New Roots Food Access Intern (Unpaid)

Overview

Assist with food access programs and outreach efforts

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree or coursework in local food systems, community development, nutrition, public health or other related field.
• Demonstrated experience in community engagement, particularly with disadvantaged communities and related to food access or nutrition, preferred.
• Prior experience teaching or facilitating workshops/trainings preferred.
• Prior experience working with refugees, immigrant or pre-literate populations in non-traditional setting preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills required.
• A flexible schedule and ability to travel to various offsite locations preferred.
• Second language a plus.

The IRC Phoenix New Roots Program’s focus is to help newly arrived refugees, asylees and other immigrant populations access fresh, affordable and healthy produce, better integrate into their communities, and navigate their new food systems. The New Roots Food Access Intern will assist IRC staff in outreach, recruitment and facilitation of the Nutrition Education Food Access program (NEFA), Navigating a New Food System (NNFS) program, as well as operation of the New Roots Farm Stand at Camel Backyard.

Qualifications RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Outreach, recruit, and enroll eligible clients for the NEFA and NNFS programs

- Facilitate NEFA classes at the IRC office with appropriate language interpretation

- Facilitate interactive NNFS workshops at CamelBackyard Community Food Hub

- Administer client surveys

- Assist IRC staff with data collection

- Conduct outreach and provide food access resources to IRC clients and the community

- Assist New Roots staff in managing the Farm Stand at CamelBackyard

- Coordinate with New Roots growers to aggregate produce

- Assist growers in market exploration

- Support community engagement and educational activities

- Assist the New Roots program with ongoing program tasks as needed

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The intern will develop the following skills:

- Foster outreach skills in working with predominantly non-English speaking populations

- Build communication skills while engaging with customers, community members, and growers

- Develop a working knowledge of how to assist refugee clients in learning about the American food system

- Implement logistical planning and time management skills in a dynamic environment

- Design curriculum to expand client mastery of the “Navigating a New Food System” program

- Learn how to operate a farm stand including advertising, produce aggregation, customer logistics, and marketing strategies -

REQUIREMENTS:

- Bachelor’s degree or coursework in local food systems, community development, nutrition, public health or other related field.

- Demonstrated experience in community engagement, particularly with disadvantaged communities and related to food access or nutrition, preferred.

- Prior experience teaching or facilitating workshops/trainings preferred.

- Prior experience working with refugees, immigrant or pre-literate populations in non-traditional setting preferred.

- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills required.

- A flexible schedule and ability to travel to various offsite locations preferred.

- Second language a plus.

This position reports to the New Roots Manager

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org