Corporate Social Responsibility Summer Intern
Spend your summer with Kum & Go in our ten-week professional internship program located in downtown Des Moines! As a Kum & Go intern you’ll gain valuable experience while participating in a number of fun activities and development opportunities. High performing interns may be offered full-time positions post-graduation.
What you’ll do
- Focus on a project in your department that you will present to Kum & Go’s Senior Leadership Team at the end of your internship
- Work closely with a mentor who will help guide you over the summer
- Participate in a variety of fun activities and events with fellow Kum & Go interns
What we’re looking for
- College Junior or Senior with an expected graduation date of December 2021 to May 2022 required
- An interest in pursuing a career with Kum & Go post-graduation
Other key requirements
- Pursuing a degree in Business, Environmental Policy or Research, Sustainability, or Environmental Science
- Passion for CSR or corporate sustainability
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel; Word; PowerPoint; Outlook)
Leadership Competencies
- Communication: Delivers clear, effective communication and listens to others.
- Conceptual/Systems Thinking: Recognizes patterns, trends, themes, and connections in information to develop innovative ideas and solutions.
- Constructive Engagement: Expresses ideas and disagreements, constructively resolves conflict, and encourages others to do the same.
- Customer Orientation: Meets the expectations and needs of internal and external customers.
- Decision Making: Makes good decisions in a timely manner.
- Empowerment: Takes initiative and solves problems.
- Talent Development: Maximizes potential and improves overall performance.
- Influence: Proactively builds relationships and influences others.
- Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Accurately assesses problems and effectively and efficiently arrives at solutions.
- Strategic Thinking: Understands the current state and is able to visualize the ideal state and how to achieve it.
About Kum & Go
At Kum & Go, our purpose is to make days better. We do that by connecting with people. Every day, whether in stores or at our Store Support Center headquarters, we take a people-first approach to developing associates, serving customers, and solving problems. We provide a unique working experience where associates are given many opportunities to make connections and to have fun along the way. Our culture is supported by our five core values:
- Passion - We love what we do, and it shows in our work.
- Integrity - We do the right thing, even when it is difficult.
- Teamwork - We believe that greatness is only achieved in unity.
- Caring - We have genuine compassion for our customers, associates, families, and communities.
- Excellence - We expect and deliver superior performance.
For 60 years, Kum & Go has been dedicated to the communities it serves, sharing 10 percent of its profits with charitable causes. For four generations, the family-owned convenience store chain has focused on providing exceptional service and delivering more than customers expect. Established in Hampton, Iowa, in 1959, the chain has since grown to employ more than 5,000 associates in more than 400 stores in 11 states (Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming).
Kum & Go is an Equal Opportunity Employer