LKC: Kanbe's Markets Volunteer & Sustainability VISTA

Kanbe's Markets is seeking a Volunteer & Sustainability Associate through AmeriCorps VISTA to support food justice efforts in Kansas City, MO. The role involves processing rescued food, managing volunteers, and ensuring quality control. The position requires social, organizational, and administrative skills. Benefits include a living allowance and education award. This is a full-time, warehouse-based position aimed at expanding operations and increasing volunteer engagement.
At Kanbe’s Markets, we are driven by a bold mission: to create a more inclusive food system that transforms food loss into food access. Every day, we tackle critical issues of food justice by rescuing fresh produce that would otherwise end up in landfills and ensuring that every household in Kansas City has access to fresh fruits and vegetables within just ½ mile of their homes. 2025 will be our most ambitious year yet. We’re expanding our operations from 75 to 130 locations, crossing state lines into Kansas' Wyandotte County, and increasing our food rescue efforts by 25%. To meet this challenge, we’ll also engage more volunteers than ever before, aiming to surpass 8,000 volunteer hours by the end of 2024. We’re looking for dedicated teammates who are ready to build innovative, efficient systems that will help us reach new heights. Kanbe’s needs a Volunteer & Sustainability Associate to support this next phase of growth for this program. This is a warehouse-based role to support efforts to process 25% more rescued food in 2025 than the year prior through our innovative Redirection practices. This role will work closely with volunteers and will handle produce and uphold strict quality control guidelines. This will require a variety of skills both social, organizational, physical, and administrative to help Kanbe’s reach this next milestone.

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Member Duties : The VISTA will learn the mechanics of the present operations. This will include learning about food handling of fresh fruits and vegetables, Kanbe’s quality control standards, the Kanbe’s volunteer experience, warehouse operations and usage of warehouse equipment and tools. After learning the basics of the current operations, the VISTA will incorporate some facilitation practices into their daily schedule. As volunteer groups expand, this may include growing to lead groups in a solo capacity. As the VISTA becomes more familiar and competent with the volunteer experience of Kanbe’s as well as the quality control practices used by the organization, an audit and evaluation of these services will be completed with the growth trajectory of Kanbe’s volunteer hours in mind.

Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Relocation Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service .
• For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .

Terms

Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas

Community and Economic Development , Children/Youth , Neighborhood Revitalization , Health , Community Outreach , Hunger .

Skills

Computers/Technology , Communications , Community Organization , General Skills , Leadership , Team Work , Public Speaking .

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Summary

Program Type:

AmeriCorps VISTA Leaders

Program

LKC: Kanbe's Markets Volunteer & Sustainability VISTA

Program Start/End Date

02/11/2024 - 02/08/2025

Work Schedule Full Time

Education level

High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations KANSAS , MISSOURI

Languages

English

Accepting Applications

From 10/22/2024 To 10/12/2025

Contact Sierra Faust

3036 Troost Ave

Kansas City MO 64109

8165207115

sfaust@literacykc.org

literacykcvista.org

Listing ID 124791