Food Recovery Coordinator - NJ

Overview

Move For Hunger is a national non-profit organization founded in 2009 that mobilizes transportation networks to deliver excess food to communities in need, partnering with over 1,400 moving companies across the nation and more than 600,000 apartment units across the relocation and multifamily housing industries. In addition to rescuing food during move-out, Move For Hunger organizes thousands of food drives, fundraisers, and corporate employee engagement events, and has recently expanded its reach to farmers, distributors, CPG, and logistics companies to recover fresh food  date, Move For Hunger has helped deliver over 72 million pounds of food to communities in need.

We’re looking for a highly organized, relationship-driven Food Recovery Coordinator to support and operationalize Move For Hunger’s food recovery efforts across the Eastern Seaboard, with primary ownership of New Jersey-based recovery operations.

Approximately 50% of this role will be dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and coordinating food recovery within New Jersey — working closely with local donors, transportation partners, and recipient agencies. This role coordinates logistics for a wide range of food transports, including fresh produce, non-perishable items, bulk donations, cold-stored food, multifamily food collections, disaster relief shipments, food drives, and special events.

This role will also be responsible for tracking, documenting, and reporting expenses tied to grant-funded New Jersey food recovery initiatives, ensuring accurate use of funds and compliance with reporting requirements.

• Passionate about hunger relief, food recovery, and sustainability.
• A confident communicator who enjoys relationship-building with donors, partners, and agencies.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven.
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects, deadlines, and partners at once.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn and grow within a scaling nonprofit.

Food Recovery and Logistics Coordination:

• Plan and coordinate food recovery logistics across the Eastern Seaboard, with a primary focus on New Jersey-based recovery efforts.
• Source, organize, and operationalize Eastern Seaboard food recovery opportunities, including donor outreach, relationship stewardship, and recovery scheduling.
• Ensure the deliverables and objectives for NJ funded programs are met.
• Serve as the main point of contact for food donors and transportation partners, including contracted freight providers.
• Identify and build relationships with grocery stores, farms, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, restaurants, and gleaning organizations.
• Track all recovery activity and transportation data in Salesforce to report back to donors and stakeholders regarding their food donations and deliveries.

Relationship Management & Communication:

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with donors, transportation providers, and recipient agencies.
• Ensure clear expectations, proactive communication, and timely updates with partners.
• Work with the Marketing and Development teams to capture testimonials, stories, and impact content.

Data, Reporting & Grants:

• Maintain accurate records in Salesforce, Google Workspace, and Asana.
• Collect and document weight receipts and delivery confirmations from food banks and pantries.
• Track and report expenses tied to NJ-based, grant-funded food recovery initiatives.
• In collaboration with the Grants & Foundations Manager, maintain organized, audit-ready documentation to support grant compliance and reporting.
• Support grant reporting by providing timely expense and activity data.
• Partner cross-functionally with Programs,…