Waste Not Executive Director - United Food Bank : Job Details

Are you a results-driven, mission-focused leader ready to tackle food waste, promote environmental sustainability and fight hunger in our community? Waste Not, a dynamic food rescue nonprofit and subsidiary of United Food Bank, is seeking an Executive Director to lead with vision, strategy, and purpose. This role will champion philanthropic growth and implement a new new innovative business model to support long-term sustainability in collaboration with United Food Bank leadership. If you are passionate about our mission and motivated to grow a small, but high-impact organization, we want to hear from you!

Our Mission and Values :

We are passionate about our Mission of Uniting Communities to Alleviate Hunger. You are most likely to find success at United Food Bank if you are motivated to embrace our values :

• We are Uniters - working together as one united team.
• We are Cultivators - with a growth mindset and willing to try new things.
• We are Optimists - with a positive attitude and a commitment to move our mission forward.

At Waste Not, one of two brands of the United Food Bank, we cultivate sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. We do this by rescuing prepared and nutritious food, delivering that food to agencies that feed our neighbors, and redirect food waste to environmentally friendly destinations like farms and composting operations. During these processes, Waste Not builds innovative community partnerships with those who deliver food assistance and those who assure food waste is responsibly utilized. A great deal of time, money, and resources go into growing, rescuing, and delivering nutritious food. Yet, each year, 40% of that food is thrown away. At the same time, nearly 1 million people in Arizona are struggling with food insecurity. We are transforming this broken system by connecting tens of thousands of Arizonans with quality food that would have otherwise gone to waste. By reimagining what's possible for food rescue and food waste, Waste Not assists in making our communities and our planet healthier. https : / / www.wastenotaz.org /

Position Summary : The Waste Not (WN) Executive Director is the leader responsible for executing Waste Not strategies created by United Food Bank leadership and ratified by the WN Board of Directors. The WN Executive Director's responsibilities include driving philanthropic growth, implementing a new pay-for-service business model, actively managing WN results that are consistent with annual budgets, while acting quickly and responsibly to recommend and drive corrective actions that support continued achievement of WN annual goals. The Executive Director will be visible as a representative of WN and United Food Bank at functions and in the media. They will be responsible for updating the Waste Not board monthly on WN progress and will actively work with United Food Bank groups that provide support to WN, including retail food rescue, operations, transportation, finance, philanthropy, and marketing.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Supervise, assess performance, and develop the WN Development Manager consistent with the Development Manager job description. Drive any necessary corrective actions as needed
• Act and be recognized as the leader of Waste Not's growth efforts in providing more healthy food to agencies that assist hungry neighbors in partnership with established food rescue teams
• Take the lead in creating new and innovative tactics to implement fee-for-service food rescue and food waste reuse models while always monitoring results and driving modifications as needed. These tactics are reviewed and approved by the senior leader.
• Drive WN results (philanthropy, revenue, and expenses) that meet annual budget goals. This requires acting promptly to gain support and drive any corrective actions needed to meet WN budget goals
• Partner with the United Food Bank marketing team and the WN Development Manager to develop messaging, materials, and engagement opportunities targeted to grow relationships with WN donors
• Manage and create collaborative results with matrixed internal support organizations within United Food Bank (marketing, philanthropy, operations, finance, transportation, food rescue)
• Provide regular updates monthly to the WN Board of Director and the UFB Leadership team as needed. The Executive Director will lead regular WN Leadership Team meetings.
• Ensure that the WN organization is providing services that delight donors, partner agencies, clients, and neighbors

Requirements

Qualifications :

• Passion for alleviating hunger and aligning with our United Food Bank mission and values, as well as the mission of Waste Not
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, and / or Non-Profit Management or equivalent leadership / management responsibilities (fundraising, business tactical development, supervision, and P&L management) or equivalent combination of education and experience; Master's degree a plus
• A minimum of three years of non-profit leadership or product management experience, with business development and organizational profit and loss responsibilities a plus
• Ability to segment and organize data to create a cohesive narrative that drives continuous organizational improvement
• Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively in both internal and external situations. Media message creation and delivery experience is a plus
• Intermediate computer skills and comfort level with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Canva, and Salesforce or other CRM databases
• Ability to be professionally autonomous and also work and lead within a team, both in and out of the office environment

Physical demands and work environment :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to sit at a computer for 8 hours a day, doing repetitive motions on a keyboard
• Ability to travel (locally) up to 50% a year to meet with donors, partners, and board members

In instances of a federal, state, or locally declared emergency, United Food Bank is typically considered an essential service and emergency responder; all UFB employees may be called on to perform regular or emergency duties.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.