Program Specialist - Community Resources

Hybrid Remote

Full-time

Help People Across Vermont Connect With Food Resources!

Join Vermont Foodbank as a Program Specialist-Community Resources and help community members access food and support programs that make a difference. You’ll help community members navigate 3

SquaresVT (SNAP) and CSFP
, and connect to additional resources. You will also contribute to efforts that strengthen food access across Vermont.

• Answer questions and support applications for 3
  
  SquaresVT and CSFP.
• Connect community members with additional resources.
• Support outreach, advocacy, and trauma-informed initiatives.
• Elevate community member voices and help address gaps in food access.

• Compassionate, resourceful, and community-focused.
• Strong communicator and relationship builder.
• Organized, adaptable, detail-oriented, and comfortable supporting diverse needs.
• Committed to equity, dignity, and trauma-informed approaches.

Because you’ll do work that matters
. Be part of an equity-minded organization working to ensure everyone in Vermont has enough food every day!

• Full-time, hybrid position (must be within driving distance of one of the Vermont Foodbank distribution centers in Barre, Rutland, or Brattleboro).
• Health insurance (100% employer-paid)
• Dental (90% employer-paid)
• Vision, Life Insurance (100% paid)
• Short & Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution after 1 year
• 16 paid holidays (including the week between Christmas and New Year’s)
• Vacation + Sick PTO accrual, 5 personal PTO days each year
• Paid Family & Medical Leave, paid bereavement, paid jury duty & civic engagement leave

SNAP, known as 3

SquaresVT (3

SVT) in Vermont, is our country's first line of defense against hunger. It is a proven program that centers customer choice by boosting food budgets. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a federal food box program for people 60 years and above. This position is part of a team working to raise public awareness about 3

SquaresVT and CSFP and address gaps in food access in Vermont. Primary responsibilities for this position include responding to community member inquiries about 3

SVT and CSFP, supporting people through application and enrollment processes, and offering additional resource connection. This position also contributes to varied efforts related to outreach, advocacy, trauma-informed systems development, and elevating community member voices. This is a hybrid position, but staff must live within commuting distance of a Vermont Foodbank distribution center.

Building equity and social justice into Vermont Foodbank’s organizational practices is everyone’s responsibility, and it requires the commitment and collaboration of every employee and team. Therefore, everyone is expected to honor diversity, contribute to an inclusive organizational culture, and leverage their own personal agency and scope of influence to center equity.

• Work cooperatively with staff and volunteers to support the mission of the Foodbank to meet and sustain organizational goals.
• Positively contribute to an organizational culture of safe and secure food handling, warehousing, and distribution.
• The Foodbank relies on volunteers every day to fulfill our mission. All Foodbank employees must support our culture of philanthropy by treating every volunteer with appreciation and respect.
• This position will occasionally be required to travel to other Foodbank locations and to attend required meetings, trainings, etc. Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.

• Develop, maintain, and apply in-depth knowledge of…