Jr Staff Crew Leader - Temp

Overview

FRESH New London (freshnewlondon.org) is a small food justice non-profit located in New London, CT. Our mission is to build momentum for food system change through local agriculture, community, and youth in order to dismantle systemic oppression and ensure everyone has access to food with dignity. We grow food in the city, develop youth leaders, and connect with our community to build lasting and local change.

 

FRESH Core Values

• Racial, Social, & Land Justice
• Shared Leadership
• Our Community: Our Culture, Our People, Our Place, Our Power
• Young People and the Future
• Environmental Stewardship
• Health and Wellness of the Whole Person
• No shame food culture
• Sense of Humor and Fun!

FRESH New London, a fiscal project of Third Sector New England, Inc (TSNE) (tsne.org).

 

Responsibilities

The FRESH Jr Staff Crew Leader is the supervisor of the FRESH Crew.  This person is dedicated to development and implementation of experiential education that engages youth in the “how and why” of FRESH New London’s mission.  In the Spring and Summer, the youth program is agriculturally based but we blend in workshops that help with the understanding of our community work. During the Fall and Winter Crew Leaders will transition back into leadership development, co-planning and co-facilitating the end-of-year workshops and debriefing the year to make goals for the upcoming one. The Crew Leader requires a high degree of organization, innovation, and flexibility, as short and long-term planning often occur concurrent with program delivery.  Programming will be focused at our office, the FRESH Farm and at community locations where we engage the community in our work.   This is a vital staff position in a growing non-profit organization; our strong hope is to hire an individual who anticipates growth within the position.  

 

This is a temporary position.

 

Essential Functions

 

• Be peer leader for crew members in all FRESH Crew program activities; 
• Assist in planning activities and projects for FRESH Crew.  Listen to youth about their interest and understanding of our food system work and using this as the spring board;
• Provide feedback about program to adult staff;
• Assist Crew Members to track hours and provide reminders to completing timecards;
• Evaluate and guide youth towards resources and actions which further progress towards group goals;
• Continual collaborative work evaluating and communicating progress and obstacles;
• Outcome tracking and tracking other program details;
• Keep the mission of the organization as a target which we are working towards;
• Development of a safe FRESH crew environment that parallels what we would like to see in the larger community. This means working out conflict, self, peer and greater community reflections and participatory development of programming;
• Continual self-learning in order to best facilitate content. 

Special Requirements

• Willingness to work in both office and outdoor/ agricultural settings, including some physical agricultural work. 

• • Willing and able to drive pick up truck, if person has driver's license.

Qualifications

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below.

• Interest in engaging the broader community in social change;
• Experience with fresh, whole foods cooking and nutrition preferred;
• A commitment to working with young people in a respectful and empowering manner;
• A demonstrated interest in or a willingness to learn about community food security, community-based just food systems, empowerment around issues of local food system and/or sustainable agriculture;
• The ability to communicate to a diverse range of people in the community.  Commitment to working actively against racism;
• Qualities of flexibility, dedication, self-motivation, organization and confidence;
• Desire and ability to work in a collaborative work environment;
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn about the city and county of New London;
• Bi-lingual (Spanish and English preferred);
• Former Jr Staff at FRESH;
• Successful Background Check CORI/SORI, if over 18 years old;
• Valid Driver’s License/ successful Driver's License Check, a plus.

 

Physical Demands/Work Environment

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those for this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals wit