Company description

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) seeks to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint and becomes a community anchor for sustainability and leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. We have a unique and dynamic workplace with more than 80 staff members in the U.S. and abroad. We believe health care, as the only sector with healing as its mission, has an opportunity – and obligation – to use its ethical, economic, and political influence to create an ecologically sustainable, equitable, and healthy world. Health Care Without Harm works to achieve its mission in collaboration with Practice Greenhealth, the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada.

Job description

Reports To: Associate Director of Supply Chain Transformation

Location: Remote within the U.S.

FLSA Status: Exempt

FTE Status: 1FTE. This will be a time-limited role with an end date of September 30, 2027.

We are looking for an experienced project manager with an interest in sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems to join our U.S. team as we work to engage the healthcare sector to address climate change through food initiatives, including procurement and operational practices (e.g. tracking greenhouse gas related to food purchases, food waste reduction, community impacts).

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Food Commitments Manager is responsible for managing projects and activities related to the organization’s food systems priorities as part of the program’s supply chain transformation and climate mitigation & resilience strategies. The Manager will work alongside Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth staff, partners, and consultants to develop strategy, collaborate with others in the field, and provide management for key projects. In this way, the Manager contributes to the fulfillment of the organization’s ultimate aims of reducing health care greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the resilience of hospitals and communities alike, and driving health equity.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

• Promote and support health care organizations in making commitments to use their food purchasing and food service operations to advance climate action through food initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the organization’s strategy by managing health care commitment campaigns including the Coolfood pledge, the US Food Waste Pact and the values-based food purchasing commitment - inclusive of resource development, recruitment and support for participants.
• Create, update, and refine tools and resources (e.g. how-to guides, tool kits, checklists, webinars) to support successful food initiatives within health care organizations.
• Engage Practice Greenhealth partners in demonstrating, implementing, and accelerating best practices in food purchasing, menu and food service operations to support climate smart health care.
• Engage hospital food service and facility staff, health professionals, food supply chain stakeholders, community food system partners, and allied organizations to achieve strategic objectives.
• Contribute to design and execution of collective actions that leverage health care food commitments for food systems transformation addressing climate mitigation, resilience and equity.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain Transformation and Climate Solutions Teams and contribute to a team culture that emphasizes quality, strategic prioritization, flexibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (FULL DETAILED LIST CLICK HERE):

• Strategy and Planning - 20%
• Programmatic - 70%
• Administrative - 10%

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum Education: BA or BS. Combined experience/education as a substitute for minimum education.
• Minimum Experience: 3 years in project coordination in a nonprofit, government, consulting, or health care setting. Combined experience/education as a substitute for minimum experience.
• Minimum Field of Expertise: Food systems, nutrition, public health and/or health care operations.
• Preferred Education: Relevant graduate study and/or certifications. Combined experience/ education as a substitute considered.
• Preferred Experience: 4+ years
  • Experience with institutional food purchasing, health care food service and/or addressing values of sustainability and equity in the food system.
  • Experience working in a matrix organization or with multiple teams.
  • Experience working in a virtual organization. Familiarity with nonprofit advocacy and/or membership-based organizations.

JOB-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Subject Matter Expertise: Knowledge of climate change issues, including the impacts on health. Demonstrated knowledge of the intersection of climate change and food systems.
• Strategy Implementation: Ability to participate in implementing an annual workplan. Ability to think strategically and creatively while organizing time efficiently.
• Leadership: Ability to support and collaborate effectively with colleagues across the organization.
• Action-Oriented: Ability to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available, and to focus on tangible steps to make progress toward strategic objectives.
• Project Management: Ability to work independently and stay organized while being held accountable to a team, with experience working collaboratively with others to track, measure, and achieve project goals. Ability to manage internal and external relationships to complete projects and deliverables with multiple stakeholders. Ability to develop and implement advocacy campaigns and educational content and organize events.
• Effective Communication: Good written communication skills. Ability to effectively write email communication and concise content. Good interpersonal skills to work across a virtual organization and with varied stakeholders. Ability to communicate value to stakeholders to engage them in our programs and initiatives.
• General Management: Ability to work with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Google products such as Google Drive and Google Documents. Previous knowledge or ability to easily learn to use an internal communication tool like Slack.
• Additional Preferred: Experience with institutional food service purchasing and operations. Experience with health care operations.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $71,600.00 - $82,300.00

Location

job can be done remotely

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Deadline

August 25, 2026