• Job Description

  Req#: STEMJ001948

  Imagine yourself here. Be a part of something great at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
  
  Join our Museum Access & Equity department and Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) as a STEM Justice Community Collaborator Intern! The purpose of this internship is to support the Science Museum of Minnesota's community engagement efforts by preparing and facilitating interactive science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities and representing the museum at community events throughout the Twin Cities metro area, with a focus on connecting with communities underrepresented in STEM careers. Interns will explore the intersection of social justice and STEM content areas, including: media/technology, environmental studies, biological sciences/public health, or engineering/design.

  Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Build and strengthen partnerships with community organizations and members to increase community impact.
  • Participate in planning the Science Museum's presence at community events.
  • Research STEM and social justice content that relates to Twin Cities communities.
  • Create and facilitate hands-on STEM activities for youth and families at community events and at the Science Museum.
  • Learn different methods of evaluation and research to help gather data and connect with community members.
  • Participate in professional development training and career exploration.
  • Document your experience and share with other staff.
  • Meet weekly to plan for events, research and develop activities, document facilitation plans, and reflect after events.
  • Model behavior expectations and help create a positive, inclusive learning environment.
  • Work independently, managing projects and deadlines with limited support.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

  Required Competencies:

  1. Communication: Expresses oneself clearly in conversations and interactions and ensures that information is shared with others who should be informed.
  2. Collaboration: Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
  3. Customer Service: Demonstrates an understanding of the SMM mission by ensuring that their own interactions with internal and external stakeholders consistently support the mission.
  4. Fostering an Inclusive Community: Contributes to a museum environment and people that reflect and respond to communities' diverse needs and cultures (internal and external). Models and advocates just, anti-racist, equity-focused, and inclusive collaborations in all of the Museum’s endeavors.
  5. Results Orientation: Focuses on providing a best-in-class experience through work outcomes by meeting personal and organizational work objectives.

  Minimum Qualifications:

  • Education: High School Diploma / GED or equivalent experience.
  • Experience:
    
    • Experience working with staff teams or participants from demographic backgrounds underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
    • Experience utilizing and teaching STEM content for academic or leisure purposes.
  • Physical Requirements: Be able to lift up to 10 lbs. and sit for long periods.
  • Work Environment: Ability to work at community events during the evenings and weekends. Travel to events throughout the Twin Cities area with personal vehicle or on public transportation. Necessary to work in all climate types.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience framing STEM content with a social justice lens.
  • Cultural competency and experience working with diverse communities.
  • Willingness to be open and respectful of all backgrounds.
  • Fluency in language(s) other than English valued (Hmong, Somali, Spanish).

  The job duties describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position and is not an exhaustive list. For some positions, detailed procedures may be outlined in supplemental documents.

  Compensation: $16.558/hour

  The Science Museum of Minnesota knows that diversity generates better ideas, inspires creativity and is essential to building a positive workplace. As an employer of choice we hire and retain the best employees by valuing differences, creating a collaborative work environment, and providing promotional and career development opportunities.

  We exist to turn on the science and inspire learning, inform policy and improve lives. We envision a world in which all people have the power to use science to make lives better. We value science as an essential literacy and strive for inclusion inside and out so that our museum and our people reflect and respond to the diverse needs and cultures of our community. Read our Statement on Equity and Inclusion .

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  Science Museum of Minnesota is an American museum focused on topics in technology, natural history, physical science, and mathematics education.

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