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1 person is interested
Communications Support Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Foundation For Essential Needs
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1 person is interested
Volunteer Position Purpose:
This volunteer is responsible for developing effective storytelling techniques that share the stories of FFEN, local food shelves and the changing hunger relief system. This volunteer will be working on FFEN’s impact report’s to share food shelf engagement impact and outcome to food shelf leaders, volunteers, donors and other external audiences.
Responsibilities:
- Story Creation: Meet with FFEN volunteers, partnering food shelves and sector peer organizations to gather background and insights to build into stories that will highlight FFEN’s impact on food shelf partners in the Community Impact Report.
- Report Creation : Utilize quantitative data to build reports that present data in a cohesive and appealing way.
Position Requirements:
- Comfortable talking with a wide variety of people to draw out and honor what makes each food shelf engagement unique
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, flexible work environment and take initiative to meet broad goals
- Graphic design experience in Adobe Illustrator is a plus
Benefits:
- Gain experience and refine your ability to communicate effectively with unique audiences volunteers, food shelves and peer organizations) while ensuring broader alignment with organizational brand and tone
- Develop your ability to craft concise stories that convey meaning for FFEN’s Impact Report and enhance storytelling tone that honors the important work being done in the field by local food shelves
Time Requirements & Schedule:
- Total Time Requirement: 2-3 hours per week
- Time Commitment: 4 month (or longer)
- Work Site: Remote Status: Volunteer- Monetarily Unpaid
To apply for this position, forward your resume and cover letter to : volunteer@ffen.org
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About Foundation For Essential Needs
Location:
701 North 3rd Street, Suite 203, Minneapolis, MN 55401, US
Mission Statement
Reshape the Minnesota Hunger Relief System.
Description
Foundation For Essential Needs (FFEN) is an entrepreneurial, innovative and nimble nonprofit focused on increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of local food shelves. FFEN engages skilled, pro-bono volunteers to offer pragmatic, no-cost consultation and equipment improvements to food shelves adapting to meet the changing needs of their community. Since 2013, FFEN has positively impacted over 200 food shelves in Minnesota. This local work informs FFEN’s broader efforts in supporting both professional development opportunities and advocating for systems change at the local, regional and statewide levels. FFEN’s multi-level approach is essential to creating a statewide hunger relief sector that ensures both equitable access to healthy food and respect for the dignity of those who receive it.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
March 25, 2021
SKILLS
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Brand Development & Messaging
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-3 hours per week