NO KID HUNGRY YOUTH AMBASSADOR

Posting: Nebraska Appleseed
Location: Lincoln, NE

No child should grow up hungry in America. By connecting kids in need with nutritious food, the No Kid Hungry campaign surrounds children with healthy food where they live, learn and play.

We’re ending childhood hunger by connecting kids to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals. This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network, made up of private citizens, public officials, nonprofits, business leaders and others providing innovative hunger solutions in their communities. These public-private partnerships work together to identify and eliminate the barriers that may prevent children from accessing existing food and nutrition resources.

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign has created a program to involve college-aged Youth Ambassadors in the fight against childhood hunger by working with one of our community partners.

For the summer program, Nebraska Appleseed will host one (1) Youth Ambassador to work on initiatives related to the alleviation of childhood hunger.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assessing and growing Nebraska’s Summer Food Service Program (40%)
• Dec. 2022 omnibus spending bill program material creation (30%)
• Current events projects or things that come up and are immediately relevant (15%)
• No Kid Hungry tasks and experiences (10%)
• Administrative tasks (5%)

Includes:

• Project 1: Assessing and growing Nebraska’s Summer Food Service Program
  The YA will utilize existing resources to identify areas in Nebraska that are eligible for the SFSP but do not have a sponsor participating during Summer 2023. We will work to identify community leaders/organizations to fill these gaps as SFSP sponsors and host an event to encourage participation.

• Project 2: Dec. 2022 omnibus spending bill program material creation
  The YA will research, draft, and distribute community-friendly outreach communications and FAQ content for the new permanent Summer EBT program and SFSP non-congregate meal service options made available through the omnibus appropriations bill passed in December 2022.

• Project 3: Other duties as assigned
  Nebraska Appleseed works on a variety of projects related to ending food insecurity and promoting child nutrition. The YA will support engaging with people with lived experience, help wrap up our state’s legislative session with communications and next steps, develop Farm Bill education and advocacy materials, and respond to other current events as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

No Kid Hungry seeks enthusiastic college students to join our program as Youth Ambassadors.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A great attitude and willingness to work on all kinds of projects
• Interest in hunger issues
• Commitment to working with diverse communities
• Reliability, responsibility, and a good work ethic
• Good customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently
• Familiarity with social media
• Use of personal laptop and mobile phone
• Reliable access to a vehicle
• Compliance with Nebraska Appleseed’s Covid safety and vaccination policy 

Youth Ambassadors will receive a stipend of no more than $6000 over the course of the summer, for a completion of 360 hours over 10 weeks, with one week’s paid vacation. The program starts on June 05, 2023 and ends on August 11, 2023.

Youth Ambassadors will report to a national No Kid Hungry staff member, and a Nebraska Appleseed member.  Ambassadors will participate in weekly conference calls, complete a weekly report, and attend online training sessions throughout their term. 

Nebraska is accepting applications through Monday, March 20 and we hope to hire by April 7.Interested applicants should apply online at http://nokidhungry.org/youth-ambassadors by March 20.