The San Francisco Planning Department is seeking two (2) Planning Interns to support the San Francisco Citywide Cultural Resources Survey (SF Survey) project.

The SF Survey is a multi-year effort supported by the San Francisco Planning Department to identify and document places and resources of cultural, historical, and architectural importance to San Francisco’s diverse communities. These places and resources include tangible aspects of our environment, such as buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts, as well as intangible aspects, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, festivals, and traditional crafts.

The Interns will help collect data, carry out technical analysis, draft planning narratives, and support public outreach efforts. This candidate must be a self-starter, receptive to feedback and learning new skills, and enjoy working in a team environment.

The two interns for SF Survey team are ideal for students interested in community engagement, history, architecture, design, or data analysis.

The Interns would assist with the following tasks:

Community Outreach and Engagement

• Helping plan and staff SF Survey events, including social media planning and publication
  Meeting people and recording personal histories

Field Survey and Research into historic buildings and neighborhood history

• Primary and secondary research into building, architectural styles, community, and neighborhood histories
• Identifying and researching people and places important to San Francisco communities

Data Analysis

• Identify places that are important to SF communities by reviewing existing information collected by the team
• Using GIS or other tools to analyze property data
• Inputting field survey or evaluative frameworks into specialized database.