Company description About SMNYC

Mission: To catalyze the flow of capital to our local food system by developing a network of entrepreneurs, farmers and investors guided by new impact investment principles connected to place, rooted in relationships and respecting human dignity and environmental limits.

Vision:
Everyone is an investor in food.

What We Do:
Build a diverse community of Investors and Entrepreneurs aiming to finance local, sustainable food businesses.
Inspire and educate people through events and public forums about the connected nature of investing and food system change.

Why We Do It:
Our aim is simple. Start Local. Support local food enterprises which provide consumers and investors a tangible, direct way to address the structural problems caused by the global food economy.

Who SMNYC is:

• Slow Money NYC is the local affiliate of Slow Money, a national non-profit organization catalyzing investment in sustainable food and farms.
• We spark dialogue and action at the nexus of where our food comes from and where our money goes. Our work is organized around the idea that everyone is an investor in food while asking, what would it mean if we all allocated even 5% of our investment monies in local sustainable food and agriculture?
• We have over 1,000 followers on Meetup and our mailing list and a robust network of innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and experts that convene regularly.

Job description

As our Administrative and Communications Coordinator, you’ll have a dynamic part-time role supporting our all volunteer board.  Your primary goal is to provide support related to project/event management, social media and team communications. You’ll also conduct research and perform duties related to fundraising, program development and event planning. 

Practically speaking, you’ll:

• Be our Brand Ambassador. The core of our work is about building community relationships and educating our audience; you’re excited to represent Slow Money’s work to a variety of stakeholders. 
• Coordinate and administer tasks, schedules, deadlines, and project logistics using project management software
• Update and maintain event production processes, documents, and checklists as well as coordinate the events themselves
• Manage social media accounts and represent the voice of the organization online 
• Maintain records of official meetings, decisions and actions of the Board of Directors and its committees and manage follow up with Board members.

Qualification must-haves:

• Experience in an administrative or project coordination role (e.g. executive assistant, administrative assistant, project coordinator/manager)
• Experience with executing content strategy via blog, email and social media campaigns.
• Familiarity with Squarespace; ability to update content, add photos and other frequent website updates
• Experience working with Google Apps Suite, LastPass and project management software (tell us which one you love)

Big plus if you have experience with any of the following:

• Knowledge of and commitment to sustainable food, farming, and/or food justice 
• Social media management
• Using client relationship management tools (CRM)
• Working knowledge of website management (we use SquareSpace)
• Quickbooks Online

Compensation this position is : hourly, varies DOE, $32.00 - $38.00 Application instructions DeadlineJuly 05, 2019 Attachment click here to download the attached document.