Location: Midtown Manhattan (Hybrid – 2-3 days/week in office)
Salary: $20/hour, 20 hours a week, 16 weeks (Fall Semester)
Reports To: Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy

About Citymeals:  
Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of meals and connection to older New Yorkers in need. Since our founding, we have delivered more than 72 million meals. As we enter our 45th year, we are committed to ending elder hunger in New York City by 2040.

About the Role:
The Citymeals Policy team works to increase public investment in home-delivered meal programs in New York City and State and advocates for the expansion and modernization of public food programs that address the diverse needs of older adults. We partner with aging services providers, food pantries, and other coalition members with the goal of building a city where we can all age in our homes with the nutrition we need to thrive. 
Citymeals is seeking a Policy and Advocacy Intern to conduct a research project focused on increasing food access among homebound older New Yorkers. The Policy Intern will work closely with the Policy and Programs teams to strengthen Citymeals’ work through grounding policy solutions in research and the lived experience of homebound older New Yorkers. They will be expected to conduct in-depth policy research, review and analyze legislation, regulations, and other policy documents, and develop materials as needed, including memos, research reports and summaries. Research will focus on public anti-hunger programs, aging services, and policies that address hunger among homebound older adults.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Conduct a research project focused on city and state anti-hunger and aging policies through gathering and summarizing relevant statutes, regulations, publicly funded programs, and more. 
• Work across Programs and Policy teams to understand the population we serve to ensure policy proposals are rooted in needs of the community. 
• Conduct interviews with program recipients, service providers, and other stakeholders to understand the needs of older adults and their lived experience with public programs. 
• Synthesize and interpret findings in a memo or research report. 
• Contribute to the drafting of state and city legislative and regulatory recommendations that support anti-hunger programs that reach older adults in their homes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. Currently enrolled in a graduate program[JE1.1] in a relevant area, such as: public policy, social work, public administration, urban planning, or public health.
• Some knowledge of aging or anti-hunger issues as they relate to policy a plus 
• Excellent writing, organizational, and analytical skills. 
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to work independently. 
• Some experience with participatory action research and/or conducting surveys, focus groups, or interviews with informed consent and ethical surveying frameworks is a big plus. 
• Comfortable with research tools and databases, such as LexisNexis, Westlaw and other legislative/regulatory databases. 
• Demonstrated quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including the use of public survey data such as the American Community Survey and/or Current Population survey. Prioritize the lived experiences of program recipients and providers in policy design and implementation.
• Genuine enthusiasm for Citymeals’ mission and a strong interest in aging and anti-hunger policy.

How to Apply: 
Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@citymeals.org with Policy and Advocacy Intern in the subject line. 
Qualified candidates will be contacted via email.
Citymeals on Wheels is an Equal Opportunity Employer