WNY Solutions Farming and Food Access; WNYSFFA) Team Leader - Buffalo, NY

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, or related discipline relevant to the role of the position.
• 2 years volunteer or related work experience.
• Ability to meet travel requirements associated with this position.
• Ability to meet acceptable background check standards.
• Ability to work flexible hours, which may include evenings and/or weekends, as appropriate.
• Ability to clearly communicate (speak, read, and write proficiently) in English.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, manage, and participate in professional team efforts and highly functioning work teams.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, supervision, management, and guidance to staff.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and secure funding that supports programs, including grant writing, developing public and private partnerships.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to work independently and as part of a team with internal and external partners at multiple levels within organizations and across communities.
• Ability to organize, manage, and prioritize multiple tasks, deadlines, requirements, and priorities to complete work in a timely manner and within established deadlines.
• Proficiency with windows-based software including use of the internet and Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability to work in a typical office environment which may include lifting, moving, and/or transporting office supplies, work related materials, and equipment with or without accommodation.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Experience with Cooperative Extension or other similar educational organizations.
• Background or course work in leadership, management, education, and/or grant writing/management.
• Experience in both educational program design and delivery.
• Experience in grant writing.

• Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to develop program needs assessment to identify specific community needs best served by expansion of programs within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
• Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to identify needs, gaps, and trends within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
• Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to analyze program needs within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
• Provide leadership in analyzing and evaluating programs identified for expansion including New Farmer Training program;
  Master Preserver programs; development of Butcher/Slaughterhouse focused programming and educational trainings.
• Provide leadership in identifying and setting priorities and opportunities to implement, grow and expand educational program.

• Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to develop educational strategies, programs, activities and materials to meet identified needs within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
• Develop workplan to identify and facilitate sharing of evidence-based programs with the potential for greatest region-wide impact and ensuring their availability across counties.
• Develop plans to build awareness of, and connection to, food system services available regionally and locally, including Health Corner Store initiatives, mobile markets, free education opportunities etc.
• Create a formal system of communication and resource sharing between entities for program support. For example, scaling up successful quality improvement interventions at grower hubs to more counties.
• Develop relationships with partner agencies, organizations, industries, community leaders and other stakeholders to obtain assistance in program development and ensure that stakeholders are engaged in the program development process.
• Make programmatic changes in program development based on evaluation outcomes.

• Participate in the delivery of innovative and multi-county program efforts and events utilizing a variety of teaching methods, including formal and informal workshops, seminars, social media and mass media consistent with identified educational needs.
• Ensure program delivery is within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
• Deliver information related to program offerings and objectives through formal and informal networks, such as relevant committees, community groups, networking, formal presentations, etc.
• Serve as subject matter expert for staff, volunteers, participants, community organizations, partner agencies, general public and other professionals working within the county and the region.

• Develop program evaluation framework and tools to measure program impacts and gain input/insight for…