Position Purpose

The community impact manager is primarily responsible for designing community-based solutions to hunger and its root causes. The community impact manager will also build relationships across the Great Plains Food Bank’s service area to support efforts to create equitable access to food and resources that help our neighbors thrive. With our values of passion, service and innovation at the forefront, this position will advance the mission of Great Plains Food Bank to end hunger together and our vision of a hunger-free North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota.

Core Accountabilities and Essential Duties

1. Project Management

The community impact manager works closely with key stakeholders in developing and executing community-based solutions with adherence to timeliness, budget, and intended outcomes.

• Assesses community need through a variety of methods (including focus groups, community meetings, surveys, or other community based participatory research methods) with the goal of uncovering opportunities to address short and long term issues related to hunger and its root causes.
• Assists the community or key stakeholders in designing and/or piloting a new initiative, program, or solution.
• Develops and/or secures resources, plan, timeline, and materials to execute solution.
• Evaluates project(s) for effectiveness, impact, scalability and sustainability.
• Manages internal programs as they arise, to include community engagement, coordinating food distribution and service, and interacting with partner agencies and the partner and program network department.

2. Community Building

The community impact manager builds and strengthens relationships in communities across the Great Plains Food Bank service area.

• Forges and strengthens relationships and collaborative partnerships with community organizations and key stakeholders, with a focus on underserved populations.
• Participates in targeted community activities, events and meetings.
• Facilitates conversations around food access and root causes of hunger in identified communities.
• Coordinates any advisory councils to inform services and programs.

3. Staff Development and Direction

The community impact manager builds upon the strong culture of the organization and its people to form a cohesive, skilled, high-performing, engaged, and values-driven team through coaching, training and professional development opportunities.

• Recruits, hires, trains, and supervises the Strategic Initiatives Coordinator.
• Recruits and manages volunteers for associated projects/programs.
• Fosters engagement by creating a supportive environment, promoting strong communications, recognizing achievements, and motivating and challenging team member by building on their strengths and providing opportunities for growth.

Education, Experience and Requirements

Successful candidates for this position must hold a Bachelor’s degree in related field with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in community outreach, project management, and/or community building. Experience in community development and evaluation preferred. Valid driver’s license, ability to travel statewide and flexibility to attend meetings and events in evenings and/or on weekends required.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong communicator that possesses excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Established community organizer with a willingness to develop deep community relationships and see connections and opportunity between partners
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with multi-faceted demands and deadlines
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
• Ability to leverage asset (or strengths) based community development tools and methods
• Critical thinking skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Strong customer service skills and willingness to assist others
• Ability to Travel Statewide
• Community Outreach

Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefit package, including both traditional and nontraditional benefits. Opportunity to contribute to a culture and environment that values equity, diversity and inclusion; and to join a team that believes that together, we can and will solve hunger.

Contact for more information and application

Janice Tweet, Ending Hunger 2.0 Director

jtweet@greatplainsfoodbank.org

(701) 476-9137

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $59,000.00 - $62,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person