REPORTS TO: Chief Programs Officer
DEPARTMENT: Programs
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Program Coordinators: 1 FTE, 2 PT, Commodities and Food Safety Manager 1 FTE, Garden Staff 2 PT, Operation Frontline Nutrition Manager, 1 FTE.
BASIC OBJECTIVE: To develop, implement and manage a variety of programs that bridge the gap between hunger and abundance in southern Colorado.
SALARY RANGE: $38,000-$45,000 plus benefits.
Feeding Programs and Nutrition Education
- Oversees programmatic efforts ensuring compliance with Feeding America, State of Colorado and other relevant standards and guidelines.
- Identifies strategic opportunities to improve efficiency of programs, increase resources available for programs, and/or grow programs and improve outreach.
- Identifies opportunities to add additional programs and/or collaborate with community partners to participate in new programmatic initiatives.
- Ensures adequate reporting of programmatic activities for Feeding America, grant/foundation, government, etc.
- Ensures sites have appropriate agreements and documentation in place.
- Ensures organizational education efforts are providing clients with tools, resources and knowledge needed to provide for their own long-term food security needs and/or improve their nutrition.
- Ensures agency representatives are trained appropriately in accordance with local, state and Feeding America guidelines.
- Support Operation Frontline staff.
USDA and Government Programs
- Ensure compliance with all regulations for TEFAP, CSFP, other programs.
Safe Food Handling
- Ensure compliance with Feeding America standards for safe food handling with partner agencies.
Local Food
- Maintain Care and Share gardens.
- Build and collaborate with community gardens.
- Research and collaborate on community initiatives to improve access to local food.
Organization
- Ensures direct reports are developed in a manner to execute job duties appropriately.
This position is based in Colorado Springs; however, applicant MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN COLORADO.
Care and Share is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in accordance with all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws.
To apply, please send an email with complete resume, cover letter and references to:
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or fax Attention Melissa at: 719-528-5833.
