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Company Description
The mission of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine is to become the world's most widely used solution for companies and individuals to eliminate food waste in their communities, making food rescue sustainable and universal, and food hunger a thing of the past.
One of the ways Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc. ("RLC") helps companies reduce food waste is by bringing leftover food from restaurants and caterers to local agencies such as homeless shelters and soup kitchens.
Job Description
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.
About the position:
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine is seeking a community outreach intern to strengthen our organization by developing new partnerships with two key groups: charitable organizations and volunteers. The intern will have the exciting responsibility of overseeing all parts of the partnership development process with these groups including:
-Partner identification: You will use your resourcefulness and research skills to help us uncover new opportunities for partnerships, and to identify the most effective ways to work with those potential partners.
- Partner recruitment: You will use your creativity and communication skills to reach out to potential partners, and to engage them in a mutually beneficial relationship with us.
- Partner relationship management: You will use your organizational, analytical, and relationship-building skills to track the status of new and established partnerships, and to find and implement ways to continually improve partner relations.
What we're looking for:
The Community Outreach intern will be the face of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine to many individuals and organizations. As such, we are seeking a talented young leader who:
- Acts with professionalism in all contexts.
- Is driven, entrepreneurial, and passionate.
- Loves variety in their work and is comfortable balancing many competing priorities.
- Has a history of achievement in an academic and extracurricular environment.
- Is excited about the opportunity to work in a young, growing, mission-driven nonprofit.
What you can expect from us:
RLC interns will have the opportunity to:
- Hone their technical skills through direct, hands-on experience.
- Act entrepreneurially, with the freedom to work autonomously and implement their own ideas.
- Receive feedback through entry, mid-stage, and final evaluations.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the operations of a nonprofit organization.
- Have the opportunity to work closely with the founders of the organization, and to have a true, meaningful impact on its success.
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. This is a part-time, unpaid internship. Interns are expected to work 20 hours per week. May lead to full-time position.
APPLY:
Interested applicants should apply for a Spring Internship by submitting a resume.
Candidates for initial phone screenings will be contacted in late November - early December 2018.
Qualifications
What we're looking for:
The Community Outreach intern will be the face of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine to many individuals and organizations. As such, we are seeking a talented young leader who:
- Acts with professionalism in all contexts.
- Is driven, entrepreneurial, and passionate.
- Loves variety in their work and is comfortable balancing many competing priorities.
- Has a history of achievement in an academic and extracurricular environment.
- Is excited about the opportunity to work in a young, growing, mission-driven nonprofit.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.