship Description/Learning Objectives: |
Mass Media Team Members will create a podcast based on social justice themes, engage in sound engineering, write a podcast intro, and (through research and field trips) learning about community elements in Nashville to incorporate those themes in the creative process. Objectives are to learn about sound engineering, the Nashville community, and self- advocacy. |
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Job Duties: |
Youth will work with near peer coach, sound engineer volunteer and staff on project development and execution. Activities/responsibilities will include conducting research, visiting the Nashville Public Library and other sites to learn more about the Nashville community at large, an end-of-session event. Youth will work on computers, utilizing recording software at the Top Floor. |
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Preferred Competencies: |
Active listening, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, communication skills, curiosity, and self- management/motivation. |
General Information:
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Work Schedule Days and Hours: |
Monday-Friday: 11:00am-3:00pm daily. |
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Dress Code: |
Casual |
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Travel Required: |
N/A |
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Physical Requirements: |
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the youth participant is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The participant is occasionally required to stand and walk and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. |
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Working Conditions: (example: Office Warehouse, Outdoors, with Children or Animals, etc.) |
Mostly classroom with some outdoor activities |
The full program is June 1st – July 17th
June 1st – June 3rd: Interns attend assigned worksite for scheduled times.
June 4th: POWER Youth Summit at Sheraton Music City Nashville Airport
June 5th – July 17th: Team Members on site at their agencies on Monday-Friday at the time
scheduled by employer. You will be scheduled to work 4 hours daily
which equals 20 hours per week.
July 13th – July 17th: POWER Youth Summer Employment Program - End of Summer
Celebration – Team Members can showcase their projects from the
summer.
If you are selected as an Experience Work Team Member, you will make $12.00 an hour and receive a summer program with project-based employment for youth ages 14 -15.
Experience Work projects can be focused on the arts, leadership skills or community development. In addition, you will learn “work ready” skills for future employment. There are opportunities to intern in many areas of Nashville, so please select the opportunity based on your access to transportation.
