Associate Board Member (Fundraising Focus) - New Orleans Branch

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Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc. (RLC) is a non-profit food rescue organization founded in New York City that delivers excess food from food businesses and corporations to local human service agencies such as homeless shelters and soup kitchens to feed the hungry. We have thus far delivered over 6 million 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:

RLC is seeking an Associate Board member with a focus on fundraising to assist our New Orleans branch in reaching out to donors and sponsors, help with formulation of donation campaigns, provide assistance in organizing fundraising events, apply for grants, and manage all online fundraising databases and platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Fundraising and grant writing, including engaging with corporate employer foundation to identify any matching or grant opportunities

• Communicate mission and story to help RLC New Orleans be financially sustainable

• Make efforts to transfer one-off financial donors to recurring donors

• Participate in and advertise for all nation-wide RLC fundraising events via social media and other mediums

• Help organize and put on one fundraising event a year

• Maintain relationship with financial givers via email/phone

• Collect testimonials from financial givers and share with media team

• Helps Outreach team to form relationships and onboard new partners for the branch

• Attend all monthly associate board meetings

• Join a rescue volunteer event quarterly to deliver food from one of our food partners to a shelter/food bank

Qualifications:

• Self-motivated; ability to initiate and work independently

• Ability to multitask and prioritize

• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadline

• Passionate about food rescue

• Great communication and writing skills

RLC team members have the chance to work closely with the founders of the branch and have the opportunity to make a true, meaningful impact in their time with the organization. This is a part-time, unpaid position. Team members will be expected to work 5 - 7 hours per week for at least 4 months (tentative exact start and end dates).

APPLY:

Interested applicants should apply by submitting a resume. Candidates for initial phone screenings will be contacted on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.