Food Rx Senior Coordinator

Overview:

FoodShare is seeking a Food Rx Senior Coordinator to take the lead on an innovative program bringing food equity to life. The Food Rx Senior Coordinator will oversee program operations, participant engagement, team supervision, budget management, and key partnerships with UHN. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in community-based work and is committed to food justice.

Duties include (but are not limited to):

Supervision

• Supervise two Community Learning and Engagement (CLE) facilitators and work collaboratively with the broader CLE team to plan, coordinate, and deliver the Food Rx project.

Operations & Logistics

• Engage up to 1000 Food Rx project participants through registration, intake, and ongoing project relations.
• Independently oversee produce box orders and/or prepped meal deliveries to selected Food Rx project participants by coordinating the project participant roster and delivery logistics.

Management & Coordination

• Coordinate and co-lead the delivery of hands-on community-based food programming at 90 Dunn for project participants, in collaboration with CLE facilitators.
• Lead engagement through regular check-ins with Food Rx project participants through in-person conversations and phone calls, administer surveys throughout the project period, manage data entry, and provide data reporting support.

Administrative Management

• Prepare reports, and oversee the full project reporting cycle, managing and maintaining program information and documentation.
• Coordinate program budget of ~$650,000 in partnership with CLE Manager and UHN coordination team, tracking expenses in real time for the project, and preparing invoices for UHN on a quarterly basis for services provided.

Communications & Public Relations

• Act as the main point of contact between FoodShare and UHN throughout the project period, leading cross-organizational co-planning and program delivery.
• Represent Foodshare publicly regarding media inquiries and news stories about the Food Rx project.
• Autonomously lead promotion, outreach, and information-sharing to raise awareness and community engagement about the Food Rx project.
• Participate in FoodShare staff meetings, all staff training, and handle other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3+ years experience in community-led food projects, neighbourhood-based community organizing and/or working with grassroots organizations.
• Minimum 2+ years experience managing community-based program logistics, including scheduling, participant coordination, and service delivery.
• Minimum 2+ years experience managing partnerships and working collaboratively with external stakeholders, and/or institutional organizations.
• Minimum 1+ year experience with budget tracking, expense reconciliation, invoice preparation, or financial administration.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of food justice.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse community (people of different ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, etc.).
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple project demands, set priorities and meet strict deadlines.
• Experience with coordinating research, data collection, and basic data analysis.
• Experience with program coordination involving multi-site projects.
• Excellent conflict resolution and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly self-motivated, with a demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Familiar with G-Suite in (Google Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Gmail, etc.).

Salary and Benefits

Total Compensation

• Salary: $61,250 (37.5 hours per week)
• Vacation: 4 weeks paid vacation per year (prorated for termed contracts, accrued at 8% per pay period).
• Winter Shutdown: additional days to be determined annually over the winter holiday period
• Extended Health Benefits: Available upon start
• Retirement Contributions: Matching TFSA/RRSP (up to 4%) contributions after 3 months

Additional Leave

• Personal Leave Days: 10 paid personal leave days per year
• Wellness Days: 20 paid wellness days/sick leave per year

*Note: As part of FoodShare’s commitment to equity, salaries and benefits are non-negotiable.

Additional Information

Contract Type: Full-Time, FIxed-Term (11 month contract)

Reports to: Manager, Community Learning and Engagement

Location: On-site bi-weekly programming at 90 Dunn (first and third Thursday of every month); otherwise, hybrid role with some in-person meetings at FoodShare’s Offices at 120 Industry St. or other partner locations across Toronto as needed.

Please note that we may only be able to contact candidates selected to move forward in the hiring process.

Work With Us

FoodShare strives to create a workspace that reflects the diversity of identities and lived experiences that exist within the communities we work alongside. We are committed to working to identify and dismantle systemic forms of oppression in the food system. Racialized people and others from equity-seeking groups are over-represented in food insecurity and poverty statistics, but are significantly under-represented in community-based food work. We believe that those most affected by an issue must have access to paid positions in organizations tasked with challenging poverty and food insecurity.

Compensation at FoodShare

At FoodShare we believe that taking an honest, transparent approach to our compensation structure improves morale and is key to building the trust that is foundational in advancing equity.

We have a transparent 1:3 ratio between the lowest paid and highest paid FoodShare employee. This means that the highest paid person at FoodShare can earn no more than three times what the lowest paid person earns for their labour.

We are a living wage employer registered with the Ontario Living Wage Network. FoodShare believes that no one should be living in poverty, or experiencing food insecurity. This commitment to a living wage for all staff is an example of our values in action. It is also a key action identified in our Combating Anti-Black racism Action Plan (activity #18).

Our current pay grid can be found here.

As part of FoodShare’s commitment to equity all staff receive equal pay for equal work, therefore salaries and benefits are non-negotiable.

Recruitment Process

FoodShare’s recruitment process involves the anonymization of all resumes prior to their being screened by the hiring committee. This step removes applicant personal details (names, email, addresses), educational & employment institutions, years of work experience, and personal interests to reduce potential for bias. Please make sure to detail your experience in your resume/cover letter to ensure