Part-Time Senior Food Systems Coordinator Job Silver Spring area,Maryland USA,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Plan, implement and monitor projects or programs including defining scope, deliverables and milestones while allocating resources, budgets and timeliness accordingly.
Manage day-to-day communications, meetings, and follow-ups across initiatives.
Maintain work plans and track progress across FEC priorities, ensuring alignment with timelines and deliverables.
Identify and help problem-solve gaps, delays, or coordination challenges across initiatives.
Provide guidance and coordination support to partner staff working on related food system efforts.
Encourage alignment across projects and partners.
Serve as a spokesperson for the FEC and actively participate in local and regional food system-focused coalitions and working groups.
Develop testimony and draft legislation in collaboration with County Council members, partners and Steering Committee members as needed and testify at hearings.
Oversee routine communications, including partner updates, announcements, and listserv management.
Maintain website content and shared communication platforms.
Ensure organized systems for documents, contacts, and internal tracking.
Lead fundraising efforts, including proposal development, donor tracking, outreach, and coordination.
Track grant deadlines and develop grant reports.
Develop budgets and oversee the revenue and expenditure tracking of grants and contracts.

Requirements

Five plus (5+) years of experience in food systems, agriculture, public health, nonprofit, or community-based work.
Experience coordinating or managing projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Strong organizational, financial and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
Experience with budget management including developing budgets and tracking systems and overseeing the revenue and expenditure tracking of grants and contracts.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information clearly.
Demonstrated professional and political aptitude and diplomacy.
Demonstrated commitment to equity and community-centered approaches.
Preferred:
Experience working with food assistance providers, farmers, and/or local food supply chains.
Preferred:
Experience with grant writing and proposal development.
Preferred:
Experience facilitating group processes, such as committees or community coalitions.
Preferred:
Experience working with state or local government and elected officials.
Preferred:
Familiarity with Prince George’s County or the broader DC-MD-VA region.
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Experience working with or alongside local government.
Preferred:
Bilingual (Spanish or other languages commonly spoken in the County).

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