Alimentando Al Pueblo HungerCorps Member

United Way of King County • Full-time • Burien, Washington State, United States • $2.77k / month • 1m ago

Support our Community, food and celebration programming. This role will include interfacing with Community and ensuring that we cultivate a culture of care and healing.

START AND END DATES:

March 10th, 2025 – August 31st, 2025

LOCATION:

Burien, 98166

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

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.

Alimentando al Pueblo is a Community and Cultural building organization based in Burien and serving the SKC Latine Community. Our Mission is to cultivate healing through Community, Food and Celebration and our vision is Joyful Communities.

The Food Security AmeriCorps team is a dynamic cohort of direct service AmeriCorps members working in partnership with United Way staff, AmeriCorps HungerCorps members, school districts, and community-based organizations to connect families with the food they need. As a member, you will serve with partner organizations – food banks, collectives, and community anti-hunger organizations – all who prioritize increasing food justice and food security in our community.

MEMBER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Check ins with site supervisor and team members
Communicating updates with clients
Conducting outreach
Community meetings and Event coordinating and planning
Collecting data and running reports

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

We believe that the communities we serve must be centered in the work we do. People of color and people with experience accessing food resources are highly encouraged to apply
Experience and passion for working with youth and families, particularly youth from low-income communities
Experience working with diverse populations and an ability to apply a racial equity lens towards anti-hunger work
Ability to build and sustain relationships and effectively communicate information to a broad audience
Strong organizational skills, and the ability to collect and manage confidential client information
Flexibility to balance the variety of service activities and resourcefulness to quickly solve problems or find solutions for community members
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

As a member of this cohort, you will be supported with a robust orientation, ongoing professional development opportunities, trainings, check-ins, and the tools and resources you need to succeed. Members will walk away from their year of service with an understanding of on-the-ground food security work as well as a deep knowledge of food justice principles, anti-hunger strategies, and increasing food access across the community.

This is a full-time position and members will serve approximately 40 hours per week for the duration of their service term. Members will infrequently move or lift boxes weighing up to 30 pounds. This position will involve service in outdoor weather conditions, and may involve standing, walking, or moving around the service location for up to four hours at a time.

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION:

Bi-weekly stipend of $1385.18 (pre-tax)
Loan deferment and payment of interest accrued on qualified student loans during your service term
Eligible to receive Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($3,697.50) after successful completion of your service term
Health benefits that meet the minimum standards of ACA compliance
3 days of personal leave, 3 holidays, and 3 days of sick leave
Unlimited public transportation (ORCA) pass
Mileage reimbursement for travel between service sites, if required by your site placement
Childcare assistance (may not exceed applicable payment rates as established in the state of Washington)
Access to emergency assistance program to mitigate unforeseen financial emergencies that put your continued participation in AmeriCorps service at risk
Robust professional development to support your personal, professional, and service goals and growth

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be over 18 years old on the first day of service
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States. Unfortunately F1 visas are not sufficient.
Must be available 40 hours per week through August 2025. Exact hours may vary by site placement, but will primarily be Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Must undergo a Washington State Patrol background check, FBI background check and National Sex Offender Registry Check, plus state of residence background check if not currently living in Washington

Please note that United Way of King County has moved to remote and limited in-person operations. As such, be prepared to participate in interviews remotely. If technology presents a barrier to applying, interviewing, or accepting the position,

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $2,770.36 per month

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