Company description

Healthy Acadia is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that works on a broad range of community health initiatives that help Hancock and Washington counties to thrive. Since 2001, we have worked to identify priority health needs and to address root causes. We convene and facilitate numerous collaborative community efforts with shared leadership from many sectors to develop plans and take action to improve health and wellbeing, and to rapidly respond to critical and emergent health needs in our communities.

The scope of our work encompasses seven general areas of focus:

Strong Beginnings to support healthy development and resilience from birth to adulthood;
Healthy Food for All to ensure that all people have access to nutritious, affordable food, and to make the healthy choice the easy choice;
Active and Healthy Environments to ensure that our indoor and outdoor spaces are safe, healthy, and promote physical activity and wellness;
Healthy Aging to ensure that all of us can age well — with strength, dignity, comfort, and grace;
Substance Prevention and Recovery to support people of all ages to live lives free of substance misuse and substance use disorder, and to support individuals throughout their recovery journey; and
Health Promotion and Management to improve community supports across a wide range of health needs, from cancer patient navigation and stress reduction to barrier removal for health challenges and chronic disease and pain self-management.
Basic Needs to address adverse social conditions that contribute to poor health and health outcomes by improving access to resources that address unmet health-related social needs, including housing stability, safe transportation, nutritious food and safe water, resource navigation, barrier removal, and related supports.

Job description

Healthy Acadia, a community health coalition serving Maine’s Hancock & Washington counties, seeks an experienced Food Programs Manager to join a dynamic team passionate about making it easier for all people to lead healthy lives and eat healthy food. Reporting to the Community Health and Food Programs Director, the Washington County Food Programs Manager provides leadership in all areas related to community food security including gleaning, community gardening, supporting farms and farmers’ markets, and working closely with food security organizations. Extensive community collaboration and partner interface is anticipated to achieve lasting improvements in organizational and community policies, practices, programs and systems. We are hiring a full-time manager to serve community members, partners, food security organizations, and others across Washington County. This is not a remote position.

Program Area Responsibilities:
● Provide community members experiencing lower income of all ages access to fresh and affordable food.
● Manage the Downeast Gleaning Initiative in Washington County.
● Oversee and manage the Downeast Restorative Harvest program, a community farm in partnership with the Washington County Jail and the Maine Department of Corrections and other partners and volunteers.
● Participate in national and statewide efforts as appropriate, including food systems networks and conferences (e.g. Maine Gleaning Network, Maine Network of Community Food Councils, Association of Gleaning Organizations, Maine Food Convergence, and more) as well as state government-supported initiatives (e.g. Ending Hunger in Maine by 2030, Maine Senior Farm Share, etc).
● Supervise the Washington County Food Programs Coordinator, interns, and AmeriCorps VISTA members and provide support and collaboration for the following programs: Washington County Food Pantry Network, annual Turkey-A-Thon Fundraiser, Machias-Area Community Supper, Maine Senior FarmShare, WIC Produce Shares, and more.
● Maintain high-level partnerships with local and statewide organizations, State of Maine partners, funders, volunteers, and others, and represent Healthy Acadia’s Food Programs in Washington County broadly.

Qualications and Experience Sought:
● Strong experience engaging with food systems.
● Strong experience with grant writing and fundraising.
● Organic vegetable farming experience (ex. crop planning, soil health and fertility, organic pest control.)
● Experience in educational settings, and/or curriculum development.
● Experience working with individuals experiencing lower income.
● Understanding of emergency and correctional food systems, and federal & state nutrition benefits.
● Excellent computer skills.
● Demonstrated ability to work professionally and accurately, within deadlines.
● Highly organized and able to manage sta/interns, multiple assignments and priorities.
● Team player with a high professional standard, positive attitude, and exibility.
● Minimum of 3 years relevant experience. Degree in public health, food systems, or related fields, or equivalent life experience preferred.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $48,000.00 - $55,000.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline