Food Security & Community Agriculture Systems VISTA

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; South Carolina; On-site; USD 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Job summary

Sustaining Way's AmeriCorps VISTA project seeks a member to support food security and community agriculture initiatives in Nicholtown, New Washington Heights, and other approved low-income communities in South Carolina.

You will validate ongoing work, establish an operating roadmap, and transfer the system to designated owners by the end of service term. Benefits include childcare assistance, an Education Award or End of Service Stipend, health coverage, and more.

Responsibilities

• Validate Sustaining Way's food-security and community-agriculture work and establish an operating roadmap with priorities, boundaries, responsibilities, measures, seasonal milestones, and sustainable owners for the service term.
• Establish and test a documented operating system for Backyard Gardens and sponsor-designated community gardens to strengthen participant continuity, resident leadership, partner coordination, and the effective use of trained volunteers.
• By the end of the service term, transfer the adopted system to designated owners.

Job description

Sustaining Way's AmeriCorps VISTA project seeks a member to support food security and community agriculture initiatives in Nicholtown, New Washington Heights, and other approved low-income communities in South Carolina.

You will validate ongoing work, establish an operating roadmap, and transfer the system to designated owners by the end of service term. Benefits include childcare assistance, an Education Award or End of Service Stipend, health coverage, and more.