Job description
As a Food Justice Assistant, you will work with the food programs team at the social services organization
Oberlin Community Services (OCS) to build access to healthy food and produce for the residents of southern Lorain County. This will involve working on OCS’s Farm Food Rescue gleaning program and developing and maintaining innovative, sustainable food system projects. You will also work at OCS food distributions, with opportunities to learn more about food justice, sustainability, and community-oriented work.
Responsibilities
Gleaning program work includes:
- Outreach to local farmers
- Harvesting and picking up produce farmers agree to donate to our food pantry
- Transporting, cleaning/packaging and distributing gleaned produce through our food distributions
Sustainable food system work includes:
- Outreach and education in the community
- Research and development of sustainable at home gardening systems
- Updating and maintaining the community cookbook
With opportunities to:
- Assist with weekly food distributions and pantry management
- Assist with pop-up produce pantries
- Assist local community farmers
- Create written and visual communications content
- Collaborate with our lead gardener in the People’s Garden
- Collaborate with Food Programs staff to maintain and expand Food Rescue initiatives
- Learn about non-profit management, casework, volunteer coordination, donor relations, and more!
Qualifications
- Commitment to social justice and working with low-income individuals
- Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and ability to pass Oberlin College MVR Driving Background Check
- Able to commit approximately 10 hours per week (you get to set your own schedule!)
- Excellent communication skills
- Comfortable with physical labor/able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Proficiency or fluency in Spanish preferred
Compensation
$12.50 per hour for up to 10 hours per week per assistant during the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters (2 positions available)
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, e-mail the following to Liv Hanson at
liv@oberlincommunityservices.org and Hannah Gregory at
hannahgregory@oberlincommunityservices.org
:
1. Resume
2. List of three references
3. Short answers to the following questions
a. What interests you in this position?
b. Food Justice Assistants will help build access to healthy foods in Oberlin and southern Lorain County, helping harvest and transport donated farm produce, assisting with OCS’s weekly food distributions and pop-up produce pantries, and conducting research and community outreach. What coursework have you completed that helps prepare you for this position? What relevant work, volunteer, or personal experience would you bring to the position?
c. The position will involve working with OCS staff and volunteers, local growers, OCS clients, and other community members. Our community is diverse, and Food Justice Assistants will need to be comfortable working closely with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. Please give an example of a time you worked with someone from a different background from you, or a time that a work or volunteer experience took you outside of your comfort zone. How did you handle it? What did you learn? What do you plan to bring to such interactions in the future?
b. Food Justice Assistants will help build access to healthy foods in Oberlin and southern Lorain County, helping harvest and transport donated farm produce, assisting with OCS’s weekly food distributions and pop-up produce pantries, and conducting research and community outreach. What coursework have you completed that helps prepare you for this position? What relevant work, volunteer, or personal experience would you bring to the position?
c. The position will involve working with OCS staff and volunteers, local growers, OCS clients, and other community members. Our community is diverse, and Food Justice Assistants will need to be comfortable working closely with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. Please give an example of a time you worked with someone from a different background from you, or a time that a work or volunteer experience took you outside of your comfort zone. How did you handle it? What did you learn? What do you plan to bring to such interactions in the future?
Please submit all responses to Liv Hanson at
liv@oberlincommunityservices.org and Hannah Gregory at
hannahgregory@oberlincommunityservices.org.
Documents Needed to Apply
Required Documents
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