President & CEO - Feeding America : Job Details

Overview

The President & CEO is responsible for leading the organization in pursuit of its mission, including executive leadership of the food bank, its strategic planning, stewardship of current and future donors along with the development team, and ensuring its financial health and sustainability. The CEO works closely with the Board of Trustees and FBSJ's team of roughly 70 members through four direct reports (Chief Officers of Operations, Finance, Fund Development, and Human Resources) to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization. FBSJ has an annual operating budget of $49+m.

Opportunity details

End date: October 03, 2025

Opportunity type: Job

Category: Executive Director / CEO / Other C-Level Executives

Key responsibilities

PRIORITIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Identify innovative business, services and program opportunities geared toward sustainability in the context of ending food insecurity, improving health outcomes, and solving the root causes of poverty.
• Diversify and grow the donor base, working closely with current donors and growing new revenue streams.
• Focus on supporting an inclusive environment within the organization, and in the community while bringing new voices to the table.
• Convene and collaborate with all community constituents to achieve impactful solutions to problems facing the most vulnerable in the four South Jersey counties we serve.
• Ensure infrastructure, technology, processes, and systems are scalable and can keep pace with a challenging and changing environment.
• Continue to focus FBSJ culture and values as the foundation upon which everything else is built.

Key responsibilities / Essential functions

Strategic Vision – Define, communicate, and build consensus for the Food Bank's strategic vision and the important mission it serves.

Planning/Strategy Development – Develop and implement strategic and short-term plans and initiatives.

Fund Raising / Development – Plan, lead and participate actively in fundraising initiatives and activities.

• Make presentations to a broad range of community organizations.
• Build and maintain relationships with major sources of support.
• Lead initiatives for new sources of funding.
• Strengthen the endowment program.

Community Impact – Provide leadership in shaping and communicating the vision, goals and work of the Food Bank and serve as its primary spokesperson.

• Build and maintain relations with the media, civic organizations, government agencies and foundations.
• Serve as a compassionate witness for those in need in working with employees, volunteers, service providers and to legislative bodies at the city, state and federal levels, as well as to the community at large.

Collective Impact – Forge relationships and collaborative partnerships with community organizations and resources in meeting the challenges of those in need, especially during such times as disaster recovery.

Board Relations – Provide support and direction to the Board of Directors and serve in an advisory capacity at Board and committee meetings.

Organizational Development – Determine and initiate organizational plans and alignments, oversee the staffing of the organization, recruit and select key personnel, and provide mentoring and a servant leadership example to the staff.

Financial Management – Manage financial planning and budgeting, directs the preparation and administration of the annual budget, and oversees the allocation and management of funds. Provide the Board with continuing review of financial and operational performance in relation to plans and budgets, including the strategic plan.

Candidate qualifications

Education – Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Organizational Development, Human Services, Management Engineering, Public Affairs or a related Public Health Field.

Experience - At least 15 years of related experience leading up to organizational leadership, preferably including significant experience in the non-profit sector:

• Demonstrated track record as an innovative leader.
• Previous experience in leading staff members through managers.
• Related experience in the development and shaping of strategic plans.
• Related experience in raising funds or growing revenues.
• Experience working with or reporting to a Board of Directors – highly desirable.
• Prefer related experience as the Executive Director or CEO of a community service organization.

Personal characteristics / Competencies

• Passionate – About understanding and helping people in need, investing in them, and about learning and growing in ways to help others.
• Visionary – Continually thinking about future growth and looking for needs and opportunities, and planning strategically.
• Leadership – Proven skill and record of success as a leader – with the demonstrated capacity to be a servant leader in attitude and approach.
• Business Developer – Interest, aptitude and skill in growing organizational revenues, including through direct interaction with funding sources.
• Communications Skills – Skilled public speaker who can be the “face” of the organization and prepare and deliver presentations to audiences, large and small, including the media.
• Assertive and Emotionally Strong – Able to stand behind convictions and to press on in the face of challenges and opposition.
• Collaborator – Understanding of how to employ the power of collaboration – i.e., applying the “collective impact” dynamic.
• Charisma – Charismatic leadership qualities with the ability to inspire confidence, lead others, and capture the attention and interest of diverse groups.
• Business Acumen – Able to interpret and work with financial statements - and experienced and skilled in managing operational costs.
• Proactive – Naturally prepared and proactive in responding to challenges and difficult circumstances, even when unexpected – e.g., disaster recovery in response to a tornado.

Benefits

The Food Bank of South Jersey offers a competitive benefit package for eligible employees and their families including medical, prescription, dental, vision and company paid life insurance coverage. Employees can participate in our 401K retirement savings plan. FBSJ offers a generous paid time off plan in addition to paid holidays, birthday pay and floating holiday pay. Employees enjoy tuition reimbursement benefits along with professional development opportunities.

Deadline

October 03, 2025

About the organization

The Food Bank of South Jersey operates on one simple premise: food should not be wasted when hungry people are in our midst. From this truth, we have built an effective food distribution program that annually links nearly 20+ million pounds of food with more than 200 charitable food providers, such as food pantries, community kitchens and shelters in the four counties we serve: Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, and Salem. A member of the Feeding America network of national food banks, the Food Bank of South Jersey works alongside four other food banks in the state to develop immediate and effective solutions to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in our designated service areas. Established in 1985 by a small group of volunteers who saw an increased need for emergency food services, the Food Bank of South Jersey is now the largest distributor of charitable food services in South Jersey. Through the years, our vision has expanded beyond our core feeding program to offer a range of direct services and programs that target the distinct needs of working-poor families, their children, and at-risk seniors. Today, the Food Bank of SJ operates out of Pennsauken, New Jersey and employs 70+ team members.

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