Community Engagement Coordinator

JUST ROOTS JOB OPPORTUNITY

Community Engagement Coordinator 

Just Roots is growing! Will you be the newest member of our small, bright, skilled, passionate, exuberant, equity-driven team? Join Just Roots to build vibrant community, equity and health through food, farming and connection. Working at Just Roots comes with an abundance of fresh produce straight from our fields during the harvest season and the opportunity to put your skills to build a more equitable world! We love our work and are proud of the power and impact of our small yet mighty team. Looking forward to reeling in more rockstars. 

WHO IS JUST ROOTS:

Just Roots is a social justice organization that builds equity, connection, health, pride and empowerment in our community and beyond through food-based programs and systems change. Our farm, programming and advocacy efforts connect people to food and one another. We do our work by growing food; connecting people of all ages and life experiences with the land; running an all-income CSA (we’ve got the biggest SNAP-enrolled low-income CSA in the state!); cooking community meals; developing partnerships with schools, health insurance companies, legislators, health clinics and other resource agencies; researching the health outcomes of CSA participation and more. We build direct access, models, momentum and evidence for change in agricultural policy, food policy and social justice. We are a small, efficient, farm-based organization with a goal to change the food system and bring more equity to the world.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

Apply by November 15.

START DATE: January 2021

SCHEDULE: full time, 40 hours/week

COMPENSATION: $37,500 salaried position + Just Roots Farm Share and Retirement that includes 3% guaranteed contribution by Just Roots, and paid time off.

● Coordinate Just Roots website updates, marketing and communications calendars - work closely with all Just Roots team members to ensure we are effectively getting the word out about our work by website, newsletter, in-person outreach, social media and more, and that all communications are timely, on-message, clear, impactful!

● Coordinate Feastival program - coordinate the day-to-day operations of the program including team coordination, activity planning, materials creation and translation, distribution, and collaborating with your Feastival chefs and kitchen team!

● Organize and run events and outreach strategies to engage new and existing community members, including staffing some already-existing programs

● Design and create vibrant, culturally appropriate and easy-to-navigate flyers, brochures, handouts, forms, surveys, signs, email templates and other materials used to communicate with the Just Roots community

● Design impact and evaluative reports for staff, board, partners, funders and public

● Generate engaging social media, newsletter and web content, as well as content to support our wrap-around services

● Connect with community -- doorknock, deliver materials to participants’ doorsteps, attend community events and meetings that allow for new connections, connect individually with community members, and participate in trainings and meetings related to Hunger, Food Access, Equity and Health

● Support additional programming and community engagement efforts as new programs/projects arise

REQUIRED SKILLS:

● Outstanding communicator -- fluent and strong writing and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish! Will consistently communicate through text, email, phone, in-person and in virtual gathering spaces with community, team members and partners in both languages

● Outgoing, confident, humble and easeful to engage with new people -- this includes everything from knocking on strangers’ doors or cooking with strangers via zoom, to creating new connections at a networking section of a meeting

● Confident working both independently and as a member of a collaborative team both directly and remotely

● Confident and enthusiastic about cooking! (Don’t need to be a Chef, but you should be someone who loves to talk about food, and can easily recommend and describe simple and delicious ways of preparing food!)

● Ease in both navigating basic computer software programs (google docs and sheets, basic graphic design and back-end web, Miscrosoft Word and Excel) and learning new basic programs used by Just Roots

● Exceptionally organized, detail-oriented and able to juggle competing priorities and dynamic projects

● Experience in and commitment to working with, following the lead of, and elevating the voices of oppressed people, community organizing experience

● Ability to be outdoors and on your feet for many hours in all safe weather conditions

● Comfort with driving large trucks (training will be provided). Current driver's license required. No CDL license required.

● Flexible and responsive - inspired by trying new things, reflecting, learning, pivoting and trying again!

● Competency in making swift and sound independent judgment calls, and commitment to collaborative, mindful and thorough decision-making processes

● Driven to be a part of change in this world, with an abundance of positivity and hope (no expectation to check the rest of your emotions at the door -- we’re also angry and heartbroken about the inequities plaguing our world -- but we need your hope and positivity too!) 

PREFERRED SKILLS:

● 1+ year of project coordination experience

WORK DURING COVID-19: Just Roots programs and efforts continue providing food and building strength and equity in our communities during these challenges and physically distanced times. For this position, some of the work will be done remotely for the duration of state-recommended physical distancing. You will need access to a computer, reliable phone service and wifi. Travel to and working in a shared office in Greenfield, as well as meeting with staff, community members and partners in safely spaced outdoor gatherings will also be required. Safety is our priority -- masks, distancing, and limited numbers in the office space are all required. Decisions on the timing of return to a daily office presence will be communicated in a timely manner. Continued remote work will be discussed on an individual basis.

Potential for Just Roots computer to be provided for staff if needed.

Email Rochelle@justroots.org with your cover letter and resume.

Just Roots is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Just Roots will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Just Roots does not discriminate in hiring, promotion, or any other aspect of your employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, height, weight, or any other characteristic protected by law.