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Food hub Program Coordinator

Farmer Foodshare

Date Posted September 29, 2023
Location Durham, NC
Category Agriculture / Nonprofit
Job type Full-Time

Company description

We are a Durham, NC-based nonprofit that is reshaping the food system by removing barriers to growing and accessing local food. Our Food Hub Program creates markets for North Carolina farmers by buying their products, then selling to local businesses and institutions, while also delivering fresh, healthy food to food insecure folks in our community.

We are an organization that works hard each day to fulfill our mission – but we also do our best to value and respect all team members. We provide generous benefits for all employees including fully paid health insurance and paid time off.

Job description

Food Hub Program Coordinator Position Description

Priority application deadline 10/8/2023, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will be open until filled, so the earlier the better.

Farmer Foodshare (FF) seeks candidates for the position of Food Hub Program Coordinator.

Come join our team of highly motivated and caring professionals at Farmer Foodshare who envisions a vibrant food culture rooted in resilient food ecosystems through which our communities are food secure, all are nourished by locally sourced food, and local farms thrive. Our mission is to reshape the disconnected food system by increasing access to nutritious, local foods; building farmer capacity, particularly of BIPOC, women, and new farmers; and improving the health and nutrition of our local communities.

Compensation and Benefits

The position is an exempt, year-round, “at will” position.

The base salary for this position is $50,000/yr and a 3% COLA already built into the next 2 yrs.

We provide excellent benefits to all our full-time employees, including 100% employer-paid health insurance, generous vacation, retirement contributions and paid personal leave.

This position is in-person, on location in our Durham office.

About Farmer Foodshare

We are an organization that works hard each day to fulfill our mission – but we also do our best to value and respect all team members. We provide generous benefits for all full-time employees (hourly and salaried) including fully paid health insurance and paid time off.

Position Summary

Farmer Foodshare’s Food Hub Program Coordinator is a full-time, exempt position and acts as a key member of the Food Hub Program Team. This position will help with the everyday activities of running the Food hub program, but will specifically be the lead on managing the grant-funded sub-programs of our food hub. This includes sourcing for, executing, tracking, and reporting on various pieces of the Food Box program, the CSA program and the Climate Smart Ag Commodities grant.

The ideal candidate is highly-organized, with prior project management and/or nonprofit experience, as well as deep food system connections and/or experience.

Experience with CSA’s,farming/food systems experience or warehouse/delivery, or food hubs a plus.

Bachelor's degree is the preferred educational minimum.

We’re looking for someone who is proactive about pulling things onto their plate and taking responsibilities for a body of work, but who is also skilled at coordinating with others on and across teams. This job is a healthy mix of “doing” and “documenting” which will appeal to the ideal candidate.

Our organization has an annual budget of $2.7M, and a small staff of 12. This position reports directly to the Food Hub Director, and will also work closely with the Executive Director and across teams to ensure that our Food Hub Program is meeting its goals, a portfolio of grant-funded programs are managed responsibly, and that they are contributing to the day-to-day operations of the food hub.
To learn more or to apply please see full position description + application instructions here.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $50,000 - $75,000

Application instructions