Commodity Supplemental Food Program Specialist

Commodity Supplemental Food Program Specialist

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THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO CURRENT COLORADO RESIDENTS.

This position resides in the Department of Human Services within the Division of Food and Energy Assistance (FEAD). The Food Distribution Programs (FDP) unit administers United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition programs, currently providing more than $70M in food to alleviate hunger in Colorado. The USDA Foods programs include the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP), Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program, the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) called Everyday Eats in Colorado.

FDP also handles mass and disaster feeding programs and various grant programs related to emergency hunger relief and local agriculture. Administration of these programs includes contracting with nonprofit, for-profit, and other government entities to order, warehouse, and distribute USDA Foods, monitoring, creating policy and procedures, statewide training, evaluation, and support. Core external partners include food banks, food pantries, commercial warehouses and third‑party logistics, county government, the USDA, school districts, childcare centers, and food processors.

FDP operates a warehouse for NSLP USDA Foods, which entails receiving, storing, and distributing frozen and ambient foods to 200 school districts and childcare centers across the entire state.

Hybrid Position with a minimum of 2 required in‑office days.

The effective start date for the selected candidate will be on or after January 1, 2026.

Please note:

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

• Interprets federal regulations, state policy and USDA guidance memos to provide program guidance, training, direction, and clarification to management, sub‑distributing and recipient agencies, participants, and the public.
• Utilizes federal regulations to author and implement the CSFP Policy and Procedure Manual and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Authors and maintains the State Plan with the FNS regional office; ensures that policy changes are included.
• Designs, develops, and implements program processes to allocate funding, food resources, and oversight.
• Develops business strategies to improve contracted agencies’ program efficiency and effectiveness.
• Oversees the annual distribution of CSFP USDA Foods, which includes travel for site visits.
• Creates contract Scope of Work for sub‑distributing agencies and coordinates with the Contract Analyst on the annual distribution of federal administrative funds using a performance‑based contracting model.
• Develops systems, strategies, and methods to evaluate attainment of CSFP goals.
• Works across state departments and divisions/offices including the Office of Aging, State Demographer’s Office, OIT and Communications on programmatic challenges.

Reviews participant certification procedures and caseload management of each sub‑distributing agency.

• Creates strategies to ensure eligible Coloradans are accessing Everyday Eats in a way that ensures enough clients pick up a food package each month to meet 95–100% of assigned caseload.
• Develops strategies to communicate CSFP information to agencies and the public.
• Analyzes site‑level data to develop strategies for outreach.
• Analyzes demographic data and community assets to assure clients have access to sites in high‑need areas.
• Submits monthly caseload reports to USDA.
• Gains a deep understanding of the client perspective and shapes Everyday Eats to meet their needs and preferences.

• Designs and implements program standards through interpretation of federal regulations, state policy, warehousing best practice, historical practices, and business theory.
• Conducts management evaluations of sub‑distributing agencies and eligible recipient agencies. This includes scheduling…