Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is the leading local hunger-relief organization in the state with locations in Milwaukee and Appleton. Founded in 1982 by the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is a local and independent member of the Feeding America network. Driven by our mission to solve hunger, we are bringing more people together around the table to collaboratively address the root causes of hunger. Together with our network partners, we serve nearly half a million food-insecure people across 35 counties in eastern Wisconsin each year.    

JOB PURPOSE: 

The Advocacy and Program Coordinator will lead efforts to increase access to and consumption of healthy food within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) target audience by designing, executing, and evaluating key programs at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, with a primary focus on the Food Leaders Lab Program. This role will provide strategic direction and continuity for the organization’s outreach initiatives, managing the execution of programs developed by graduates of the Food Leaders Lab and fostering relationships with participants, graduates, and partners.

The coordinator will also support the collaboration between Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, UW-Madison Extension FoodWIse in Milwaukee County, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services SNAP-Ed team, ensuring effective implementation of projects by Food Leaders Lab graduates and integrating these initiatives into the local food system.

Key responsibilities include achieving program goals, problem-solving, and developing strong partnerships. The coordinator will elevate Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin’s programs through effective project management, impact evaluation, and robust relationship building.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Serve as a primary resource for program development, implementation, and evaluation, and ensuring Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin programs demonstrate a commitment to equity.
• Facilitate the execution of projects developed and led by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin’s Food Leaders Lab program graduates.
• Organize and provide coaching and technical support to Food Leaders Lab graduates and project leaders through regular communication and program development.
• Implement and execute programs, tools, and projects to support Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin’s solve hunger strategy with a focus on Nutrition Education, Social Marketing, and/or Policy, System, and Environmental Change. 
• Work independently and collaborate with strategic partners to execute metric-driven program plans within deadlines. 
• Identify and provide opportunities to Food Leaders Lab graduates to amplify their work product and program accomplishments. 
• Work with relevant agency partners to identify potential Food Leaders Lab participants and program facilitators. 
• Represent Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin to external audiences at coalition meetings, conferences, tabling events, hearings, forums, and similar events and educate stakeholders, other organizations, and the public about the problem of hunger and solutions to hunger.
• Develop new community partnerships (i.e., government, schools, healthcare, etc.), and strengthen current partnerships to foster collaboration and build capacity to achieve long-term hunger relief goals.
• Act as a reference, referral and problem-solving agent regarding accounting and budgeting for programs.
• Work with the relevant teams to collect, analyze, and apply nutrition and poverty data to improve programmatic results.
• Develop and implement systems and materials to track programs strategies, tactics, processes, and outcomes.
• Work with Communications Department to promote and/or market programs and create collateral as necessary.
• Work with Food Systems and Strategy department to analyze and apply nutrition and poverty data to improve programmatic results. 
• Support Food Leaders Lab program execution through coordination with program Director and participants to continuously improve program structure and better onboard future Graduate program participants.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Commitment to understand and support FAEW’s mission, vision, and effective actions to end food insecurity and its causes
• Respect for the people FAEW serves and commitment to learn the causes of their food insecurity and need
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Service, Psychology, Social Work, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, or comparable experience work experience, preferred.
• Three years’ experience in project management or customer service, preferred
• Prior work experience with nonprofit organizations, preferred
• Excellent communications, organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills. 
• Must be comfortable addressing groups of 10 or more.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be open-minded of differing opinions and views. 
• Must be comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel and database programs.
• Ability to work at a fast pace and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work safely following FAEW safety procedures.
• Ability to see, talk and hear to exchange accurate information with internal and external individuals.
• Ability to use keyboard, manipulate objects or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, automobile insurance that meets Feeding America’s liability requirements and transportation to travel to work sites.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.   

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, bend, twist, climb, reach above shoulders, kneel, squat, sit, stand, talk and/or hear, and/or use hands to lift, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee must have the ability to work in a cold environment -10 to +10 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds while moving inventory. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in an office/warehouse environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounter while performing the essential functions of this position.

FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE:

A flexible work schedule at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin (FAEW) benefits both the organization and employees by promoting work-life balance, enhancing productivity, and ensuring team coverage, ultimately leading to a more motivated and efficient workforce, to the extent possible. FAEW may offer this option to employees when it benefits both the organization and the employee. However, our FAEW campuses serve as a critical hub for collaboration and, while we want to embrace flexibility, the need to be in the office or out in the field and working on projects or networking through natural camaraderie, will be expected. This position does have the capacity to engage in a flexible work schedule. 

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Inc. is committed to fostering diversity in our workplace. FAEW does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, race, color, creed, religion, handicap, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, arrest or conviction record, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.