Boston Food Pantry Manager

## Boston Food Pantry Manager Apply locations:
Dedham, MAtime type:
Full time posted on:
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*** By joining the American Red Cross  you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best.  Are you ready to be part of  the world's largest humanitarian network?***## #
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* Job Description:

***** Why Choose Us?
*** Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
** Where Your Career is a Force for Good!
** We are currently seeking a Boston Food Pantry Manager to support The Boston Food Pantry program.

Location is: 1033 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston.

The position is full-time, hourly, working Tuesday through Saturday from 7:00 am-3 pm.
*** Prefer experience working in a food pantry and working with volunteers, but not required.
***** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
** The Boston Food Pantry Manager implements and participates in the development of initiatives to increase Red Cross visibility through program/service delivery within the Chapter’s jurisdiction. Advances assigned programs or services to meet goals and objectives.  May develop program/service-specific objectives for new initiatives. Acts as a program or service subject matter expert (SME) to staff, management, volunteers and external partners. The Boston Food Pantry Manager will supervise day-to-day outreach operations in the Boston Food Pantry.
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* Essential Functions:

** Focus on managing outreach activities and federal programs like SNAP Outreach and Nutrition Outreach, and implement those activities and new initiatives with our distributions in the Boston Food Pantry and other program distribution programs, like the Boston Public Schools/Grove Hall initiative, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Satellite Pantry and Head Start Initiatives.  Will provide at-home delivery.

Implement and participate in the development of initiatives to increase Red Cross visibility through program or service delivery. Advance assigned program or service to meet goals and objectives.  May develop program or service-specific objectives for new initiatives. Act as a program or service subject matter expert (SME) to staff, management, volunteers and external partners.  Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
** WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:
*** Implement and participate in the development of initiatives that support the assigned program or service. Develop outreach and communication strategies to increase, maintain and/or enhance relationships that support the objectives.
* Assign and coordinate staff members and volunteers on project assignments. May be responsible for supervising and training volunteers.
* Evaluate and report effectiveness of program or service and prepare recommendations for continuous improvement. Utilize satisfaction surveys, feedback sessions, etc. to evaluate effectiveness of activity. Document findings and prepare recommendations for implementation.
* Develop and maintain active professional relationships with key internal and external partners.
* Provide analysis, advice and consultation on programs and/or services.
** WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
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* Education:

** Bachelor's degree required.
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