Company description

About us: Boulder Food Rescue works to create a more just and less wasteful food system. We facilitate the sustainable redistribution of healthy food that would otherwise be wasted to low-income communities. We work to increase access to fruits and vegetables, remove food access barriers, reduce food waste, implement more equitable and just food rescue practices, build trust with communities, and support the leadership of Grocery Program Coordinators.

Our vision and approach: We envision a world where communities have autonomy within their food systems and the resources they need to thrive. We help realize this vision by working in solidarity with communities to create food access systems that work best for them. We build participatory and equitable systems that uphold the dignity and respect of people utilizing the programs. By building mutual trust and honest relationships we build collective power that will help us transform both the nonprofit industrial complex and the food system as a whole.

About the Food Redistribution program:

We deliver an average of 1,400 pounds of produce daily to 40 recipient sites. BFR has redistributed over 4.5 million pounds of food to date, most of which is delivered by bicycle. We serve about 7,000 individuals living with low-income in one year. Specifically, we deliver food directly to 31 low-income housing sites and community spaces where community members receive and distribute the food, reducing barriers to food access. This is called the No Cost Grocery Program. We provide several opportunities for individuals who receive food from BFR to participate in systems and decisions that affect them within the organization. Individuals from the community receive the food, call neighbors, distribute the food, clean up after the delivery, make sure food safety standards are followed, conduct outreach, initiate program changes and improvements, and encourage COVID-19 protocols. This work is not just about food distribution, it’s also about building relationships and supporting people towards more input and power in the decision-making processes which affect their lives.

About our team & culture

We are a multiracial, multicultural & multigender (new word?) team. Many of us come from lower class backgrounds. Many of us are LGBTQ+.

We are consistently working to deepen our commitment towards sharing power and democratizing leadership, dismantling white supremacy culture, and creating a culture of support and care.

We care deeply about the work we do and work hard to show up for our community. We also care about one another. What we do externally, we practice internally. How we relate to one another internally affects the external. We aren’t perfect. We have conflict. We try to be accountable to our harms. We encourage feedback. We are trauma informed. We try to change the structural systems that keep us from caring for one another and ourselves. We also live under capitalism, scarcity, and a world that tells us we don’t belong. We acknowledge that these things are deeply inherited and are working to unlearn them. We are interdependent on one another and how we show up affects one another.

We have changed structural things to support our own well being so we can show up to the work in the way we want to. For example, we have equitable and transparent wage structures, full time at 32 hrs/ wk, plentiful PTO & sick leave as well as selfcare days & holidays. We also have shared decision making practices, a small and ethical hierarchy, and an empathetic culture that meets people where they are, supports peoples growth, and understands power and accountability.

Job description

The overall goal of the Development Manager is to fundraise for and increase the awareness of BFR's mission and support the relationships between BFR and the general public. The Development Manager is responsible for the implementation of all of the Organization’s development and communications strategy. The Development Manager reports to and works collaboratively with the Co-Director to implement the Development Strategy laid out by the Co-Director. The Development Manager will be a highly visible member of the community, representing Boulder Food Rescue throughout Boulder.

The ideal candidate for this position is strongly committed to social justice and change work, as well as interpersonal work and trauma stewardship (i.e. we take care of ourselves while we take care of others). They must have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, self-direction and creativity.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

General Fundraising

• Communicate fundraising goals throughout the organization and equip staff members and board with tools to help reach them.
• Report on fundraising progress and accomplishments to Board and Leadership Team
• Work with BFR team to develop deep understanding of all programs, including food redistribution, Food Rescue Alliance, and future programs and goals, to ensure fundraising relationships are targeted towards program of interest
• Maintain, update, and build relationships and communications with current and new donors
• Work with Co-Direcdtor to execute fundraising campaigns to reach potential contributors, including a Spring giving campaign, Colorado Gives Day, and end-of-year fundraising
• In collaboration with the Co-Director, edit the Spring and End of Year fundraising appeal letter and oversee the distribution of messaging via snail mail and digitally.
• Other responsibilities created with and assigned by Co-Director

Donor Relationship Management

• Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects
• Build and maintain donor relationships and cultivation
• Understand donor interests and connect appropriate staff team members to donors for relationship building
• Identify and cultivate potential donors from public and private sectors
• Support the ED in developing relationships with major donors and foster long-term sustained giving among this donor population

Events

• Annual Fundraiser: Coordinate and implement the annual fall fundraiser and adapt as necessary. This includes project managing logistics, event messaging, donor engagement, vendor outreach, coordinating staff and volunteers, managing event contractors, and organizing and managing committees.
• Donor touchpoint events: Coordinate and implement another donor touchpoint event in the spring focused on a programmatic element and with the goal of celebrating current donors and developing new potential donors

Corporate Giving

• Implement a plan developed by Co-Director for increased corporate giving, including a list of potential business with aligned values
• Update donor menu and any necessary materials for corporate fundraising asks.
• Manage end-to-end relationships with corporate partners.
• Work with co-director to increase corporate giving for events and general sponsorships for the organization, specifically for the annual fundraising event, the Food Rescue Feast.

Grant support

• Assist with grant requests/proposals and identify potential funders as necessary
• Work with grants team to edit grants and write when needed

Marketing and Communications

• Implement communications plan including advertising.
• Manage interns and volunteers to implement branding, messaging, external communications, and public relations tools (website, e-communications, print materials, reports).
• Work with a team of volunteers, staff, and board to represent BFR at speaking engagements and external events. Attend and represent BFR at some identified public speaking events.

POSITIONS SUPERVISED:

• Contractors, interns and volunteers depending on project

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years experience in nonprofit development
• High-level organizational skills with ability to meet timelines
• Self-directed. High-level skills around implementation of strategy and task management
• Skilled at crafting powerful messages via impeccable written or spoken communications
• Love of meeting new people, building relationships, being in communication with stakeholders
• Demonstrated strong volunteer relations skills
• Desire to work for organization with shared decision making and collaborative approach
• Ability to work professionally and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and skills in a team environment
• A willingness to engage in continuous learning about anti-oppression, social justice issues, and trauma
• Work or lived experience with communities of color, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ and people experiencing homelessness is particularly valued
• Ability to work remotely
• Willingness to work some evenings and weekends for events
• Passion for food justice, social justice, climate justice work

Salary and Benefits:

The salary range is $45,000- 49,000 depending on level of experience. We have an equitable salary structure that all staff gave input on, and will be iterated upon annually.

Benefits:

• 32 hour work week
• PTO vacation and sick leave:
  • PTO starts at 2 weeks and scales to 5 weeks based on tenure for vacation leave
  • Paid additional 7 days sick leave
  • Paid holidays, birthday, and floating holiday of your choice
  • Paid monthly self-care half-day
• Remote working and semi-flexible schedule
• Work from home equipment and internet package
• Personal cell phone payment package
• Professional development stipend
• Health and wellness stipend
• RTD bus passes
• Ego Carshare membership
• Community cycles membership
• Optional Health Savings Account
• Free tax return for employees
• Workers compensation coverage

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $35,568* - $50,000

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline