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Family Continuity is seeking a Division Director to lead our workforce in a fast paced, innovative clinical setting in Northeastern Massachusetts. This is a multi-faceted role combining strategic vision, program development, staff management, and operational and fiscal responsibility. The Division Director will provide overall leadership for current service delivery and will pursue new opportunities to expand our impact and effectiveness. They will work closely with our funders and community partners to build sustainable financial resources for the division. They will also lead a team that is committed to collaboration and growth, and providing services in a way that builds on strengths and wellness.

Our mission is to inspire individuals and families to achieve overall wellness through counseling, support, education and making connections to community.

This is evidenced by our quality work with clients and a strong commitment to our employees. Family Continuity is an equal opportunity employer. We are actively seeking candidates from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities and those with lived experience.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Division Director provides clinical, fiscal and administrative oversight for the provision of behavioral health and social services to people in the local Lawrence & Peabody areas of Northeastern MA. Family Continuity provides services in a variety of office, home-based and community settings. This position may be headquartered in one of these two sites.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a related human service field from an accredited college/university
• An LICSW or recognized Massachusetts independent clinical license
• Five years’ experience in behavioral health counseling and providing community and family-based treatment services
• Five years’ supervisory/leadership/management experience
• Clinical knowledge of both mental health and substance abuse services
• Experience working with a broad range of populations in a clinical environment as well as working with quality assurance systems, managed care entities, state agencies, etc.
• Experience with program design, development, implementation and management
• Experience with budgetary processes and fiscal oversight of programs
• Experience with quality measures and oversight
• Experience with CBHI and associated services
• Reliable transportation and ability to travel between Lawrence and Peabody sites as well as attend meetings across the state
• Computer proficiency
• Shared administrator on call responsibilities
• Work in collaboration with the CFO and CEO regarding overall direction of the agency

Benefits

At Family Continuity, our most valued asset is our people. An investment in our employees is an investment in our success. That’s why we pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive, value-driven benefits package that promotes health, enhances work/life balance, and provides stability for our employees and their family members, now and into the future. We’re proud to say that our benefits packet ranks as one of the most robust among nonprofits providing our employees with a variety of options allowing them to choose what works best for them.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes :

• 401k retirement plan
• Medical
• Dental
• Flexible Spending Account
• Generous Paid Time Off package
• Employee referral bonuses
• Professional Liability Insurance
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CPR / First Aid / Safety/ Narcan Training

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
To keep our employees and clients safe we are following CDC cleaining, social distancing and mask wearing guidelines as well as following the State’s business opening guidelines.

Education: Master’s (Required)

Experience:

• provision of community and family-based treatment services: 5 years (Required)
• Supervising Experience: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification: LICSW, LMHC, LMFT or other independent license in MA (Required)

Work Location: Multiple locations

Shelter Music Boston Artistic Director (part-time)      

Shelter Music Boston (SMB) is seeking an Artistic Director (AD) to envision, implement, maintain, and grow the artistic and creative components of our mission, vision, values, and cultural equity aspirations. This part-time role (15 hours per week) reports to our Board of Directors and often works in collaboration with our operations staff. Below illustrates an aspirational leadership profile for SMB’s Artistic Director position, reflecting the skills and qualifications that would be most advantageous for our organization at this time. If your skills match some, but not all, of the qualifications listed below and you believe you could be a good match for SMB, please send your materials. We look forward to hearing from you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Artistic

• Approve selection of all musical repertoire and concert instrumentation proposed by Ensemble Leaders.
• Select, train, and manage Shelter Music Boston Ensemble Leaders and musicians, often in collaboration with the managing director and with attention to recruiting/supporting a corps of musicians diverse in race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical abilities, and beyond. 
• Design and implement special artistic projects, typically annually. Past programs have included our Women Composers Project, Collaborative Composition Project, and Florence Price Project.
• Oversee the research and preparation of biographical, historical, and musicological concert program notes for printed/virtual concert programs; approve music purchases and acquisitions, including custom arrangements; and oversee the organization and orderly maintenance of the SMB online music library.
• Perform in concerts delivered to homeless shelters and substance misuse recovery center concerts, as appropriate, throughout the year. 

Shelter Music Boston is committed to creating concert programs that reflect a wide variety of music that, while rooted in the Western classical genre, will encompass varied styles, emotions, and time periods, and be inclusive of music by composers of diverse backgrounds, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning), and women composers. Programming should offer maximum potential to welcome audience members unfamiliar with classical music and engage audience members familiar with the genre.

Leadership

• Inspire artistic vision, direction, and innovation that maintain and grow the Shelter Music Boston standards of creative excellence. 
• Represent Shelter Music Boston’s mission, vision, values, and cultural equity aspirations while enhancing SMB’s position as a leader locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Coordinate with SMB managing director to achieve organizational goals and carry out the strategic plan as pertaining to artistic matters. 
• Support internship program by building partnerships/collaborations with educational institutions and by mentoring the students in SMB’s artistic social justice work and nonprofit organizational work.
• Attend regular board meetings and provide artistic updates.

Fundraising

• Participate in donor cultivation and/or philanthropic meetings, activities, and events, as appropriate.  
• Perform and/or program music for donor cultivation and/or philanthropic meetings, activities, and events, as appropriate.  
• Support SMB fundraising efforts by providing artistically appropriate content for grant proposals, reports, and program documentation.

Marketing and Communications

• Help increase SMB’s visibility, networking, and impact by creating social media content that highlights the social change and social justice work of SMB and emphasizes local, national, and international artistic collaborations for social justice. 
• Support media outreach efforts for SMB programming and special artistic projects, as appropriate.

Additional duties as appropriate.  

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrate an outstanding career as a performing musician, a social justice activist, and an educator with unique vision.
• A Bachelor’s degree, or higher – or the equivalent professional experience – in music, with an emphasis on Western classical music, as well as significant interest in and experience with music written by a diverse range of composers, including BIPOC, LGBTQ, and women composers. 
• Capacity to engage with and empower audiences in unconventional concert settings, particularly with marginalized communities.
• Successful record of creative concert programming and preparing ensembles for performances with measurable outcomes. 
• Successful record of managerial experience and proven leadership in arts management or the equivalent, including efforts to build and support a diverse corps of musicians.
• Significant experience and creativity with building, maintaining, and leveraging a wide variety of social media platforms as an activist, musical artist, and innovator. 
• Commitment to anti-racism, social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and in program delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to details, including the capacity to communicate SMB mission internally and externally.
• Demonstrated ability to plan strategically, prioritize time, and manage implementation of plans in highly changeable environments. 
• Ability to work evening and weekend hours in order to perform concerts, participate in occasional fundraising events, and attend regular board meetings.
• Willingness, ability, and recognized experience with participation in major fundraising opportunities.
• Collaborative team player and thoughtful team builder.
• Able to work independently from a home office.  Shelter Music Boston does not have a shared work space at this time and due to the coronavirus pandemic. 
• Residence in the Greater Boston area.                                                                                                       

COMPENSATION

This part-time W2 position consists of 15 hours per week to be divided between program implementation, staff meetings, building partnerships, additional duties as listed above, and the creative work of an artistic director. The Artistic Director will be paid a salary of $25,000 – $30,000, commensurate with experience, over 12 months, with 4 weeks unpaid vacation. Performing on live concert programs at homeless shelters and recovery centers or on video recordings will be paid at current SMB pay scale for musicians, beyond the artistic director salary. This position has a flexible work schedule. There are no benefits included with this position at this time.  Shelter Music Boston is committed to adding benefits as it is able. 

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your resume/CV, at least two (2) references, and a cover letter outlining your professional accomplishments and what makes you a good fit for Shelter Music Boston. Please include links to websites or online resources with representative samples of successfully delivered creative work, including your own musical performances. These samples should showcase work that includes BIPOC, LGTBTQ, and women composers , as well as unique collaborations with composers, other musicians, and nontraditional venues.

We also ask for a document outlining two (2) sample chamber music concert programs, including composers, instrumentation, and length of pieces/program, which indicate an understanding of SMB’s programming priorities. Please provide a brief description of why you have selected this repertoire. 

Please send all application materials to Carrie Eldridge-Dickson, Managing Director, at carrie@sheltermusicboston.org by Friday, February 5, 2021.

ABOUT SHELTER MUSIC BOSTON

Shelter Music Boston (SMB) is an internationally recognized leader in providing innovative programming through its classical music performances in social service settings. Since 2010 SMB has provided over 600 classical chamber music concerts, performed to the highest artistic standards, to homeless shelters and other sheltering environments throughout Greater Boston. The mission of this organization is to promote community, creative interaction, respect, and therapeutic benefit via live concerts provided to organizations that offer services to people who are homeless and/or struggling with substance misuse and mental health issues. We believe all people deserve access to the dignity, creativity, and passion of classical music, whether or not they have a home. We envision a world in which classical music is embraced as an integral component of professionally delivered social services in sheltering environments. 

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Shelter Music Boston is currently creating virtual programming through concert video recordings shared with our partner organizations via YouTube. We will return to live programming when it is safe to do so.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO EQUITY

Shelter Music Boston is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, independent contractors, board members and other volunteers, vendors, and the individuals we serve. The audiences we serve represent a diverse cross section within our community, including people of color, people living in poverty, women, and individuals who identify as LGBTQ. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) builds the networks and capacity to accelerate social change in Greater Boston. SIF connects innovative nonprofit organizations and social impact businesses with an ever-growing community of 1,400 volunteers, investors and practitioners who contribute their time, talents, resources and money to drive positive social impact. It is by mobilizing the members of Greater Boston that SIF is able to catalyze the impact of over 100 social impact organizations since its launch in 2003. To learn more about the Social Innovation Forum’s impact, check out this video: http://www.socialinnovationforum.org/our-impact. 

As our first Development Manager, you’ll share our belief that we can meaningfully drive social change by leveraging the resources that already exist within Greater Boston. Your prior experience obtaining and managing grants from corporate and foundation funders and track record with individual giving, major gifts, and corporate sponsorships will help you thrive in this role as SIF’s primary multi-functional development professional.  

The Development Manager is a critical member of the SIF team whose work sits at the center of SIF’s efforts to engage a range of supporters in its work. This position plays a key role in keeping the development team organized, aligned, and on track to achieve its fundraising goals. This role reports to our newly-hired Director of Community Mobilization and works closely with SIF’s Executive Director, Director of Network Engagement, and Director of Strategy & Operations. This role is a great opportunity for someone with previous development experience to take on greater leadership while further growing their skills in nonprofit fundraising. 

You’ll be a wonderful addition to our team if you are an experienced, results-oriented professional who is eager to lead efforts to secure and sustain revenue.  It’s your ambition to be a creative, strategic and driven champion for SIF that will help you excel in the role.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

Corporate and Foundation Funding 

• Create and manage a multi-year grants solicitation pipeline and schedule.
• Manage all grants through their full lifecycle from writing compelling proposals (adapting organizationally adapted narratives) through final reporting.
• Maintain and deepen existing foundation and corporate relationships.
• Steward SIF’s Approach and Impact lunch series with the Director of Network Engagement and Director of Community Mobilization to introduce potential funders to the organization.
• Manage workplace giving and combined fund campaign participation.
• Identify prospects and secure new foundation and corporate supporters.

Individual Donors and Major Gifts

• Collaborate with Executive Director and Director of Community Mobilization to implement SIF’s individual giving program.
• Project manage SIF’s annual report production and appeal mailings.
• Identify prospects and support the organization in developing a structured approach to moves management to cultivate and secure new individual donors and engage existing donors more deeply.
• Work with the full development team to produce timely reports through Salesforce that will aid with decisions around development strategy.

Communications and Publications

• Partner with the Communications & Events Coordinator to implement an integrated strategic communications plan, including media and social media strategies to advance awareness of SIF’s work within Greater Boston.
• Cultivate and enhance meaningful relationships with targeted, high-level external audiences, and increase the visibility of our program across key stakeholder audiences.

QUALIFICATIONS

Each candidate brings their own unique combination of strengths, skills and lived and professional experiences to a role. Reviewing the qualifications listed below can help you to better understand what will be expected of you as a member of the SIF team. We do not expect candidates to meet all of the criteria. If you think you would be a strong candidate for this role, please apply even if you don’t meet all of the qualifications listed.  Due to SIF’s event schedule, a willingness to work some early mornings and evenings is required for this position.

• 4+ years of experience with prospect research, moves management, grant writing and best practices in corporate sponsorships, individual giving and major gifts
• A strong interest in / knowledge of the range of social issues our Innovators are working to address (familiarity with the Greater Boston community highly desired)
• Technology-savvy individual, experienced with CRM databases (experience using Salesforce for Nonprofits is a plus) and online email marketing services (such as Constant Contact). Aptitude and drive to learn new software and systems.
• Exceptional organizational skills, detail orientation, professionalism, maturity, and discretion. 
• Cultural humility and an ability to build strong and lasting relationships with various stakeholders
• Commitment to SIF’s mission and to capacity building as an approach to strengthening the nonprofit sector
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including strong editing skills
• Flexibility and an ability to thrive and learn in our fast-paced environment while bringing an enthusiastic, collaborative approach to your work. 

OUR CORE VALUES

Engaged Community   SIF’s “marketplace approach” centers on a connected and collaborative community in which nonprofit leaders, donors, volunteers, and others put their skills to work most effectively towards the shared goal of addressing inequities and accelerating social impact in Greater Boston and beyond.  

Deep Relationships   Building and fostering authentic and trusting relationships among members of our community is core to how we do our work. SIF makes these connections with intentionality and care, and we find joy in seeing them grow and evolve.

Continuous Learning    Our team actively seeks to gain new knowledge and understanding from others, with others, and independently. We welcome feedback, engage in honest reflection, and focus on ongoing improvement. We also share our learning with others whenever possible. 

Nimbleness   SIF is willing to take risks, test new approaches, and pivot in order to respond to emerging priorities. We are adaptable and recognize the need to continuously adjust and innovate in an ever-changing world.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion    At the Social Innovation Forum (SIF), diversity, equity, and inclusion are part of our core values.  We commit to continuous learning and acknowledge that making progress in these areas will be an ongoing journey.  We invite all members of our community to engage in this learning with us, share their perspectives, and give us feedback along the way.

MAKING THE DECISION TO APPLY

The Social Innovation Forum offers a robust compensation and benefits package including high-quality health and dental insurance, four weeks of paid time off, and access to a retirement plan.   The salary range for this role begins at $60,000 and is commensurate with experience.

This position is currently remote, though we are expecting all employees to return to our Boston office as soon as we can safely return to the workplace following the COVID-19 pandemic.​​

Interested candidates are encouraged to promptly submit their application through the online portal operated by our recruitment partner Positively Partners. All applicants will receive a response to their application within two weeks of submission. Please email SIF@positivelypartners.org with questions or for support submitting your application. 

 —————EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER—————-

SIF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services. Knowing its importance to the success of our work, SIF is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we aspire to build a diverse staff team and community, including groups that are traditionally underrepresented among our sector leadership.

 Assabet Valley Collaborative is seeking to hire a Director of Educational Technology (EdTech) 

NOTE:  Before you read on, please read the Commitments to Educational Equity (http://bit.ly/AVC-Equity) that AVC strives to adopt across our organization. We seek to add leaders to our team who can help us make these commitments a reality so that they influence how we lead, learn, innovate, design, collaborate, create, and serve our students, families, partners, and communities. Still interested? See below:

Who We Are:

Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC)  is an educational service agency in Metrowest/Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs, wraparound services, transportation services, professional development, cooperative purchasing and consulting. We are in the process of developing a shared leadership model to engage stakeholders across the organization in learning, leading, designing, and decision-making. To achieve shared leadership, we need to engage in continuous study of the principles of cultural proficiency, culturally responsive practices, human-centered design, design thinking, and social innovation.   

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Director of Educational Technology serves as an essential member of the AVC team to ensure that our technology resources, infrastructure, and expertise foster ongoing innovation in the delivery of high quality services to those we serve now and, as we continue to grow, in the future.   In the current context of COVID-19, our work requires a rapid and robust paradigm shift to more efficiently integrate technology in the equitable, rigorous, and nimble delivery of our services and the operations of AVC.   This paradigm shift includes new ways of delivering physically distant in-person services, new ways of operating virtually/remotely, new ways to pivot efficiently and effectively between in-person and virtual as needed, and strategic planning to leverage technologies to transform our future work long-term.   The core responsibilities of the position are outlined below.  It’s important to note that we are a small team, and it’s crucial that every member of our team is comfortable wearing many hats including some administrative, hands-on, and detail-related responsibilities.  

 Job-specific Details

• AVC’s 100+ employees work in 6 sites – 3 managed by AVC; 3 located in public schools.
• AVC procured a technology audit in 2019 which, among other things, recommended the development of a strategic plan, a complete overhaul of networks, redesign of vendor contracts, and the creation of new positions (including this one). 
• This position is a “start up.”   It will begin with infrastructure and systems development priorities and then grow over time to prioritize professional learning and capacity-building of stakeholders while managing maintenance of systems and infrastructure.
• AVC is a growing and unique organization with some functions similar to a public school district, some functions similar to a mission-driven nonprofit, and some functions similar to a small business.

Strategic Design 

• Engage with stakeholders across AVC to assess needs related to hardware, software, networks, systems, skills, and knowledge.
• Engage diverse stakeholders in developing short- and long-term plans for high quality, modern, innovative technologies to advance our commitments to equity for those we serve in the context of the current pandemic and in the future
• Develop/strengthen partnerships with external entities to expand our capacity/expertise and possibilities (industry, schools, guilds, grants, etc)

Resource Management

• Collaborate on the selection, financing, and deployment of technology resources within programs and across AVC
• Join squad leaders in integrating technology needs within the goals and budgeting for each program
• Work with others to identify and maintain funding sources (e-rate, for example), grants, etc.
• Help to build capacity within AVC so that our technology know-how can be developed into a sustainable asset within AVC and as a service to contract out to others for revenue
• Collaborate with others on the procurement/purchasing/leasing of technology resources to achieve the goals set forth in the long-term strategic planning process

Program and Process Design

• Serve as leader and team player by including multiple stakeholders in designing, testing, evaluating, and implementing systems, processes, and solutions to growing technology needs.
• Manage and monitor the quality of contracts with  outside vendor(s)  for technology support/help desk
• Vendor quality monitoring and accountability
• Request and completion process (ticketing, follow up, documentation, etc)
• Preventive, maintenance, and replacement plans
• In-house trouble-shooting capacity and robust and versatile break-fix capacity
• Process/plans for moving programs into new facilities or within facilities
• Codesign and maintain systems for onboarding new staff and for rolling out new technology 

Information Technology

• In collaboration with stakeholders, lead the integration of information technology into all areas of AVC
• Plan, implement, sustain, and evaluate all tasks related to the integration of information technology into every facet of operations
• Coordinate the use and accessibility of email, websites, social media, web tools, voice systems and other forms of communication
• Implement and maintain systems and tools for gathering, mining, integrating and reporting data in efficient, usable, meaningful and sustainable ways following industry and government standards.
• Implement practices and systems to ensure privacy and security of data

Facilitation and Consultation 

• Codesign effective strategies to strengthen organizational capability in these areas
• Share expertise with stakeholders to support their learning.
• Contribute to AVC’s internal professional learning program to support our staff’s development of technology talent.
• Contribute to AVC’s consulting services by facilitating the learning of customers.
• Codesign practices, processes, and policies to recruit, retain, and promote a diverse workforce supporting these and other AVC needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

We’re looking for an EdTech expert who serves as a leader and as a learner; a team member who is flexible, resourceful, and thrives in a non-traditional, collaborative environment and who understands educational and human service institutions.  This person demonstrates a learning mindset and ability to receive feedback, self-reflect, and pivot as well as an ability to effectively facilitate the learning of others by pushing their thinking, building their skills, and sparking their self-reflection and curiosity.  

Ideal candidates have:   

• A minimum of 8 years of experience 
• An advanced degree in Instructional Technology or equivalent related work experience in a related field (e.g. technology in other industries, digital learning, etc.)
• Advanced scholarship/inquiry (formal or informal) in topics related to personalized learning, human-centered design, assistive technology, educational equity
• Deep working knowledge of current and emerging educational technology systems 
• Experience working in schools, nonprofits, human service organizations
• A passion for interdisciplinary work and intercultural collaborations
• Ability to lead, learn and work within diverse teams
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Ability to engage with conflict and core tensions 
• Ability to seek and incorporate clear and direct feedback from others in own learning plan
• Ability to provide authentic, clear and direct feedback to others to support inter accountability

Bilingual or multilingual is a plus

Full time salary range is $116,280 for a 215-day contract year 

Competitive Benefits include 

• Enrollment in MA State or Teachers Retirement System
• 35 days off (called “non-contract days”)
• Additional time off includes 12 holidays, 4 personal days, 12 sick days
• 75% health insurance premiums covered by AVC
• Voluntary benefits: Flex Spending, Life, Short-term, Long-term Insurance; Dental

For more information and to apply http://www.avcollaborative.org/employment

JUST ROOTS JOB OPPORTUNITY

Food Access and Equity Manager

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 use 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, opportunity 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, healthcare 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.

FOOD ACCESS AND EQUITY MANAGER

Apply by November 2.

START DATE: First week of January 2021, possibility of sooner

SCHEDULE: full time, 40 hours/week

COMPENSATION: $40,000-$43,000 salaried position, depending on experience + Just Roots Farm Share and Retirement that includes 3% guaranteed contribution by Just Roots, and paid time off.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversee programs, communications and community engagement to bring equitable, meaningful health, opportunity and connection to people’s lives!

● Develop and oversee work plans, logistics and day-to-day operations for programming (Feastival and CSAs), communications , and equity-focused work streams

● Work closely with Food Access and Equity team coordinators, and Just Roots team at large, to ensure programs, communications and community engagement efforts are effectively implemented

● Develop messaging and programming that is anti-oppression, inclusive and consistent

● Support the development of and maintain community partnerships

● Lead the Food Access and Equity team in tracking, analyzing and reporting on milestones, impacts, expenses, challenges and successes of programs

● Program development: work closely with Associate Director and partners to build, manage and improve upon programs

● Engage with community through staffing events, and leading and participating in community meetings and conversations

● Curate and provide content for stakeholders and the public around the importance of Equitable Food Access and programs like those of Just Roots

● Support Just Roots Associate Director and new projects/workstreams as needed

REQUIRED SKILLS:

● Outstanding communicator — strong writing and verbal communication skills! Will consistently communicate through text, email, phone and in-person with community, team members and partners

● Flexible and creative — responsive and open to the needs of the organization and community, graceful and enthusiastic about pivoting and changing approaches as needs/projects shift

● Strong analytical skills — ability to skillfully and efficiently seek out information (ex: equity and health literature, legislation, services, products, regulations), analyze and provide overviews, briefings and recommendations

● Confident working both independently and as a member of a collaborative team in direct and remote work settings

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

● Experience with database/customer relationship management software. Just Roots uses Filemaker (training will be provided)

● 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. Lived experience or commitment to anti-oppression work.

● 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

● 3+ years experience in project management and reporting

● 2+ years experience in community organizing

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

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, much of the work will be done remotely for the duration of state-recommended physical distancing. 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.

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.

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.