Partner Outreach Intern

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Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc. ("RLC") is a non-profit food rescue organization based in New York City that delivers leftover food from restaurants and caterers to local agencies such as homeless shelters and soup kitchens. We have thus far delivered over 1,000,000 pounds of food with the lowest cost per delivery in the industry. Our business model is centered around four stages: (1) proactively seek out businesses with leftover food for partnerships, (2) deliver excess, wholesome food directly to local agencies, (3) use our expertise in food rescue to consult each partner different ways to reduce food waste, (4) partners successfully graduate from the RLC food rescue program with reduced food cost and food waste.

Position Summary:
The Partner Outreach Intern will learn to develop new relationships with restaurants and other food providers in New York City. You will be represent RLC in communicating with partners and responding to partners’ questions. In order to do this, you will need to manage and understand administrative processes. The Partner Outreach Intern will be help us build professional business relationships with our partners .

Responsibilities:
Take charge of sales process from beginning to finish, including prospect research, visitation, pitching, and closing deal.
Manage tracking database of partners contacted on a weekly basis
Updating current partners’ information to our system.
Coordinate with volunteers to develop food delivery routes
Other duties as assigned

RLC interns have the chance to work closely with the founders and have the opportunity to make true, meaningful impact in their time with the organization. All interns will have entry, mid-stage, and final evaluations to further hone the intern’s technical and professional skills. This is a part-time, unpaid internship. Interns are expected to work 20 hours per week.

Apply:
Interested applicants should apply by submitting a resume to info@rescuingleftovercuisine.org. Candidates for initial phone screenings will be contacted.