Join a team focused on the success of our customers, the success of our communities, and the success of each other. Farm Credit East (FCE) is the leading provider of loans and farm advisory services to farm, forest product, fishing, and other agricultural business owners across the northeast. We are One Team Working Together with a focus on our five pillars: Outstanding Customer and Employee Experience, Quality Growth, Operational Excellence, Commitment to our Communities, and Protecting Customer Information.
The Farm Credit cooperative has been around for over 100 years. Our 500+ team members are based in 23 offices across 8 states (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT). FCE serves over 18,000 customers with nearly $15 billion in loan volume and over $29 million in financial services revenue generated annually. As a Farm Credit East summer intern, you will work alongside our dynamic professionals and learn about all the services Farm Credit East offers to customers throughout the Northeast. Gain professional development skills and hands-on experience as you join our staff as they work with our customer-owners.
Interns are placed in marketplace locations throughout the Farm Credit East territory within one of the organization’s regions. The internship position involves an overview of the organization by spending time in all the areas of services offered to customers including financial services, credit services and crop insurance. Interns will participate in customer visits and job shadow professionals and travel to different regions of the Farm Credit East territory on all-intern tips. Additionally, interns are assigned an organizational-wide strategic project to complete throughout the 10-week experience with a presentation to company leaders to conclude the experience.
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Locations: Batavia, NY; Claverack, NY; Cooperstown, NY, Geneva, NY; Greenwich, NY; St. Albans/Middlebury, VT; Enfield, CT; Auburn, ME
Pay rate: $21/hour
Farm Credit East is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. It is our goal to make employment decisions that further the principle of equal employment opportunity by utilizing objective standards based upon an individual's qualifications for a specific job opening. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), if you have a disability and would like a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a position with Farm Credit East, please call 1-800-562-2235 or e-mail FarmCreditCareers@farmcrediteast.com
Farm Credit East provides a full range of credit and financial services to more than 18,000 customers in our eight-state territory: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Farm Credit East's Northeast offices serve people involved in the business of agriculture, including farmers, nursery and greenhouse operators, forest products businesses, fishermen, lobstermen, part-time growers, agribusinesses and country home owners.
Farm Credit East is part of the national Farm Credit System, the number one lender to U.S. agriculture and Rural America since 1916. For more than 100 years, we have been a reliable source of credit to farmers — in good times and bad. Your Farm Credit East loan officer is a professional who knows the ins and outs of agricultural businesses, and makes a point to thoroughly understand your business and its financial needs.
As a borrower-owned cooperative, Farm Credit East is committed to providing the best value in the marketplace. Farm Credit East also provides financial services tailored to the needs of agriculture businesses: tax preparation, tax planning, financial record-keeping, appraisals, business consulting, equipment leasing, credit life insurance, multi-peril crop insurance and more!
For more information on the largest lender to Northeast agriculture, visit our website: FarmCreditEast.com
