Part-Time Food Justice Organizer

Mn350•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

The Food Justice Organizer supports MN350’s mission by establishing a comprehensive volunteer engagement team. This role will assist in activities, communicate effectively, and identify additional volunteer opportunities within the food justice team. This position will make a difference in a time when the green economy is being threatened.

Requirements

Establish a comprehensive volunteer engagement team.
Assist in activities.
Communicate effectively.
Identify additional volunteer opportunities within the food justice team.
Partner with communities to identify issues and empower volunteers to take action.
Build support by partnering with communities.
Empower the movement.
Focus on collaboration, communication, and trust.
Build a united team that drives impactful change.
Acknowledge accomplishments.
Motivate your team and celebrate wins.
Create safe spaces.
Develop strong, clear communication skills.
Recognize individual strengths and weaknesses.
Support delegating tasks effectively.
Develop strategic campaigns.
Empower communities to take action on issues.
Raise awareness, build support, and drive positive change.
Educate the community about the Food Justice program and MN350.
Identify community needs and MN350 objectives.
Develop strategies for both short- and long-term goals.
Build campaigns that address climate justice for the community.
Support MN350’s mission.
Advance MN350’s climate justice efforts.
Conduct research and collect data supporting campaign objectives.
Use power-mapping and other organizing tools.
Continuously evaluate program effectiveness.
Build long-term power.
Prepare for future challenges.
Attract, retain, train, and build relationships with volunteers and interns.
Facilitate collaborative development of strategies and tactics for campaigns.
Balance leadership and support roles.

Nice To Haves

This is a union role that could become a full-time position, depending on available funding.

Responsibilities

Develop volunteer leaders for action campaigns across Minnesota.
Schedule 1:1 conversations with new volunteers and help them understand and acclimate to MN350’s culture, theory of change, strategy, and tactics.
Work alongside the Executive Director, staff organizers, other volunteers within MN350, and the community base to identify impactful campaigns that are aligned with MN350’s commitment to climate justice.
Help to empower the movement by identifying and cultivating leadership competencies within the volunteer base.
Train and develop volunteer organizers to build collective power; acknowledge accomplishments, big and small, to motivate your team and celebrate wins.
Schedule and facilitate regular team meetings.
Produce agendas and meeting notes to inspire confidence and ensure team members have clarity about direction and status.
Create and facilitate safe spaces where people feel comfortable sharing ideas, vulnerabilities, and disagreements.
Develop strong, clear communication skills throughout your team.
Recognize individual strengths and weaknesses to support delegating tasks effectively throughout your team.
Give opportunities to team members to develop leadership skills.
Seek out opportunities to table at community events to recruit and/or educate the community about the Food Justice program and MN350 as a whole.
Identify community needs, MN350 objectives, and develop strategies for both short- and long-term goals.
Collaborate with coalitions, leadership, and volunteers to build campaigns that address climate justice for the community and support MN350’s mission.
Facilitate or join coalitions that advance MN350’s climate justice efforts.
Plan, conduct research, and collect data supporting campaign objectives.
Use power-mapping and other organizing tools to develop effective campaigns.
Continuously evaluate program effectiveness to build long-term power and prepare for future challenges.
Use principles of relational organizing to attract, retain, train, and build relationships with volunteers and interns who are part of MN350’s Food Justice Team.
Facilitate collaborative development of strategies and tactics for campaigns.
Help ensure campaigns are positioned for success by balancing leadership and support roles.
Perform other duties as assigned to meet the overall purpose of the position.