Description

Foodsharing Ottawa (FSO) has been rescuing food in Canada’s capital since 2015. Our vision is that “All food is valued and never goes to waste in our community”. We are also passionate about supporting fairer, more sustainable ways of distributing, using and disposing of food. We are looking for people who are motivated and share this passion to lead our volunteer teams in Communications and marketing, and in Outreach.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for individuals to help FSO oversee our teams of volunteers (2-5 each) who work behind the scenes on communications and marketing, and on Outreach activities. We value the following:

Attributes:
available to commit to volunteering for at least 6 months
attention to detail, organized, sees things through to completion
integrity, responsible, perseverance, exercises good judgment
excellent interpersonal skills to encourage and motivate others, team player

Responsibilities

As a lead of the Communications team, you will oversee activities to formulate and communicate Foodsharing Ottawa’s messaging and branding through various methods and platforms. The Communications team also provides support to other teams to ensure coherent messaging.
As a lead for the Outreach team, you will oversee activities to engage community members on the organization’s mission to reduce waste (e.g. to become food donors, to identify opportunities for redistributing surplus food, to promote the benefits of reducing food waste from a community and/or environmental perspective).

You will also be working with other FSO team members (e.g. in food rescue, community fridge project, communications, outreach). Additional administrative tasks may also be required.

If you would like to make a positive impact in your community and reduce food waste, this may be for you. We look forward to hearing from you! Providing a covering letter and/or CV will allow us to know a little more about you and why you would like to join our team.