Community Coordinator

Work with Hillsboro Friends Church as a QVS Fellow!

About the position:

1. Help to coordinate a community meal and associated support services 2. Houseless community members as well as a small and growing group in transitional housing and a significant number of trans and gender non-binary houseless people who are at significant risk of assault and sexual violence. For some, our community meal is a temporary refuge, and we want to do a better job of supporting them throughout the week. 3. On Sundays, between twenty and thirty folks, mostly houseless but some in transitional housing, show up at 10 a.m., enjoy a light continental breakfast followed by a hearty lunch cooked on-site and hang out together for conversation until we start handing out brown-bag dinners (sandwiches and other snacks). We close the dining area and lock up the building at 1 p.m. 

The coordinator plans menus, recruits and collaborates with volunteers, coordinates supplies with our local food bank and a designated shopper who picks up whatever supplies are needed and that can't be provided by the food bank, works with a small team to begin cooking at 8:30 a.m., greet community members at 10 a.m., resource community members with clothing and other supplies from our "store," closes the building at 1 p.m., and finishes clean-up at 2 p.m. The coordinator will have a designated office space
and time to dream about how to strategically expand program services in small but sustainable ways.

About Quaker Voluntary Service:

Quaker Voluntary Service is an 11-month service program operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Portland, OR.  During their service term, QVS Fellows receive many supports including:

Monthly stipend

Housing 

Food allowance

Transportation allowance

Health insurance

Four off-site retreats

Programming every other week (QVS days) to engage in Quaker practices, learn about social justice, and develop many skills including community building and transformation conflict.

…and more!

For more details, please visit our website.