START/END DATE: 9/3/2024 - 8/31/2025
Byrd Barr Place
We bring people together through anti-poverty and anti-racist actions to create an equitable future. Our Market resembles a grocery store where you can choose from displays stocked with healthy food and non-grocery items.
United Way of King County:
United Way of King County’s vision is to build a community where people have homes, students graduate, and families are financially stable. As part of our work to end poverty, we are committed to ensuring that children, particularly children of color, have access to healthy food in the places where they live, learn, and play.
Your Role:
Further the mission of our organization by assisting our Market Team in everyday Market operations.
Member roles and responsibilities include:
- Data collection
- Data Audit
- Client interaction
- Client outreach
- Food handling
- Food gleaning
- General cleaning duties like sweeping and mopping
- Volunteer interactions
- Volunteer outreach
- Food rescue
- Food delivery
As a part of this team, you will be supported with a robust orientation, ongoing training, and the tools and resources you need to be successful.
Benefits & Compensation
- Bi-weekly stipend of $1,385.18 (pre-tax)
- $7,395 Education Award upon successful completion of service
- Loan deferment and payment of interest accrued during service year on qualified student loans (loans must be federally-backed; personal/private loans not eligible)
- Health benefits that meet the minimum standards of ACA compliance
- Unlimited free transportation with a pre-paid ORCA Card
- Childcare assistance
- 10 days sick leave, 10 days personal leave plus 11 federal holidays
- Enrollment in an assistance program with 24-hour access to phone counseling
- Access to emergency assistance program to mitigate unforeseen financial emergencies that put your continued participation in AmeriCorps service at risk
- Lifelong friends and colleagues who are passionate about service!
Eligibility
- 18 years of age or older
- US citizen, US national, or lawful permanent residents, or persons legally residing in a state. Persons legally residing in a state include (but not limited to) those having the following legal residency classifications: refugee status, asylum or asylee status, temporary protected status, deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status. Unfortunately, F1 Visas are not sufficient.
- Available full-time (40 hours per week) from September 3, 2024, to August 29, 2025
- Must go through background check
Desired Qualifications:
- Self-starters who are passionate about supporting their community and public service
- Experience working independently in high-energy environments
- Flexible, resourceful, and adaptable
- Ability to build relationships and effectively communicate information to a broad audience, including conducting outreach to parents, youth and other community members
- Experience working with diverse populations and an ability to apply a racial equity lens towards anti-hunger work
- Second language skill (especially Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, or Ukrainian) is highly desirable so that we can offer services to families in their preferred or native languages.
- Consistent access to a personal vehicle is needed. Members who travel between service sites will receive mileage reimbursement at IRS standard rates
Members will frequently move or lift boxes weighing up to 30 pounds. This position may frequently involve service in outdoor weather conditions, and may involve standing, walking, or moving around the service location for the duration of a shift. This position frequently communicates with staff and community members, and must be able to exchange accurate information.
Commitment to Equity in Hiring: Hunger and poverty disproportionately hurt the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. We strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
To Apply: Create an application on My AmeriCorps Portal or click here: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=105666
- No resume or cover letter is required.
- The application process moves quickly, please expect a response within 1-2 days.
- Please contact unitedwayamericorps@uwkc.org with any questions.