FWS - Landowner and Farmer Outreach Organizer

Post University•Waterbury, CT

4d•$0 - $20•Remote

About The Position

This Federal Work-Study community-service position supports Hosanna High Natural Burial Project (Let's Be Trees), a 501(c)(3), in locating land that could become a community-owned natural burial ground. The goal is to help keep funerals affordable. The position is remote and pays $20 per hour. The organizer researches and contacts farmers, rural landowners, estate holders, and land-rich families who may consider donating acreage, a conservation-minded parcel, or a life-estate gift to a nonprofit community cemetery. Using approved talking points, the organizer explains the public benefit: a $100 membership community cemetery if land can be secured in that area. The role does not include negotiating legal terms, appraising land, or promising tax outcomes. The organizer maintains a shared land-lead log, hands warm leads to the supervisor in the same week, attends a weekly virtual check-in, and submits hours with a short activity note. Other assigned community-service tasks must be consistent with land-for-cemetery outreach. Students gain experience related to their program of study.

Requirements

Current Post University student with a Federal Work-Study award.
Reliable internet and email.
Clear written and spoken English.
Comfortable introducing a mission by email or phone.
Respectful, patient manner with older landowners and farm families.
Able to maintain a simple lead log.
Able to attend the weekly virtual check-in.

Nice To Haves

Interest in rural life, conservation, nonprofit work, human services, or communications.
Prior volunteer or customer-service experience.
Google Workspace experience.

Responsibilities

Research and contact farmers, rural landowners, estate holders, and land-rich families who may consider donating land or making a life-estate gift for a nonprofit community cemetery.
Use approved talking points to explain the public benefit of a $100 membership community cemetery if land can be secured in the area.
Maintain a shared land-lead log containing the owner or farm name, county, contact, date, interest level, and next step.
Hand warm leads to the supervisor the same week.
Where appropriate, ask county Farm Service Agency offices, farm bureaus, extension offices, and rural churches for public contact lists or permission to use bulletin boards.
Attend the weekly virtual check-in and submit hours with a short activity note.
Perform other assigned community-service tasks consistent with land-for-cemetery outreach.