VISTA Food Security Coordinator Job Vienna Illinois USA,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Location: Vienna

Vienna High School strives to graduate active, self-actualized 21st-century citizens who are caring, career-directed, and value-oriented. Through the Impact Southern Illinois Together project, Vienna High School and its rural partner organizations (Pope County School District, Cairo School District, and Rolling in Faith) are building sustainable capacity to expand programming and resources for low-income youth and families across Johnson, Pope, Alexander, and Massac Counties.

VISTA members serve at the Vienna High School hub and are dispatched to partner sites for capacity-building engagements — they do not deliver or directly supervise ongoing programming. Instead, VISTA members build the volunteer systems, partnerships, and sustainability infrastructure that local staff will use to carry this work forward independent of ongoing VISTA support.

Member Duties :

Conduct a food-access and economic-opportunity needs assessment
Design and administer a needs-assessment tool
Research evidence-based practices in food security and economic-opportunity programming
Identify community stakeholders, food banks, and economic-opportunity partners across the region.
Produce a written needs-assessment report
Develop outreach materials
Coordinate with University of Illinois Extension and Shawnee Community College staff to connect families with resources.
Develop a resource-navigation guide connecting families to food banks, SNAP education, and economic-opportunity programs.
Produce a written outreach toolkit for partner staff
Research grant, donor, and in-kind funding opportunities; draft grant proposals or letters of inquiry with the Project Director.
Facilitate introductions between partner sites, food banks, and potential funders.
Develop a written sustainability plan documenting systems and partnerships for partner staff to carry forward.

Program Benefits :

Training
Health Coverage*
Childcare assistance if eligible
Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
Relocation Allowance
Living Allowance

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Terms

Car recommended.

Service Areas

Education , Community and Economic Development , Hunger .

Skills

General Skills , Education , Youth Development , Communications , Community Organization .

Summary

Program Type: Ameri Corps VISTA
Program VISTA Food Security Coordinator
Program Start/End Date 09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum:
None
Program Locations ILLINOIS
Languages English
Accepting Applications From 08/01/2026 To 09/01/2026
Contact Phillip Hosfeldt
601 N 1st ST
Vienna IL 62995

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