Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship: Rescuing Leftover Cuisine - Partner Outreach Intern
*** FEDERAL WORK STUDY STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ***
***INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ***
About the Organization
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc. (“RLC”) is a non-profit food rescue organization based in New York City that delivers leftover food from restaurants and caterers to local agencies such as homeless shelters and soup kitchens. We have thus far delivered over 4,000,000 pounds of food with the lowest cost per delivery in the industry. Our business model is centered around four stages: (1) proactively seek out businesses with leftover food for partnerships, (2) deliver excess, wholesome food directly to local agencies, (3) use our expertise in food rescue to consult each partner different ways to reduce food waste, (4) partners successfully graduate from the RLC food rescue program with reduced food cost and food waste.
The Internship Site:
25 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
About the Internship:
The Partner Outreach Intern will learn to develop new relationships with restaurants and other food providers in NYC. They will be solely responsible for their own successes, so we will only consider those who are professional and serious about creating real business relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Take charge of sales process from beginning to finish, including prospect research, visitation, pitching, and closing deal
- Initiate and pitch to managers of restaurants for potential partnership
- Manage tracking database of partners contacted on a weekly basis
- Coordinate with volunteers to develop food delivery routes
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Work 35 hours per week
- Lead at least 1 food rescue event per week
The Ideal Candidate:
- Self-starter; ability to initiate and work independently
- Persistent, tactful, outgoing, and persuasive
- Ability to interact professionally with potential partners in person, via phone, and email
- Ability to multitask and prioritize
- Previous experience canvassing is a plus