VISTA: Build Food-Secure Communities & Gardens

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 18,000 - 21,000; 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 is seeking an AmeriCorps VISTA to support the Food Security & Community Agriculture project in South Carolina. The volunteer term focuses on building organizational capacity and empowering residents in Nicholtown, New Washington Heights, and other low-income areas.

You will validate current programs, design an operating roadmap, and establish a sustainable garden system. At term end, ownership will be transferred to designated leaders.

Qualifications

• Environment, Team Work.

Responsibilities

• Validate Sustaining Way's current food-security and community-agriculture work and establish a sponsor-approved operating roadmap that identifies 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.

Skills

Environment

Team Work

Education

College graduate

Job description

Sustaining Way is seeking an AmeriCorps VISTA to support the Food Security & Community Agriculture project in South Carolina. The volunteer term focuses on building organizational capacity and empowering residents in Nicholtown, New Washington Heights, and other low-income areas.

You will validate current programs, design an operating roadmap, and establish a sustainable garden system. At term end, ownership will be transferred to designated leaders.