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Education Steward – AmeriCorps
Posted on: June 9, 2026
Education Steward (AmeriCorps Half-Time)
Kids’ Food Basket | Grand Rapids, MI
Kids’ Food Basket believes every child deserves nutritious food to learn, grow, and thrive. Through healthy food access, education, and community engagement, we help nourish children and strengthen communities.
As an AmeriCorps Education Steward, you’ll deliver hands-on Farm-to-School learning during Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) sessions at K–8 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools. This role offers experience in education, nonprofit service, food systems, and youth engagement while supporting scholars facing food insecurity.
Working in pairs, Education Stewards lead lessons that build food knowledge and community connection and support capacity-building across education, agriculture, volunteer engagement, and food access to strengthen Kids’ Food Basket programs.
Position Details
- Service Term: September 14, 2026 – September 10, 2027
- Commitment: 900 service hours; average 20 hours weekly
- Time Off Maximum: 63 hours (7% of total service hours)
- Living Allowance: $16,200 annually ($623.07 biweekly before taxes)
- Education Award: $3,697.50 Segal Education Award upon successful completion
- Eligible for student loan forbearance and interest accrual payment for qualified loans
- Childcare benefits available for eligible AmeriCorps volunteers
- Ongoing personal and professional development opportunities
What You’ll Do
- Lead Farm-to-School lessons during ELO programming
- Prepare, distribute, and clean up lesson materials, food, and supplies
- Facilitate activities and encourage scholar participation
- Expand capacity for Sack Supper distribution and programming at partner sites
- Recruit, engage, and help train volunteers for KFB programs
- Increase capacity for food distribution, harvests, and summer camp support
- Join community service projects with local nonprofit partners
- Attend monthly team meetings on leadership, service, and development
What You’ll Bring
- Age 18+ and a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident
- High school diploma or GED required; associate degree or relevant experience preferred
- Valid driver’s license and ability to pass AmeriCorps background checks
- Commitment to Kids’ Food Basket’s mission and communities facing food insecurity
- Enjoy working with children and leading hands-on learning
- Strong communication, organization, teamwork, and time management
- Flexible, proactive, and ready for hands-on service
- Interest in education, food systems, nutrition, agriculture, community engagement, or nonprofit work
Why You’ll Love It
- Make a direct impact in the lives of scholars and families throughout the Grand Rapids community
- Gain hands-on experience in education, nonprofit service, food systems, and community engagement
- Build leadership, communication, and professional skills through meaningful service opportunities
- Serve alongside a passionate, mission-driven team committed to nourishing kids and strengthening communities
- Participate in personal and professional development opportunities throughout your service term
- Enjoy a dynamic role that combines teaching, community outreach, food access, and volunteer engagement
- Earn a Segal Education Award and access AmeriCorps benefits that support your future goals
- Help create healthier futures for children while growing your own career and service experience
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Ready to make a meaningful impact? Join Kids’ Food Basket as an Education Steward and help nourish kids, strengthen communities, and grow through service. Apply today!
Reasonable accommodations can be provided during the interview process to ensure equal access and participation in accordance with applicable law.
Kids’ Food Basket
Housing Access Coordinator
Posted on: June 4, 2026
Are you deeply concerned about the issue of homelessness in our area? Do you possess a genuine passion for forming meaningful connections with individuals? Are you eager to engage with and support our unhoused neighbors? If so, we invite you to become a vital member of our Outreach Team as a Housing Access Coordinator.
Our Outreach Team operates within a dynamic, community-focused organization. We are in search of a compassionate individual who thrives on building genuine relationships and serves as a steadfast advocate for our community. As a Housing Access Coordinator, you will navigate various sites, including the encampments, the Community Kitchen and Refresh, and other areas spanning across Ottawa County.
This role requires adaptability, adept problem-solving abilities, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Your primary objective will be to utilize your expertise to connect individuals experiencing homelessness with vital resources, all with the overarching goal of finding stable housing solutions for our houseless neighbors.
Start Date: July 2026
Responsibilities & Essential Duties
- Locate and build relationships with clients experiencing homelessness throughout Ottawa county; identify their barriers and make appropriate referrals to local resources
- Engage people experiencing homelessness in Holland at established “inreach” and “outreach” service locations such as the library, Community Kitchen, Refresh, and throughout the community.
- Operate agency vehicles to provide street outreach, transport supplies, and assist guests with access to services, appointments, shelter, and housing resources while maintaining safe driving practices and compliance with agency vehicle policies.
- Conduct street outreach and engagement activities in a variety of community settings, including encampments, wooded areas, shelters, and public spaces, requiring the ability to walk on uneven terrain, hike through outdoor environments, and work in varying weather conditions while building rapport with individuals experiencing homelessness.
- Provide case management services to clientele including: relationship building, assessment, engagement (goal setting in the areas of obtaining housing and other community resources), advocacy (collaboration with service providers and references for housing) and termination
- Assist clients with a variety of tasks including applying for benefits from local, state, and federal agencies and locating appropriate resources
- Carefully listening to client stories with the ability to both empathize as well as search for solutions to potentially ambiguous underlying issues
- Create and maintain relationships with local service providers to obtain program referrals and to collaborate effectively when working with shared clientele
- Maintain timely and accurate program and client records across multiple required platforms.
- Works collaboratively with a cross functional team to ensure highest client service and to ensure programming efficiently and effectively helps our guests build skills to achieve a stable and prosperous life.
- Update and learn about new community, local, state, and federal resources that may benefit our guests, as they become available.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Work experience or education in social services preferred.
- Ability to work independently and without direct supervision. Ability to handle a variety of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex environment with multiple priorities.
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Strong communication skills with a variety of guests, community members and collaborative agency team members.
- Strong active listening skills and ability to offer empathy.
- Integrity, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and self-directedness. Strong in critical thinking & problem solving
- Suicide Prevention, and Deescaltion technicques and skilled in conflict resolution and crisis management preferred
- A team player with a flexible and creative approach within a friendly, yet demanding, work environment
- Creativity in developing new and innovative approaches to challenges with a strong commitment to continuous improvement.
- Comfort with technology and database entry and management with Experience in recording case notes and database management preferred. Working knowledge of Google applications and platforms.
- Self-reflective, humble, and able to compassionately engage and process with coworkers and diverse populations with a history of trauma.
- Knowledge of the lived experience, systems-level barriers to housing, and resources available to houseless neighbors, preferred.
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Willingness and interest in continuous learning and adaptation based on your professional interests and organizational needs.
- A high standard of performance and integrity, and ability to lead by example to foster a positive workplace culture.
- Proficiency in clear and effective written and verbal communication, and ability to develop trusting professional relationships.
- Demonstrate a genuine passion for our mission and a commitment to upholding our team’s values: Radically Welcoming, Guest-Centered, Lead with Kindness, Curiosity-Driven, Always Improving, Collaborative by Design, Contagious Commitment, & One Team.
Community Action House
Executive Director
Posted on: June 2, 2026
On behalf of our client, Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates, we are looking for an Executive
Director. The Executive Director serves as the chief executive and primary representative
(“Face of the Organization”) of Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates. Reporting to the Board
of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for leading fundraising and
development efforts to ensure LIA’s long-term financial sustainability, cultivating major
donors and institutional partners, and positioning LIA as a trusted voice in the community.
This leader will guide the development and implementation of the organization’s five-year
strategic plan and ensure that LIA has the human resources, technology, and
infrastructure necessary to achieve its mission and meet future growth needs. The
Executive Director is ultimately accountable for achieving revenue and operating goals,
advancing strategic priorities, and ensuring the continued excellence of LIA’s programs
and advocacy efforts.
Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates
Development Director
Posted on: June 2, 2026
This position works to increase the financial stability of the Momentum Center through fund development efforts including Donor Development, Events Coordination, and Grants.
Momentum Center
Director of Facilities Operations
Posted on: June 1, 2026
Director of Facilities Operations Position Summary
The Director of Facilities Operations provides strategic and hands-on leadership for the safe, reliable, and excellent operation of Benjamin’s Hope’s 52-acre campus, including residential homes, community buildings, grounds, life safety systems, operational technology, durable medical equipment, fleet assets, and campus infrastructure.
This leader ensures that the physical and operational environment of Benjamin’s Hope reflects our commitment to dignity, safety, hospitality, and excellence for the people we serve.
The Director leads preventative maintenance strategy, facilities operations, vendor management, capital planning, regulatory compliance, emergency response readiness, technology vendor oversight, and the development of facilities staff and skilled volunteers.
The ideal candidate is a proactive, emotionally intelligent, solutions-oriented leader who combines strategic thinking with practical execution, brings urgency without drama, and leads with humility, accountability, and strong follow-through.
As a prerequisite, the successful candidate must embrace the mission and values of Benjamin’s Hope and be committed to serving people with disabilities through the love of Christ.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Facilities Leadership
- Lead overall facilities operations for Benjamin’s Hope’s campus, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient functioning of buildings, grounds, infrastructure, and operational support systems.
- Develop and execute a campus-wide preventative maintenance strategy, including lifecycle planning and replacement forecasting.
- Build systems that reduce recurring failures, improve responsiveness, and strengthen operational reliability.
- Contribute to long-term campus planning, infrastructure improvements, and future growth initiatives.
Facilities Operations
- Ensure excellent day-to-day operation of facilities, grounds, transportation assets, life safety systems, and infrastructure.
- Lead by example with a willingness to actively participate in hands-on facilities work when needed.
- Conduct regular inspections to proactively identify maintenance needs, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Technology & Vendor Oversight
- Ensure reliable operation of campus technology infrastructure, including internet, Wi-Fi, communication systems, access control, security technology, and audiovisual systems.
- Escalate underperformance quickly when safety, continuity, or quality are at risk.
Compliance, Safety & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, AFC/LARA, health department, life safety, and other applicable standards.
- Oversee fire safety systems, testing, documentation, drills, and emergency preparedness.
- Maintain readiness for inspections, audits, and regulatory review.
- Identify risks proactively and implement corrective action.
Capital Projects & Budget Stewardship
- Oversee renovations, infrastructure work, and construction initiatives.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, and consultants.
Team Leadership & Internal Partnership
- Lead, develop, and support facilities staff with clear expectations, accountability, coaching, and operational leadership.
- Recruit, coordinate, and grow a team of skilled facilities volunteers that expands capacity and strengthens community connection.
Emergency Response
- Serve as a key responder for facilities emergencies, including off-hours situations as needed.
- Lead with urgency, calm judgment, and effective coordination during operational incidents impacting safety or continuity.
Schedule, Compensation, & Location:
- Schedule: Full-Time, M-F, Some off-hours availability required for emergency response situations
- Pay: $85,000–$95,000 per year, based on experience
- Location: Holland, MI
Qualifications
- 7–15+ years of progressively responsible facilities operations leadership experience.
- Experience leading complex facilities environments such as healthcare, senior living, residential care, higher education, hospitality, retreat centers, or similar campus-based operations.
- Strong experience in preventative maintenance systems, vendor management, regulatory compliance, and facilities operations leadership.
- Experience managing third-party IT vendors and operational technology.
- Ability to read construction drawings and technical documentation.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in both strategic leadership and practical execution roles.
Physical Requirements
This role includes both leadership and active facilities work, including walking the campus, climbing ladders, lifting equipment/materials (up to 50 pounds), working indoors and outdoors, and responding to physical operational needs.
How to Apply:
If you are a proactive professional who values collaboration, accountability, and service, who builds positive relationships while delivering operational excellence, we invite you to apply for this role!
Benjamin’s Hope has retained Specialized Recruiting Group to lead this search. Applications will be accepted until a Director of Facilities Operations is appointed. Expressions of interest and candidate applications will be treated with complete confidentiality.
Interested candidates should submit their resume & letter of interest directly to Specialized Recruiting Group to the attention of Susan Delauter via email at susan.delauter@srgexpress.com.
Inquiries concerning this search may be directed to susan.delauter@srgexpress.com.
About Specialized Recruiting Group, an Express Employment Professionals Company:
Specialized Recruiting Group is a professional and executive search firm specializing in engineering, operations, human resources, and other critical roles. Since 1996, we’ve connected talented professionals with companies that align with their values and goals. We are driven to help people succeed and are passionate about making a positive impact.