Food Justice Programs & Distribution Assistant

Riverdale Neighborhood House; New York (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Riverdale Neighborhood House seeks a part-time Food Systems Assistant to support operations, education, and administration across all food access programs—distributions, the community fridge, youth market, volunteer activities, and educational programs.

Working closely with the Food Systems Manager and volunteers, you will manage day-to-day logistics, participant engagement, and events, while helping measure program impact and maintain data.

Qualifications

• Experience with mutual aid, food distributions, or other organizing experience.
• Interest in community building, cooking, and food justice.
• Strong interpersonal, communication (verbal and written) and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee weekly Tuesday produce distributions including set-up, break-down, volunteer management, customer service and program development to foster community connections
• Support food systems operations through tasks like participant outreach (e.g. emails and calls), inventorying, ensuring upkeep of spaces & organizational systems
• Support monitoring of quantitative and qualitative impact of food programs by maintaining database and facilitating participant feedback
• Provide support at events such as community cafe, cook day, and the monthly food pantry
• Assist with the maintenance of The Neighborhood Fridge through cleaning, food procurement, and daily operations and organization
• Help facilitate food justice programs at existing events such as food distributions and in collaboration with existing RNH programs serving ages 3 years and up
• Support the farm stand with staffing and community outreach
• Collaborate with Food Systems Manager, volunteers and other staff to develop and implement new programming to expand food justice and RNH's mission

Skills

Mutual aid

Community building

Interpersonal communication

Google Workspace

Fast-paced environment

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Job description

Riverdale Neighborhood House seeks a part-time Food Systems Assistant to support operations, education, and administration across all food access programs—distributions, the community fridge, youth market, volunteer activities, and educational programs.

Working closely with the Food Systems Manager and volunteers, you will manage day-to-day logistics, participant engagement, and events, while helping measure program impact and maintain data.