Communications Coordinator

Location: Remote 

Terms: 1099 contract position, expected 5-8 hours per week.
fixed 8 month contract with possibility of renewal

Compensation: $900 per month

Start Date: November 1, 2025

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Communications Coordinator will play a key role in supporting the organization's communications strategy. This position will be responsible for assisting with the development and implementation of various communication initiatives including:

  • • Crafting RFC’s monthly newsletter & maintaining newsletter archive

  • • Soliciting and cross-posting social media content from students for campus-specific events

  • • Designing & posting RFC general and evergreen social media content on an as-request basis 

  • • Generally managing RFC’s communications calendar

  • • Updating website content (no coding required)

  • • Meeting monthly with RFC Directors to co-craft RFC’s communications plan

QUALIFICATIONS

  • • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • • Three years of experience with social media management and content creation

  • •  Above average organizational and time management skills

  • •  Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • •  Passionate about the organization's mission

  • •  Reliable access to internet, computer and smartphone

  • •  Experience using Action Network preferred

  • •  Understanding of food justice issues preferred

TERMS

This is a remote position and can be based anywhere in the United States of America. Current staff are based in California, New York,  Virginia and somewhere in between.

This is a contract position paid at $900 per month.  It is a fixed-term, 8 month contract with the possibility of extension pending review at 6 months.

TO APPLY

We welcome applicants to submit the following to contact@rfchallenge.org with the subject “Communications Coordinator Application” no later than September 19, 2025.

  1. 1. Resume - this does not need to be traditionally formatted, just show us how the trajectory of your work has brought you to apply for this position

  2. 2. Two work samples - one which highlights your writing abilities and the other which showcases your design skills

  3. 3. Answers to the following questions:

    1. •  Why are you interested in this position?

    2. •  RFC’s work touches many spheres: students, producers, other food justice orgs, etc.  How do you approach crafting engaging content that speaks to multiple audiences?

    3. •  What else do you have going on and how is this going to fit into the rest of your life?

Answer as creatively as you’d like.  Please provide answers in either written form (no longer than two pages total) or in audio or video format (no longer than six minutes total) attached to your email.