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About the Role
Responsible for conducting outreach, disseminating materials, and assisting individuals with SNAP and other benefit applications or case management. This role requires a willingness to work weekends and travel throughout the 5 boroughs.
Responsibilities
- Represent The Fortune Society and its core services professionally at health fairs, community events, and farmer's markets.
- Collaborate with community-based organizations to connect participants with SNAP and other benefits.
- Distribute printed materials to individuals and groups during presentations.
- Attend monthly SNAP taskforce meetings and relevant trainings.
- Follow a weekly field schedule and provide daily reports on areas covered.
- Maintain an inventory of outreach materials and report usage and areas covered to the supervisor.
- Identify potentially SNAP-eligible individuals or households.
- Organize and present information effectively in both formal and informal group settings.
- Identify and network with outside organizations to schedule presentations.
- Work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
- Provide actionable recommendations to maximize program outcomes.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bilingual proficiency in English/Spanish or English/Mandarin is required.
- Previous outreach experience is preferred.
- Knowledge of entitlements and eligibility, specifically SNAP in NYC.
- Clear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Basic computer skills, including text messaging, emailing, and internet navigation.
- Ability to provide partner feedback to the supervisor.
- Ability to find addresses, read maps, and arrive at locations in a timely manner.
- Must be able to carry printed outreach materials and work outdoors.
- Must be able to stand in one location or walk around a specific area.
- Must be able to travel as required to conduct outreach throughout the 5 boroughs.
- Relevant personal experience is a plus.
Skills
- Basic computer use
- Creating log-in credentials
- Internet searches
- Organizing files
- Emailing
- Text messaging
- Internet navigation
- Finding addresses
- Reading maps
- Effective organization
- Effective presentation skills
- Networking
Location
- Long Island City, NY
- 5 Boros
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Non-Exempt
Experience Level
- Full week availability not to exceed 5 works days per week.
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $24.73 Hourly
- $45,000 Annually
About the Company
- The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) has been working for almost 60 years in service to our mission: to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
- The organization has evolved into one of the nation’s preeminent reentry and justice-informed service organizations, providing formerly incarcerated people with the skills and wrap-around services needed to break the cycle of crime and incarceration and to build productive lives in their communities.
- Fortune has grown steadily over the years to an agency with over $100 million in annual budget with approximately 600 staff.
- Fortune has a dual mission: both advocacy and service.
- The advocacy portion of our mission focuses on building a more just criminal legal system and reducing the barriers to reentry into society.
- The service side of Fortune has evolved to encompass a broad range of programs that started with employment and education and now includes a robust array of services, among them: alternatives to incarceration, supervised release, court advocacy, discharge planning within correctional facilities, licensed outpatient substance use and mental health treatment, a housing continuum ranging from emergency and transitional through permanent congregate and scattered site housing, assistance in obtaining benefits, a care management unit, HIV services, a food and nutrition program, an arts program, lifetime aftercare, policy and advocacy through our David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, and research through our Center for Research, Inquiry and Social Justice.
- Each service we provide is informed by the needs of the population we serve.
- Fortune currently serves approximately 20,000 people a year.
- Our program models are recognized, both nationally and internationally, for their quality and innovation.
- We have locations in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens.
Equal Opportunity
- The Fortune Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of conviction history, race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status.