No Kid Hungry Youth Ambassador with the Tennessee Justice Center

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No child should grow up hungry in America, but one in six struggles with hunger. That’s 13 million kids. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in this nation by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need, every day.

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.

Through the support of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, Share Our Strength has created a program to involve college-aged Youth Ambassadors in the fight against childhood hunger by working with one of our state No Kid Hungry community partners.

For the fall program, Tennessee Justice Center will host one (1) Youth Ambassador working on initiatives related to school breakfast and potentially other Federal Child Nutrition programs (afterschool meals, Summer Meals, etc.).

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

General:

 Work on collaborative projects with Tennessee Justice Center that will help increase number of children getting access to school breakfast (80%). Activities may include: visiting and evaluating breakfast meal sites, organizing or leading community outreach efforts, partner meetings, and online and social media organizing.
 Complete weekly reports, end of program report, and participate in weekly calls and other activities as indicated by supervisors and Share Our Strength staff (10%)
 Miscellaneous tasks, including administrative tasks (10%)



The No Kid Hungry Youth Ambassadors at the Tennessee Justice Center will support two primary goals: 1) to increase the number of children eating school breakfast and 2) educate partners about importance of breakfast and ways for schools to increase participation.

Includes:

 Support the No Kid Hungry Breakfast campaign by developing outreach materials about school breakfast, and Breakfast After the Bell initiatives
 Conduct research for a Breakfast After the Bell report, that will identify barriers and successes for the program in Tennessee, while identifying best practices
 The Youth Ambassador will work with the nutrition advocacy team to interview school personnel, conduct surveys, and research best practices
 The Youth Ambassador will conduct direct outreach across schools in Tennessee to encourage school stakeholders to adopt Breakfast After the Bell

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 preferred

Youth Ambassadors will receive a stipend of no more than $1500 for over the course of the fall semester for a completion of 150-200 hours. The program starts on September 11, 2017.

Youth Ambassadors will report to a national No Kid Hungry staff member, and a Tennessee Justice Center staff member. Ambassadors will participate in weekly conference calls, complete a weekly report, and attend an online training session prior to the start of work.

Interested applicants should apply online at http://nokidhungry.org/ambassadors.