The BroadmoorDevelopmentCorporation
4520 S. Derbigny New Orleans, LA70125Phone:(504) 309-2571Fax:(504) 333-6119
Employer:
The Broadmoor Development Corporation
Internship:
Keller Library Program Developer
Compensation:
Unpaid.
Duration:
June 1-July 31, 2009 (flexible)
Supervisor:
Kathleen Coverick Broadmoor Urban Planning Fellow kathleen@broadmoorcorp.com
Application Deadline:
April 30, 2009. Rolling admission- apply early!
Job Description:
Intern will engage in program development activities withBroadmoor’s Keller Library committee and with local agencies todesign targeted programming to specific Broadmoor groups. Thegoal is to develop a development plan that can be implemented oncethe library renovation is completed (winter 2009), so that diverseservices can be provided immediately on renovation completion.Context: The BDC raised over $2,000,000 from private foundationsto convert the Rosa F. Keller Library into the Rosa. F. Keller Library and Community Center. The Broadmoor community’s vision is toprovide far more than library services out of the new facility. Thisintern will work with Catholic Charities, the YMCA, Jewish Family Services, and other local non-profits to design new programs thatmeet the needs of the Broadmoor community. For example, new programming will certainly include GED classes, literacy training,computer training for children and the elderly, yoga classes, movienights, etc. This intern will work with the Broadmoor library committee to identify the services the residents want, find the localproviders who provide those services, interest them in providing them in Broadmoor, and then to develop an implementationschedule that speaks in detail about how and when these programscan be developed once the new facility is done in the winter of 2009. This intern will not serve as a librarian and potential interns shouldnot see this as a library position. It is a program developmentposition that is associated with a library and community center.
Overview of Responsibility:
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Interview Broadmoor residents and area service providers to create aimplementation plan that details what services will be provided by whomand when once the Keller Library and Community Center renovation iscomplete.
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