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• Uphold MFFC’s mission and vision while ensuring ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic plan• Develop, maintain, and support a strong leadership team and advisory board members.• Work with fiscal sponsor to coordinate and oversee all organizational finances• Work with up to 5 interns per year to provide support to organizational programs and activities• Supervise 3 paid staff and volunteers• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand• Leading the process of a new organizational structure and updating bylaws• Update social media content for organization’s Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram• Build new partnerships, establish relationships with funders, political and community leaders.• Founder and co-creator of Transportation Talks (T-Talks), a community oriented conversation series that explores the intersections of transportation and quality of like (i.e climate change, housing and displacement, emotional well-being)

• Help the organization restructure itself by contributing to internal discussions, assisting with writing grants to build capacity and etc.• Hire, create programs, and work alongside 8-12 teens and the Youth Coordinator who live in Mattapan and surrounding areas that lead health and wellness projects such as Mattapan on Wheels, Mattapan Bike Workshop Series, the Farm Stand in partnership with Brookwood Community Farm and the Mattapan Community Health center, and maintaining the Children's Garden on Edgewater Drive.• Co-Lead in Bike-a-Thon planning, marketing strategy creation, coordination, and execution, to promote fitness and biking to over 200 Mattapan residents• Assist with treasury needs of the coalition.

•Research and write grants with fellow youth leaders to fund programming of youth events•Engage more than 300 residents through projects focused on healthy eating and active living.•Communicate with other organizations in the community through email and meetings to plan events such as Community Garden Initiatives, bike-ability in Mattapan, and transportation through the Greenway Initiative•Co-Lead in Bike-a-Thon planning, marketing strategy creation, coordination, and execution, to promote fitness and biking to over 200 Mattapan residents•Recruit and train youth on the Mobile Farm stand initiative and Action Team creation for Bike-a-Thon•Help create and distribute over 1000 flyers to promote and market each MFFC event•Create Constant Contacts to send to stored contacts about upcoming events

Assist in the planning and preparation of the Street Ambassador program which includes recruiting community residents, creating training materials, scheduling, and etcStrategize how to engage new partners and create materials -- both outreach and training Building connections along streets that abut communities of colour (i.e Cummins Highway, Blue Hill Ave) to identify community oriented partnersProvide public testimony and taking notes during public meetingsTake part in meetings with city and MTBA staff including stakeholder meetingsSupport data collection and entry for all program areasSupport outreach and organizational events

• Provide scheduling and administrative support•Work to meet the daily needs of the Chief Executive Officer including answering, screening and returning calls thoroughly and with diplomacy, and coordinating mailings and faxes•Arrange, participate in, and implement, as directed, conferences and committee meetings. •Perform typing and transcription duties as required•Create monthly newsletters and manage Twitter account•Assist the credentialing manager with credentialing of providers with payors.•Assist and take the lead on organizing events such as the annual Health & Wellness Fair, Open House, International Food Day, and the 1st annual Employee Awards Ceremony

• Co-coordinated annual DREAMstock educational event to 75+ mentors• Assisted with interview and hiring of DREAM summer staff• Assisted with creating a basic summer program for over 40+ mentees• Led the transition of a Boston DREAM program by recruiting 25 mentors and giving them the opportunity to shadow existing Boston DREAM programs. • Manage over 80+ mentors and was a resource for them about DREAMy systems and any issues that arose

• Manage, monitor and update company’s social media networks such as Twitter and LinkedIn• Assist with the production of content, manage email marketing tool and monitor engagement• Worked with LinkedIn to develop excel spreadsheets of current CEOs and background information• Help restructure old data bases into usable documents

• Prepare up to 30 trays of grilled chicken for the upcoming work day• Make and serve quality sandwiches, salads, and Paninis to customers with high performance and customization• Help manage 8 high school workers on how to properly cook and serve food to incoming customers

• Assisted with shipping and receiving of 300 products, and arranging them on the sales floor • Talk with customers to help understand their needs and provide assistance • Entered data on a Microsoft excel spreadsheet to track computer orders, complete inventory counts of products• Handled high volume of customer transactions and payments such as credit cards, cash, and gift cards per day