Community Data & Impact Reporting Intern

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Community Data & Impact Reporting Intern
Springfield's The Block Party • Community Activation Network
Turning a 15,000-person event into a story the numbers can tell

Term

UO Summer Term 2026 (July 7 or earlier – September 30)

Hours

8–10 hours per week; lighter in July, heavier post-event

Location

Primarily remote

Compensation

Stipend available; academic credit eligible

Reports To

Benjamin Wilkinson, Executive Director

Major Fit

Nonprofit Management · Public Affairs · Sociology

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Block Party has been running for seven years and drawing 15,000 people to downtown Springfield. We have a sense of our impact — but we don't have a rigorous way to measure, document, and communicate it. This intern changes that.

You'll build out our data collection infrastructure for the 2026 event — designing attendee surveys, working with existing data sources, and establishing tracking systems for social reach, sponsor activations, and community engagement. After the event, you'll analyze what we collected and produce a polished impact report tailored to three distinct audiences: our event sponsors, our civic and government partners, and grant funders.

You'll work closely alongside the ED, who has been building this event for seven years and can speak to every corner of the organization's impact — your job is to help him finally put numbers and narrative behind it.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Audit existing data from prior years (attendance, social analytics, sponsor participation) and identify gaps
• Design and deploy an attendee survey for the 2026 event (on-site and/or digital)
• Build a tracking framework for key event metrics: attendance, social reach, vendor and sponsor participation, community engagement
• Collect and organize post-event data from across the organization
• Analyze results and identify key findings and community impact indicators
• Produce a multi-audience impact report with versions tailored for sponsors, civic partners, and grant writers
• Deliver presentation-ready data summaries and visualizations

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN

• End-to-end research project experience: design, collection, analysis, and published reporting
• A portfolio-quality impact report produced for a real organization with real stakeholders
• Practical skills in survey design, data analysis, and impact communications
• Experience translating raw data into narrative — valued across nonprofit, public, and private sectors

YOU'RE A GOOD FIT IF YOU...

• Are comfortable working with data — you don't need to be a data scientist, but spreadsheets shouldn't intimidate you
• Can write for different audiences — the sponsor summary and the grant narrative are very different documents
• Are a self-starter who can manage an independent project with milestone check-ins
• Have some exposure to research methods, survey design, or data analysis (coursework counts)
• Care about what a well-run community event can actually do for a city

MUST BE AVAILABLE

• July 7 or earlier through late September — this role extends past the event for post-event data collection and final reporting
• On or near event day (September 11) for in-person survey deployment — strongly preferred
• Final impact report delivered by September 30, 2026