Description
SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Manages the Backpack, School Pantry, and all other Youth Feeding programs based on need and program funding. Establishes relationships with existing child-feeding programs and offers support pertaining to available grants, training, ordering assistance, and proper reporting procedures. Oversees partner programming and agency outreach and requires offsite partner visits.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program and Community Outreach
- Manages the on-boarding, training, and monitoring of School Partner Programs and Youth Feeding Programs which is a combination of virtual and in-person meetings
- Conducts approximately 100 program site visits per year.
- Represents FMWNY and Food for Kids programming at community meetings, coalitions, and/or state events and conferences as related to the position
Program Administration
- Acts as liaison between FMWNY and program partners
- Establishes relationships with existing child-feeding programs and offers support pertaining to outreach programs
- Collaborates with FMWNY facilities team to manage allocations, inventory, product ordering, and deliveries for FMWNY's feeding programs, including anticipating needs to prevent shortages.
- Collects and maintains monthly reports and required paperwork for programs.
- Establishes and maintains program contractual agreements with each participating school in compliance with Feeding America National policies and procedures.
- Maintains highly organized program information and records.
- Participates in agency and programs review committee.
- Provide excellent customer service to our partner agencies and program partners.
Grant Administration
- Works with Development team to determine program goals and sustainability of programs based on current funding.
- Develops plan to increase program participation and expansion based on current and potential grant funding.
- Analyzes information, client statistics, and grant spending from programs to assist with grant reporting and grant applications.
Program Evaluation and Expansion
- Evaluates and improves program activities to guide program participation and expansion.
- Facilitates changes with the program site environment to support improvement in program processes and procedures.
- Work with Nutrition, Client Services, and Business Development to expand after school feeding programs, and expansion into CACFP.
Agency Relations
- Oversight of relationships with programs, agencies and participants
- Oversight of partner agency visits, ordering, accounts, and files
General
- Provides assistance to clients with direction of Emergency Food Relief Organizations (EFRO) in their areas.
- Assist with any and all mission work as needed and requested with some or no prior notice including, but not limited to: serving as a truck spotter, helping with Farm Market/Community Garden/Freight Farms/on and off-site food distributions, preparation of meals and serving home-delivered meals.
- Other duties as assigned or needed.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree
- 2 years' experience working with low-income populations, including intern or volunteer experience
- Excellent organizational and time management skill
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and public relations skills
- Proficiency in MS Office products, including Word and Excel
- Demonstrated ability in teaching and public speaking
- Current & valid NYS driver's license and access to an automobile
- Must be capable of lifting a minimum of 35 lbs.
QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:
- Current ServSafe or other food safety certification
- Previous volunteer experience at FeedMore
- Energetic, enthusiastic, and creative
- Ability to learn new computer software programs
- Able to take initiative and work independently
- Ability to adapt and grow in an expanding program