AmeriCorps Local Food Safety Coordinator [Disaster Response]
This position is with Dig In! located in Burnsville, North Carolina. Our mission is to build and maintain a volunteer-operated community garden and, through established partnerships with local hunger relief agencies, provide fresh fruits and vegetables to people within our community who are in need of food assistance. The garden will also serve an educational function, to teach, inspire, and empower people in Yancey County to grow their own healthy foods using both traditional and modern sustainable methods. THIS POSITION WILL HAVE A START DATE BETWEEN MAY 18TH AND 22ND, WITH THE DATE BEING NO LATER THAN JUNE 1ST 2020. THE SERVICE TERM IS FOR 6 MONTHS FROM FIRST DAY OF SERVICE.
**PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE UPLOADED ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS – RESUME, COVER LETTER, STATE OR FEDERAL ID, COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS, BIRTH CERTIFICATE (IF US PASSPORT NOT UPLOADED). If required documents are not uploaded at time of application, any offer for employment will be withheld until they are provided. All AmeriCorps Members must submit to having a National Sex Offender, State of Residence (if state is different than NC), State of NC, and Federal FBI Background check conducted. Any applicant denying to submit to these checks will be automatically disqualified as per federal regulations.
For this 6 month PART TIME (20 hours a week) 450 service hour term of service as an AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team member. The AmeriCorps program will offer a living stipend of $4,092 for 6 months (paid twice a month, on the 15th and last business day). Participants who complete the program will receive an Segal Education Award of $ 1,638.89 from the National Service Trust. Both the living stipend and Education Award is taxable income per federal regulation. (The living stipend may increase based on program participation)
CTNC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE OF RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR FAMILIAL STATUS.
CTNC SEEKS TO ENGAGE APPLICANTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY OF ASIAN, BLACK, HISPANIC, MULTI-RACIAL, AND NATIVE AMERICAN BACKGROUND, IN CONSERVATION CAREERS. CONNECTING MORE DIVERSE APPLICANTS TO AN EMPLOYMENT PATHWAY HAS LED TO GREATER EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OF ALL PEOPLE IN CONSERVATION.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
To assist Dig In! and local food organizations in Yancey County develop and implement protocol that increases the access to local, fresh produce using the highest measures of food safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Assist in the creation, testing, and dissemination of on-farm and gardening practices to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in the handling of produce destined for the local food system.
Provide technical assistance to gardeners, farmers, and organizations in implementing practices at the farm and garden level to safely harvest, wash, and package produce for public consumption in the emergency food system.
Assist organizational leaders develop plans and implement food handling practices for three local food programs supplying fresh produce to vulnerable and low-income households in Yancey County.
Assist Dig In! staff in the harvesting, washing, packaging and distribution activities that provide fresh, local food to food insecure households.
QUALIFICATIONS
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
PREFERRED SCHEDULE
A person will be asked to work the majority of their hours Monday -Friday between the hours of 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM. The schedule will be determined in conjunction with the member’s site supervisor on a bi-weekly basis as it relates to the programming and benchmarks established in the work plan.