Community Liaison

Food To Freedom Community Liaison

Position Title:

Food To Freedom Community Liaison FLSA:
Non-Exempt, Full-Time Salary: $74,000 - $76,000 annually

Schedule:

40 hours/week

Location:

On-site, In-person, San Francisco, CA

Mission:
Booker T. Washington Community Service Center (BTWCSC) is one of the Bay Area's oldest Black-led, Black-serving nonprofit organizations with a century of service to San Francisco. A beacon of Black joy and self-determination, we have nurtured over five generations of Black San Franciscans. We stand embedded as an anchor institution, fostering intergenerational bonds and working in solidarity with allied communities to reform and reimagine a more inclusive San Francisco.

We prioritize serving the Black community and we welcome all from cultures and ages 0-99 who walk through our door. We are one of the few urban spaces where anyone in the community can access comprehensive services, from a hot meal to childcare to academic support to senior services.

Summary:

The BTWCSC Food To Freedom Community Liaison will be under the direct supervision of the BTWCSC Senior Manager of Food Sovereignty Programs and the Food To Freedom Justice Coordinator. This team is led by the Associate Director of Community Resiliency Programs. Food To Freedom Community Liaison will be responsible for providing programmatic, outreach, operational and administrative support for the BTWCSC "Food To Freedom" Food Justice program.

This program provides an array of weekly, free culturally-appropriate and quality food services and educational opportunities to the San Francisco District 5 community through a Black cultural lens, aiming to radically transform the local food distribution system by centering a "Black Led, Black Fed" ecosystem, a farm-to-community center initiative that nourishes bodies, minds, and souls. Food To Freedom Community Liaison helps address food insecurity in high-need communities by being an operational resource for access to fresh produce, groceries and culturally relevant meals.

Essential Duties:

• Support the development and implementation of BTWCSC weekly and daily food justice programs, including free market pantry, community meals distribution, program meals coordination, and events;
• Adhere to Program priorities around food, service, volunteers, and community engagement and support these areas to be responsive to the shifting needs in each.
• Support community outreach events about BTWCSC programs or offerings, and sharing educational tools for audiences ages 0-99.
• Facilitate curriculum to teach the community about sustainable food systems, cooking, nutrition, and gardening.
• Coordinate produce tastings, retail and farmers market explorations, and hands-on cooking classes, to nurture community love and understanding of healthy, fresh food.
• Recruiting, training, and supervising BTWCSC Food Justice interns and volunteers.
• Promoting healthy eating practices using farm fresh produce provided by BTWCSC
• Supporting cooking demonstrations using culturally-affirming, seasonal produce
• Completing Community Food Educator training with an emphasis on (1) community engagement, (2) using local and seasonal plants, and (3) food handling and cooking techniques.
• Collaborate with the Senior Wellness Team, community-based organizations, local housing sites, and community residents from Western Addition, for the seamless facilitation of food service and/or distribution programs that are timely, dignified, and client-centered.
• Assisting in the coordination of program logistics - sourcing, transportation, distribution and delivery for food, prepared meals and produce.
• Support data tracking and entry for all participants/clients, and completing program monitoring activities administrative tasks as needed, while…