Athens Community Food Security VISTA - UGA VISTA Network

About the role

AmeriCorps VISTA members will be selected for placements to collaboratively support organizations and initiatives fighting food insecurity and food waste in the Athens, GA community as part of the UGA VISTA Network. Hosted by the University of Georgia’s Office of Service-Learning. VISTAs provide year-long, full-time, in-person, capacity-building support for local organizations that help meet food-security needs through a wide range of efforts that include food production and distribution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement site-specific plans to support recruitment, management, and supervision of volunteers to assist with site activities and programs (including food recovery, production, preparation, and distribution)
• Undertake development and fundraising activities to support their organization’s work in combating food waste and food insecurity
• Undertake needs assessments and improve data quality related to community food insecurity and food waste
• Create new programming and partnerships across organizations in the food security/production/waste arena
• Develop, enhance, and disseminate communications, including social media, in support of their organization and its activities as well as for the overall network of local food distributions and activities

Requirements

• Interest and skills in areas such as volunteer recruitment and management, community needs assessment, partnership development, food production/distribution, and communication

Qualifications

• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Training
• Relocation Allowance
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance

Skills

• Food production / Cooking
• Community Organization
• Communications

Benefits

• Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Training
• Relocation Allowance
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• Full Time

Contact

Contact Shannon Brooks at UGA Office of Service-Learning, Athens GA 30602, 7065420535, shannon.brooks@uga.edu for more information.