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Program Description: Food for Families is a wholesome weekly food bank and nutritional education program offered to families in need with dependent children in the community of East Vancouver. The program is run in a welcoming environment where families are served with dignity and respect and all effort is made to build relationship and grow community.
Duties to Include:
• Create and ensure a welcoming environment for all food bank
participants and volunteers where families have access to wholesome food and
relevant health and wellness services.
• Create and monitor program budget, keep program expenses within budget, track and report donations and/or expenses along with supporting documentation to the accountant.
• Develop, refine, and maintain registration and enrollment procedures, and confidentiality policies.
• Build relationships with in-kind donors for food sourcing, and handle all levels of communication from initial outreach to appreciation.
• Plan, order and arrange delivery/pick-up of purchased and donated weekly food items in accordance with the FFF food security and sustainability mandate.
• Develop and oversee the recruitment, screening and training of FFF volunteers and staff.
• Liaise with community partner organizations to arrange regular on-site visits.
• Organize quarterly nutritional education sessions and food security related workshops.
• Share announcements and offer a prayer of blessing over the food prior to the food-line starting.
• Assist with other CityReach events and administrative duties as required.
Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:
• Create and monitor program budget, keep program expenses within budget, track and report donations and/or expenses along with supporting documentation to the accountant.
• Develop, refine, and maintain registration and enrollment procedures, and confidentiality policies.
• Build relationships with in-kind donors for food sourcing, and handle all levels of communication from initial outreach to appreciation.
• Plan, order and arrange delivery/pick-up of purchased and donated weekly food items in accordance with the FFF food security and sustainability mandate.
• Develop and oversee the recruitment, screening and training of FFF volunteers and staff.
• Liaise with community partner organizations to arrange regular on-site visits.
• Organize quarterly nutritional education sessions and food security related workshops.
• Share announcements and offer a prayer of blessing over the food prior to the food-line starting.
• Assist with other CityReach events and administrative duties as required.
Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:
• Minimum of 2 years
experience in non-profit leadership or management, working with low income and
marginalized communities
• Familiar with food security and food justice principles, and lower mainland food security resources
• Critical analysis of the charity model, interested in sustainable community development principles
• Ability to remain calm and cheerful in a high stress environment, ability to handle conflict resolution around issues of race or privilege
• Experience with anti-oppression frameworks or process driven organizing, critical self reflection around bias
• Ability to speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Kurdish, Spanish, or Burmese an asset
Salary and Benefits:
• Salary is commensurate with experience
Subject to:
• Reference Check
• Clean Criminal Record Check
• Completion of Food Safe Course
We wish to thank all applicants for their application! To apply please send a cover letter stating the position that you are applying for, current contact info for 2 employment references, and a resume, to LauraA (at) cityreach.org. Resumes will not be reviewed without a cover letter. Only those short-listed will be contacted. No inquiries please. Further information on CityReach Care Society and the Food for Families program can be found at www.cityreach.org.
Applications due by end of day Wednesday November 21st.
• Familiar with food security and food justice principles, and lower mainland food security resources
• Critical analysis of the charity model, interested in sustainable community development principles
• Ability to remain calm and cheerful in a high stress environment, ability to handle conflict resolution around issues of race or privilege
• Experience with anti-oppression frameworks or process driven organizing, critical self reflection around bias
• Ability to speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Kurdish, Spanish, or Burmese an asset
Salary and Benefits:
• Salary is commensurate with experience
Subject to:
• Reference Check
• Clean Criminal Record Check
• Completion of Food Safe Course
We wish to thank all applicants for their application! To apply please send a cover letter stating the position that you are applying for, current contact info for 2 employment references, and a resume, to LauraA (at) cityreach.org. Resumes will not be reviewed without a cover letter. Only those short-listed will be contacted. No inquiries please. Further information on CityReach Care Society and the Food for Families program can be found at www.cityreach.org.
Applications due by end of day Wednesday November 21st.
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