Community Engagement Coordinator

Southside Community Land Trust
Providence, RI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/9/2022 CLOSED ON 6/9/2023

Job Posting for Community Engagement Coordinator at Southside Community Land Trust

Social Enterprise Greenhouse is partnering with Southside Community Land Trust on their search for the role of Community Engagement Coordinator.

About us:

Southside Community Land Trust’s mission is to provide access to land, education, and other resources so people in Rhode Island can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where locally produced, affordable and healthy food is available to all.

Job Description:

Community Engagement Coordinators (CEC) build the long-term capacity of their Service Sites by developing and leading culturally inclusive programming, events, and volunteer opportunities that provide broad social and environmental benefits to underrepresented beneficiaries. Member projects address inequities in public health, economic opportunity, education, land accessibility, and environmental sustainability. Through engaging diverse peoples and collaborating with community partners, CECs build bridges that reinforce the connection between land and a sustainable social, economic, and environmental future for all people.

Job Duties:

  • Develop an event to bring together various stakeholders surrounding the land trust to learn and talk about the intersections of food and environmental justice and the importance of building equitable community-level food
  • Develop a series of community engagements, inviting neighbors of the gardens and farms to a social gathering at the gardens and farms to learn and hear from them about their connection to the land trust, its work, food access and food
  • In conjunction with the Community Partnerships Manager and other key stakeholders, develop a community advisory board, to develop a two-year community outreach and engagement plan for 404 Broad
  • Assist in SCLT’s produce aggregation and produce prescription programs (VeggieRX), distributing produce to participants and partner sites, relationship building with farmers, participants and partners, and developing outreach and education materials for the development of these and other projects will occur during the first two months of service and consider the Member’s interests and skills.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong writing and verbal communication skills
  • Able to serve both independently and as a member of a team
  • Comfort navigating computer software programs
  • Training and experience pertinent to the Youth Education Coordinator position and projects listed above
  • Experience training and educating community members and volunteers
  • Skills in any of the following languages including Spanish, Swahili, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Hmong, French, Kunama, Burmese Haitian Creole, Khmer, and Lao. Or any language spoken by under-resourced communities in South Providence, Pawtucket and Central
  • Demonstrated experience with, and commitment to efforts that advance race equity and social justice
  • Experience collaborating with diverse communities and creating inclusive programming/events

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15,200.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

  • Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Providence, RI 02907: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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