API SF Marketing & Outreach VISTA

API SF Marketing & Outreach VISTA

StarkFresh is a small, but mighty 501(c)3 nonprofit team of staff and volunteers working together to provide realistic pathways out of poverty in Stark County, Ohio. We tackle the root causes of hunger by providing affordable retail food options and entrepreneurship programming to the underserved in our community. Being a small organization with several large-scale programs & a limited paid staff, we are adept at utilizing partnerships & our volunteer network to keep the programs running smoothly. There are several programs that we currently operate that advance our mission and reduce or remove barriers to break the cycle of poverty and provide fresh, nutritious food in chronically underserved neighborhoods throughout the County. Our main focus is on our Retail Food Programming, which includes two brick-and-mortar Grocery Stores and an online Grocery Store. Our secondary focus is on the work done around our two shared-use commercial kitchens. The StarkFresh Marketing & Outreach Coordinator VISTA will work alongside staff, existing area agencies, groups, and volunteers to better develop and refine a sustainable, robust marketing and outreach program that can be used to positively impact agency operations as well as the greater Stark Community as a whole. The VISTA can expect to have many opportunities to learn more about systematic racism and the lasting effects it continues to have on our food system.

Member Duties : The SF VISTA will build organizational capacity and efficiency by consolidating existing operations and developing new partnerships in order to expand the reach of services. The VISTA will also coordinate a cohesive, agency-wide outreach strategy to efficiently spread information about program services throughout the community to those most impacted by poverty and hunger.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Training .

*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .

Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas :
Community and Economic Development , Health .

Skills :
Business/Entrepreneur , Public Speaking , Team Work , Community Organization , Leadership , Social Services , Trade/Construction , General Skills , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Computers/Technology , Communications , Writing/Editing .