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Massachusetts Employer Community Engagement Coordinator in Salem, Massachusetts
Job Description:The Commonwealth Corps Members will assist in outreach and engagement efforts to grow our food access partnerships and provide local food distribution support. Service members will perform the following: (a) Mobile Market Launch: engage food insecure communities and food access partners in a North Shore Mobile Market Coalition; support Mobile Market operations; provide nutrition education; and track results to develop an enterprise model for a new mobile market program in low-income North Shore communities; (b) Food Hub and Farm Production Support: alongside farmer trainees and farmer training staff, support educational goals and experiential farm programming in demonstration training plot, support demonstration plot maintenance with Practicum participants, volunteers including planting, weeding, harvesting of crops for food access and food hub markets; (c) Food Hub Logistical Support: support volunteer outreach, training, coaching, and food hub distribution logistics; (d) Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement: engage volunteers and identify volunteer needs on farm and in food hub; (e) Community Event Planning and Support: develop schedule of community engagement events on farm and volunteer roles needed, engage community partners to leverage outreach, and support execution of events and follow up services. What You?ll Do: Essential Responsibilities: \Complete a minimum of 1,500 hours of service, serving through June 21, 2025. \Attend a minimum of 6 Commonwealth Corps trainings and service events held by MSA post orientation. \Participate in a minimum of 1 hour of MSA-related activities each week. This may include filling out timesheets, completing a bi-monthly reflection or check-in, or other MSA-related tasks or activities. \Engage communities in New Entry\'s new Mobile Market program and engage food access partners in the North Shore Mobile Market Coalition. \Conduct community outreach to increase awareness and engagement in New Entry programs and services to build partnerships and generate community support for the mission. \Recruit, engage, manage, track, and steward volunteers to support New Entry operations. \Contribute to New Entry newsletter development and website content. \Participate in Food Hub coordination and management, including share packing, volunteer supervision, marketing, CSA/Senior share newsletter development, and connecting low-income consumers to fresh locally grown food. \Support Farmer Training team to prepare produce for market (harvesting, washing, and packing produce), support demonstration plot maintenance (planting, weeding, watering), and facilitate produce distribution to consumers. Marginal Responsibilities: \Support planning and coordination of on farm community events and tours for the public. \Support agricultural training courses and workshops. \Facilitate project evaluation, collection of metrics, and tracking of project outcomes. \Be a part of the greater Commonwealth Corps community, including participating in cross-site learning groups, writing a short profile for the CC newsletter, connecting with other members on our online platforms, and attending optional social/service events. Job Qualifications You must be: \ A Massachusetts resident with legal authorization to work in the U.S. \18 years of age at minimum (member age range is 18 ? 70+ years old) \Excited to give back to your community and interested in developing your skills and gaining new professional experiences \Able to balance service internship commitments with personal commitments in a sustainable way \Passionate about food justice, local food, farming, and building community connections to food and land \Excited and able to be outdoors in all weather conditions, on uneven terrain in an agricultural setting \Eager to interact with diverse individuals and plan engaging community events and activities for all ages \Adept at compute programs such as Microsoft Off