South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership Summer Intern

Description

The South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership (SBERP) is a 501c3 nonprofit regional economic development organization dedicated to advancing the economy in the South Bend – Elkhart Region.

SBERP is a collaboration of the economic development partners from 47 smart connected communities in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. The SBERP focuses on a long-term systemic approach to advance the region’s economy by aligning the efforts of various stakeholders around five key areas:

• Educating a world-class WORKFORCE
• Recruiting and retaining great TALENT
• Attracting and growing high-wage INDUSTRIES
• Promoting INCLUSION
• Helping ENTREPRENEURS thrive

More information about SBERP is available at www.SouthBendElkhart.org.

The goal of this internship is to introduce the student to a variety of different things in the South Bend – Elkhart Region. Work completed by the intern will help advance the interests of the region, ultimately leading to an increase in per capita personal income for the region’s residents.

Responsibilities

• Work in a variety of different areas within the organization, to potentially include economic development, talent attraction and retention, education and workforce, industry growth, diversity and inclusion, and entrepreneurship.
• The nature of the work could change almost daily and will involve the balancing of several different projects at the same time. Daily work will include:
  • Follow up calls to encourage participation in Benefits Survey
  • Salesforce Database Management
  • Meetings and event coordination and facilitation
• Primary focus will be on research, special projects and support of planning and execution of the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership’s goals and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Open to college students currently working toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree
• An interest in economic development, advocacy, government affairs, tourism and/or leadership programming
• Project organization and research skills
• Strong analytical abilities
• Experience in presentation development
• Time management
• Effective oral and written communication
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Ability to work well on an individual and collaborative basis
• Strong attention to detail