VISTA Food Security Coordinator

AmeriCorps; Vienna (IL); On-site; USD 16,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Health Coverage*

Childcare assistance if eligible

Choice of Education Award or End of Se

Job summary

AmeriCorps Vienna High School is seeking a VISTA Food Security Coordinator to conduct needs assessments, design tools, and research best practices for food security and economic opportunity across Johnson, Pope, Alexander, and Massac Counties. You will coordinate with local schools and higher-ed partners to connect families with resources.

The role offers full-time work through 09/07/2027, requires a high school diploma or GED, and involves developing outreach materials, grant proposals, and

Qualifications

• Program requires a high school diploma or GED.
• AmeriCorps VISTA program involvement or interest is expected.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a food-access and economic-opportunity needs assessment.
• Design and administer a needs-assessment tool.
• Research evidence-based practices in food security and economic-opportunity programming.
• Identify community stakeholders, food banks, and economic-opportunity partners across the region.
• Produce a written needs-assessment report.
• Develop outreach materials.
• Coordinate with University of Illinois Extension and Shawnee Community College staff to connect families with resources.
• Develop a resource-navigation guide connecting families to food banks, SNAP education, and economic-opportunity programs.
• Produce a written outreach toolkit for partner staff.
• Research grant, donor, and in-kind funding opportunities; draft grant proposals or letters of inquiry with the Project Director.
• Facilitate introductions between partner sites, food banks, and potential funders.
• Develop a written sustainability plan documenting systems and partnerships for partner staff to carry forward.

Skills

Youth Development

Communications

Community Organization

Education

General Skills

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

Vienna High School strives to graduate active, self-actualized 21st-century citizens who are caring, career-directed, and value-oriented. Through the Impact Southern Illinois Together project, Vienna High School and its rural partner organizations (Pope County School District, Cairo School District, and Rolling in Faith) are building sustainable capacity to expand programming and resources for low-income youth and families across Johnson, Pope, Alexander, and Massac Counties. VISTA members serve at the Vienna High School hub and are dispatched to partner sites for capacity-building engagements — they do not deliver or directly supervise ongoing programming. Instead, VISTA members build the volunteer systems, partnerships, and sustainability infrastructure that local staff will use to carry this work forward independent of ongoing VISTA support.

Member Duties :

• Conduct a food-access and economic-opportunity needs assessment
• Design and administer a needs-assessment tool
• Research evidence-based practices in food security and economic-opportunity programming
• Identify community stakeholders, food banks, and economic-opportunity partners across the region.
• Produce a written needs-assessment report
• Develop outreach materials
• Coordinate with University of Illinois Extension and Shawnee Community College staff to connect families with resources.
• Develop a resource-navigation guide connecting families to food banks, SNAP education, and economic-opportunity programs.
• Produce a written outreach toolkit for partner staff
• Research grant, donor, and in-kind funding opportunities; draft grant proposals or letters of inquiry with the Project Director.
• Facilitate introductions between partner sites, food banks, and potential funders.
• Develop a written sustainability plan documenting systems and partnerships for partner staff to carry forward.

Program Benefits :

• Training
• Health Coverage*
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Relocation Allowance
• Living Allowance

For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/ .

Terms

Car recommended.

Service Areas

Education , Community and Economic Development , Hunger .

Skills

General Skills , Education , Youth Development , Communications , Community Organization .

Summary

• Program Type: AmeriCorps VISTA
• Program VISTA Food Security Coordinator
• Program Start/End Date 09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027
• Work Schedule Full Time
• Education level High school diploma/GED
• Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
• Program Locations ILLINOIS
• Languages English
• Accepting Applications From 08/01/2026 To 09/01/2026
• Contact Phillip Hosfeldt
  601 N 1st ST
  Vienna IL 62995
  618-658-4461
  [e-mail]