What are the responsibilities and job description for the Good Food Buck Ambassador - NEWARK position at City Green?
What are Good Food Bucks?
Good Food Bucks help make fruits and vegetables more affordable for Families First customers. When a customer uses Families First at a participating farmers’ market or other store to buy fruits and vegetables, the store gives the customer Good Food Bucks so they can buy even more fresh fruits and vegetables.
What is the Good Food Buck Ambassador Program?
The Good Food Buck Ambassador program connects Families First customers with the tools and information they need to find affordable fruits and vegetables in their communities.
What does a Good Food Buck Ambassador Do?
Good Food Buck Ambassadors meet with community organizations, neighborhood leaders, and local residents to share and gather information on behalf of the Good Food Bucks Program and City Green. Good Food Buck
Ambassadors:
- Set up and host a Welcome Table to share information at local fresh-food markets including small and mid-size supermarkets and farmer’s markets.
- Invite first-time customers to visit and use benefits on healthy foods.
- Give presentations to audience members at partner organizations.
- Set up information tables at partner organizations.
- Survey participants on the Good Food Bucks program
Who can be a Good Food Buck Ambassador?
We are looking for ambassadors who are:
- Reliable, punctual, and dependable with a friendly, personable, and outgoing.
- Available to work between 5 and 10 hours per week and willing to work flexible hours (including some weekends and evenings)
- Able to travel to locations throughout your assigned community
- Eager to communicate in an engaging and respectful manner with diverse residents of the assigned community.
What are the Job Requirements & Qualifications?
- Interest or experience with community outreach or organizing work
- 18 years old
- Attend all trainings and assigned shifts
- Live, work and/or have strong community connections in and around Newark
- Passionate about your community
- Willing to conduct outreach at community sites and markets throughout Newark
- Enjoy working with diverse groups of individuals
- Fluency in any additional language spoken in Newark a plus
Tell me more about the Good Food Buck Ambassador Job...
- Up to 5 hours a week in the Winter and Spring
- Up to 10 hours a week in the Summer
- Payment: $15 an hour; Based on completion of training, outreach activities, & reporting documentation.
- Additional Stipend
- Ambassadors will receive $10 weekly stipend to spend on fruits and vegetables at Good Food
Buck market sites from June-August 2022
To apply: please visit www.citygreenonline.org/careers and apply via the directions and application on the site.
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary
Pay: Up to $15.00 per hour
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Community Engagement Specialists: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Preferred)
Work Location: Multiple Locations